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Richard Clarke on Cyberterrorism and Iraq
An anonymous reader writes "Richard Clarke, former counter terrorism advisor to the US National Security Council, has revealed that before invading Iraq, the U.S. government used the Internet to communicate directly with Iraqi soldiers by sending them personalised messages saying, "We're about to invade. We're going to overwhelm you and if you resist us we're going to kill you. But we don't want to do that. So really the best thing for you to do when we invade is to go home." He said the soldiers got the message and most of them went home. Clarke, who many will remember for publicly criticizing the Bush administration, also emphasized the importance of cybersecurity. "Just because it doesn't create a lot of body bags, doesn't mean it's not important. It's vitally important for our economies," Clarke said."
I mean, here we have a country filled with and ruled by fascists and Islamic fundamentalists, where women are looked down upon
You appear to be somewhat confused. Iraq under Saddam was certainly not an 'Islamic fundamentalist' state, and women were well treated.
The US may be claiming that democracy is its goal, but few in the outside world believe that claim.
People see the occupiers as the 'bad guys' largely because they committed the supreme crime against international law - an unprovoked war of aggression.
Are the Iraqi resistance worse that the occupiers of Fallujah?
http://www.cnduk.org/pages/UNletter.htm