Fri, 26/08/2011.
Full article (with links) available online at http://www.shannonwatch.org/blog/irish-government-acted-protect-us-interests-and-property. Recently released cables from the U.S. embassy in Dublin show once again how little respect the Irish government had for national and international laws, Irish sovereignty and human rights. Protecting U.S. interests and property seems to have been their overriding concern, rather than the people being tortured and bombed by the CIA and U.S. military.
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Note: The figures given for the dead here are disputable as there may be 1,000,000 dead in Iraq.
By Daniel Trotta, Reuters
30 June 2011 When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars. Staggering as it is, that figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the US Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released on Wednesday.
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By Shannonwatch
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