Wear your flak jackets and helmets in the GREEN ZONE

Get a clue. Once again, it's imcumbent upon us to say this about the Iraqi conflict: IT'S THE OIL, STUPID. Ok, so you know that.

Did you know that THE BIGGEST US embassy in the world is being built in Iraq? Did you know that personnel need to wear flak jackets and helmets IN THE GREEN ZONE? WHY? Because the insurgents are getting better, and we're getting worse - at least at security. Why are we building the biggest US Embassy in the world in Iraq? Yup, you guessed it. It's all about the oil. Long after Bush, Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al are gone....the US based oil companies will be reaping big, ginormous profits from THE OIL.

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy has ordered its staff to wear flak jackets and helmets while outdoors or in unprotected buildings following an increase in mortar and rocket attacks against the heavily protected Green Zone.

The order, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, was issued last week after four Asian contract workers were killed during a barrage into the Green Zone, a 3.5-square mile area along the west bank of the Tigris River in the center of Baghdad. The area contains the U.S. and British embassies and many key Iraqi government offices.

Surge or Purge?

Who's purging now?

WRH A number of articles have appeared in the last few days which indicate that Bush’s "purge" is already underway. Jon Swain of the Times-online provides a chilling description of the military onslaught being carried out in the Haifa neighborhood just a few hundred yards outside the Green Zone.

Swain’s account proves that Bush’s real intention is not security but terrorizing the civilian population into submission. It's a textbook example of military pacification. As one 55 year old resident of Haifa queried, "Is this the new paradise the Americans said they would give us when they invaded our country?" Then he added, "When is this nightmare going to end"?

PS - for all those who say "Bush has created a mess - doesn't know what he's doing" WRONG. He's right on target. Create the appearance of a mess while you take the spoils of war (read OIL).