Buzzflash: Barry M. Lando Traces the Long, Sad Trail of Western Complicity in Iraq

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A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW

Rumsfeld came to Baghdad to shake hands with Saddam, even as the tortures and executions were going on. The Americans knew full well what kind of a tyrant they were dealing with, but they wanted him in their camp. -- Barry M. Lando, author of Web of Deceit

Investigative producer Barry M. Lando spent decades at "60 Minutes" shining a light on assorted evil doers and their misdeeds. Now his eye is trained on Iraq. His new book, Web of Deceit, illuminates the path that led our troops into Iraq, and the role generations of Western powers played in shaping the ill-begotten country, a creation of the British colonial empire. The book is knocking the socks off reviewers. Barry Lando offers BuzzFlash a brief history of Iraq and provides perspective on the fight that Bush picked.

The road to the Iraq War started nearly a century ago.

And yes, it's pretty much about the oil.

It should be noted that a democratically elected government in Iran was overthrown by the CIA in 1953 because the president of Iran was going to end the de facto British ownership of the Iranian oil reserves. The tyrannical Shah was immediately put in power by the CIA, which led eventually to the Mullah backlash and takeover of Iran.

Now, the Busheviks are again coveting Iran's oil and willing to nuke them for it -- and perhaps initiate Armageddon.

The Interview is here: http://buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/055

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1. Lando's interviews should be required viewing for every American who still supports

BushInc. And there are some real hits to make against a current Democratic president, too.

Everything happening today has roots that were close to being exposed in 1993 - IranContra, BCCI, Iraqgate. What happened? What was this country's priority?

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