Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn on Antiwar Radio

Stress (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008

Apologies to Scott for the hippy music at the end antiwar radio you-tube channel

Iraq Correspondent Patrick Cockburn on the US-Iraqi Clash Over the Status of US Troops

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008

... military operations without Iraqi approval and control of Iraqi airspace. We speak to journalist Patrick Cockburn of the London Independent , who broke the story last week.

Patrick Cockburn: Bush's Secret Deal Would Ensure Permanent U.S. Occupation of Iraq

Dialogic (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

(Courtesy of Oliver) Bush's Secret Deal Would Ensure Permanent U.S. Occupation of Iraq By PATRICK COCKBURN Counterpunch A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November. The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to this reporter,...

The Show: Patrick Cockburn and Jahangir Golestan-Parast

Stress (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

Patrick Cockburn and Jahangir Golestan-Parast will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, Wednesday, June 11th. Patrick Cockburn will be discussing a pending agreement between the United States and Iraq regarding prolonging the U.S. military presence in Iraq at 12:15PM Eastern. Jahangir Golestan-Parast will be discussing his 2006 documentary movie,...

Patrick Cockburn: The reality is that Iraqi authority would be nominal

The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008

In practice, there is less to the American "concessions" than would first appear. The reaction in Iraq to the US demands for the long-term use of military bases and other rights has been so furious that Washington is now offering limited concessions in the negotiations. For example, the US is lowering the number of bases it wants from 58 to "the low dozens" and says it is willing to compromise on...

SOFA So Bad

Ten Percent (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008

Patrick Cockburn: The reality is that Iraqi authority would be nominal Thursday, 12 June 2008 In practice, there is less to the American “concessions” than would first appear. The reaction in Iraq to the US demands for the long-term use of military bases and other rights has been so furious that Washington is now offering limited concessions [...]

Patrick Cockburn, "Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control," The Independent, June 5, 2008. (World Report)

Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November. The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are

Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control by Patrick Cockburn

Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

Revelation of the contents of the US-proposed "strategic alliance" with Iraq in the form of a "status of forces agreement" (SOFA) by Patrick Cockburn, writing in the Independent, draws widening Iraqi opposition and a pointed comment from Ali Allawi, Iraq's former finance minister. 1) Patrick Cockburn Article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/revealed-secret-plan-to-keep-iraq-under-us-control-840512.html...

• The 'secret plan' for Iraq - FP Passport

Today in The Nation: Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable

The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Patrick Cockburn An Iraqi government desperate for credibility could receive no better gift than Barack Obama's exit plan.

This Is Hell - July 05, 2008

DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Featuring interviews with Pervez Hoodbhoy, Rick Shenkman, Rami Khouri, Patrick Cockburn, and Dean Baker.

TONIGHT

malung-tv-news (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Online at the Frontline club A Fragile Soverignty Chaired by Jon Snow (C4) Patrick Cockburn (journalist and author) Toby Dodge (QMU, London) Major General John Batiste (via skype) Yahia Said (Revenue Watch Institute and LSE) Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh (Iraqi government - via skype)

This Is Hell - Feb 17, 2007

DATA news (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008

Featuring Thant Myint-U, Tara Lohan and Patrick Cockburn.

A million reasons not to attack Iran versus the madness of King George

Weazl's Revenge (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008

Blowback from a Strike on Iran By PATRICK COCKBURN I raq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the US launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq, said Dr Mahmoud Othman, the influential Iraqi MP. The Iraqi government's main allies are the US and Iran, whose governments openly detest each other. The Iraqi government may be...

Military action 'would destabilise Iraq' ('Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq': Iraqi PM)

Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Source: [b]The Independent[/b] [div class=excerpt][b]Military action 'would destabilise Iraq'[/b] By Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad Saturday, 5 July 2008 Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the US launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take ...

• Iraq will be ‘plunged into a new war’ if Iran is attacked - Belfast Telegraph
• Military action 'would destabilise Iraq' - The Independent

Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal

Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

He also said that the loss of immunity of American contractors would make US intelligence operations more difficult because private companies have been used to maintain links with opponents of the Iranian regime based in Iraq, notably the Mojahedin-e Khalq. This enables the US government to deny that it has contacts with such groups. Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal By Patrick Cockburn...

• Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal - The Independent