Winter Soldier: An Iraqi perspective

[JeriDro]

i think its interesting he says "umm" is that only from english or other dialects do it to? i never noticed

[canadiantruth1]

i wonder how the u.s government would punish someone for hacking into there "files" or whatever it is you can hack { I'm not a computer whiz} aha ... straight to guantanamo bay lol ..peace

[WeinerschnitzeI]

Funny how this man, because he can speak a little English and has a baseball cap on his head rather than a turban, is regarded as a human being.

I guarantee that if they sent him back to Iraq, forced him to wear a turban, and speak Arabic, that he would be seen as nothing more than a no good Muslim... or rather 'Haji.'

It is people like him who we are slaughtering... PEOPLE like him.

Peace and Love

[Thirdoptionisthename]

@WeinerschnitzeI

You should be removed from the gene pool.

[evansr727]

that's what you get when you don't give us more oil.

[nefferson09]

i just want to see what happens when the troops are gone .......and the shit hits the fan ha ha FTW!

[anchorperson]

anchorperson

If Saddam Hussein had not flaunted his supposed possession of nuclear weapons, Iraq would not have been invaded. What would you do if it came to your attention that a neighbor was stockpiling explosives and weapons? You'd have the police raid the house. The insurgents hide near civilians to attack our troops to purposely cause collateral damge to innocents. It' a guerrilla war. That is their strategy to claim atrocitis. If they laid down their arms our troops could leave in peace.

[soupdragon42]

Iraq really had WMD?

[anchorperson]

What is this soupdragon42 a delayed reaction? The commeni I posted explains it all. For your benefit I'll try to illustrate using a different example., If someone threatened you with a hidden weapon, would you believe you were in danger? Saddam bombed the Kurds with chemicals killing thousands of innocent defenseless men, women and children. His war with Iran produced thousands of deaths on both sides. He invaded Kuwait. He had the resources to buy or develop WMD. Why wait till after the fact?

[soupdragon42]

Who supplied those chemical weapons to Iraq, and backed them to fight those wars? In fact, who backed Hussein into power in the first place?

Furthermore, if we follow your logic, America should be launching pre-emptive wars on just about everyone on the basis that they just might be developing advanced weaponry!

Perhaps I should go round and shoot my neighbours before they shoot me?

[anchorperson]

That soupdragon42 isexactly what the U.S. should do against Iran before they launch and it would be a prudent move on your part to defend yourself if threatened by a neighbor. Of course if you have the opportunity you should try and call the police first. But like the example I gave you, if confronted by someone who threatens you with a hidden weapon you could take the chance it's a bluff and risk getting killed or maimed by doing nothing or begging for your life or strike first and live.

[anchorperson]

Soupdragon42 it's irrelevant who supplied chemical weapons to Irag because on the black market everything and anything is available for a price. Saddam had the oil revenues to purchase any weapon on the market and the demonstrated propensity to use any weapon against any perceived enemy. He was a crackpot and a menace to the whole region and put the supply of Iraqi oil in peril. That would have caused worldwide repercussions. If he did our bidding he could stay, if not he had to go. Life 101.

[soupdragon42]

The US provided the weapons. That's not irrelevant really, is it? Hussein was crackpot, but then so was the Bush regime!

[anchorperson]

It's irrelevant soupdragon42 because the vast majority of the tanks, aircraft and weapons supplied to Saddam were from the Soviets and China. But like I said, he could have any weapon avaialable on the black market. President Bush made the right decision in taking out a mentally unstable, psychopathic murderer boasting about having nuclear weapons at his disposal and flatly stating his willingness to use them against any and all enemies. You can thank Bush for preventing WWIII or Armageddon.

[swizzlecheeks]

I wonder who gave Sadam those chemical weapons? They should be shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anchorperson]

The usual suspects swizzlecheeks: Syria, North Korea, China and the Soviets. Now we have to deal with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong II and, Hugo Chavez among other worldwide crackpots trying to destroy civilization.

[poop121]

oh, sorry! wrong wrong wrong. look it up, the us supplied him with weapons

[swizzlecheeks]

LOL!!!!!

Poor naive` Americans...

[chevelle3429]

lol that would be some people in the usa government that gave those weapons to him in the early 80s or whatever to fight iran

[mattfryy]

@swizzlecheeks Western war profiteers may be revelling in oil, but I bet the US and British arms dealers that sold Saddam his weapons and fighter jets are pissed right now. They lost one good customer.

[swizzlecheeks]

@mattfryy

So true. However, note the $600 billion sweet deal the Military Industrial Complex (Anglo/American powers) made with Saudi Arabia. Supposed home of some 14 out of the 18 9/11 terrorists. LOL!! They will use this muscle to intimidate Iran into forcing so-called Democracy down their throats...Its a mad, mad, world!!

please, read, daily bell. com

[Starpass]

@swizzlecheeks Members of the Elite gave Sadam the weapons; namely the US Government. It was a set up done by the US

[hardkoregamer999]

@swizzlecheeks we gave them chemical weapons......

[JeriDro]

@swizzlecheeks it was probably us. we put that man into power

[lovelygreebo]

FUCK AMERICA!!!!!

[nutcra]

fuck your mom

[einsatzdeath]

Baathist sleeper agent! What kind of piece of shit is driven from a country by a regime, then condemns the liberators of the country when that regime is overthrown? What a pig. Practically the very face of our enemy: deceitful, conniving, greedy, and malicious.

[gosciu555]

the us forces ARE NOT LIBERATORS, stupid, just the next power there. you're an idiot.

[einsatzdeath]

NUH UH. You're stupid, you idiot.

[gosciu555]

yeah good argument. look there are more important things than you feeling powerful or feeling like "we're kicking their ass" yeah?

[einsatzdeath]

NUH UH. Nooooo way, jose. I do feel powerful and kick ass, and that's very important. By the way, way to recognize irony.  You're clearly an avid reader. SHWING!

[lovelygreebo]

LOL, you are a fuckwit.

[hothijabi]

When you are prevented any access to information, a hacker like Salam is needed!

Great insite Real News!

[1p3v]

Remember...

...was charged under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) / MEJA applies to two categories of people, those "employed by or accompanying" the armed forces outside the U.S. and those to whom the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) -- military law -- applied at the time of the offense. The latter group includes members of the armed forces who allegedly commit offenses while subject to the UCMJ... have separated from the service...

[1p3v]

New Soldier by John Kerry and David Thorne ISBN-10: 002073610X

Rules for Radicals Paperback by Saul Alinsky ISBN-10: 0679721134

Unfit for Command: by John E. O'Neill

Regnery Publishing, Inc. (August 25, 2004)

ISBN-10: 0895260174 ISBN-13: 978-0895260178

Tet!: The Turning Point by Don Oberdorfer, ISBN: 0801867037

Stolen Valor by B. G. Burkett

ISBN-10: 096670360X

Fake Warriors by Henry Mark Holzer, Erika Holzer ISBN-10: 1401096751

...please read...

[zezombie78]

What if you hear my story

[knightmascara]

I watched this video several times. Salem is no journalist. Listen to what he says. He left Iraq in 2003. He was a hacker. And now he is in the US. He condems the US solders as being more of a hell than under Sadam. But yet Salem enjoys the freedom of America. He should be deported.

He doesn't even know what he says near the end.

A journalist? For what paper did he write? A American?

Come on Real News when are you going to get it right?

[gosciu555]

what freedom, what are you talking about. this whole operation is oligarchical you fool, oligarchical. nothing to do with "america's interest, unless of course the oligarchs consider themselves to be "america"

[rachkenney85]

Great job catching this guy for an interview. It is 5 years past time that we learned what this war is doing to the Iraqis and our family members deployed there.

[Fixhist]

50 Years of US Super power, was based on fake paper money, Time for Americans to work for their own goods and services has come.

Just think for a moment,

How it would have been possible to deploy forces to propagate NWO or WTO agenda?

Alqaida is sand toy story nothing to worry about.

NWO will come falling down on the day of US$ Paper money getting refused in future buying contracts including for Oil.

So simple is that.

No more free bases for US forces to be made available either.

[knightmascara]

I watched this video several times. Salem is no journalist. Listen to what he say. He left Iraq in 2003. He was a hacker. And now he is in the US. He condems the US solders as being more of a hell than under Sadam. But yet Salem enjoys the freedom of America. He should be deported.

He doesn't even know what he says near the end.

A journalist? A American?

Come on Real News when are you going to get it right?

[sourcerror]

He said he wanted to leave the country, but as he didn't have a passport, he went to Baghdad, as it was somehow safer.

[Boomer1949]

another great video, great work.

[wasy35]

looks like kevin smith, lol. thanks for the video.

[MooseOfReason]

Might want to fix the video title. It's the URL for the video...

[woodencloud]

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I'd like to see/hear a full two hour program with this man telling his story.. thanks for this RealNews.

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[poop121]

You can easily find audio from the entire Winter Soldier event. You can hear accounts from former US troops and Iraqi common people like this man. Extremely informative and highly recommended.

[woodencloud]

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thanks for taking the time to post this info for me and for others who may want to know. I'll try to find it. peace

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