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Ads by Google      Committee for the Liberation of Iraq - SourceWatch Kurt Nimmo, "The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq: PR Spinning the Bush Doctrine (http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo1119.html)," Counterpunch, November 19, 2002. The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) bills itself as a nongovernmental organization comprised of a "distinguished group of Americans" who want to free Iraq from Saddam Hussein. Jim Lobe, "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" Sets Up Shop (http://www.presentdanger.org/papers/libiraq_body.html), Foreign Policy In Focus, November 2002. http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_Iraq   (639 words)      Project for the New American Century - SourceWatch Randy Scheunemann, President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, served as an advisor to Rumsfeld on Iraq in 2001. Most recently, PNAC created a new group called the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Kagan is also a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard and a Washington Post columnist, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Alexander Hamilton fellow in American diplomatic history at American University. http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century   (639 words)      Foreign Policy In Focus Policy Report: "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" Sets Up Shop The "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" is setting up offices on Capitol Hill this week, according to its president, Randy Scheunemann, Lott's former chief national-security adviser who last year worked in Rumsfeld's office as a consultant on Iraq policy. Both Scheunemann and Jackson have signed a number of PNAC's open letters to Bush, including one sent just eight days after the September 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, calling for Washington to carry the anti-terrorist campaign beyond al Qaeda to Syria, Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Palestine Authority and, of course, Iraq. The chairman of the new Committee, Bruce P. Jackson, is a former vice president of Lockheed Martin who chaired the Republican Party Platform's subcommittee for National Security and Foreign Policy when Bush ran for president in 2000. http://www.presentdanger.org/papers/libiraq_body.html   (639 words)      World War 3 Report #59 The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq is currently setting up office on Capitol Hill, according to its president, Randy Scheunemann, a veteran Republican Senate foreign policy staffer who until recently worked as a consultant to Rumsfeld on Iraq policy. Other officers include Gary Schmitt, PNAC's executive director, and Julie Finley, a prominent Republican fundraiser who worked with Jackson when he served as president of the US Committee to Expand NATO. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card said Nov. 10 that the US can act unilaterally if Iraq is found to have violated the new Security Council resolution. http://ww3report.com/59.html   (639 words)      Committee for the Liberation of Iraq - Disinfopedia Jim Lobe, "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" Sets Up Shop ( http://www.presentdanger.org/papers/libiraq_body.html), Foreign Policy In Focus, November 2002. The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) bills itself as a nongovernmental organization comprised of a "distinguished group of Americans" who want to free Iraq from Saddam Hussein. While the Iraq committee is an independent entity, committee officers said they expect to work closely with the administration. http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_Iraq   (639 words)      Project for the New American Century - SourceWatch Randy Scheunemann, President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, served as an advisor to Rumsfeld on Iraq in 2001. Kagan is also a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard and a Washington Post columnist, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Alexander Hamilton fellow in American diplomatic history at American University. He is the President of the U.S. Committee on NATO. http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century   (639 words)      No. 98-D 168 In its broad outline, the bipartisan "Iraq Liberation Act" conforms to the recommendations offered in February 1998 by a distinguished group of Democrats and Republicans led by former Congressman Steven Solarz and former Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle. Recognize a provisional government of Iraq based on the principles and leaders of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) that is representative of all the peoples of Iraq. This investigation -- and the leak of its existence for the purpose of discrediting this distinguished veteran of Operation Desert Storm -- is all the more outrageous since, according to Major Ritter, every interaction with the Israelis was authorized by the Executive Chairman of UNSCOM and approved by the United States. http://www.security-policy.org/papers/1998/98-D168.html   (639 words)      Project for the New American Century - SourceWatch Randy Scheunemann, President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, served as an advisor to Rumsfeld on Iraq in 2001. PNAC was the driving force behind the drafting and passage of the Iraqi Liberation Act, a bill that painted a veneer of legality over the ultimate designs behind such a conflict. PNAC's web site says it was "established in the spring of 1997" as "a non-profit, educational organization whose goal is to promote American global leadership." Their policy document, "Rebuilding America's Defences (http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf)," openly advocates for total global military domination. http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century   (639 words)      IRAQ: Pentagon mafia to run post-Saddam regime He is also a member of the advisory board of the US Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, headed by Bruce Jackson, the former vice-president of the mega-defence contractor Lockheed Martin. In the lead-up to the 1991 Gulf War, Woolsey was a member of the Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf, headed by Richard Perle, which worked closely with the Bush senior administration in mobilising support for the war, particularly in Congress. They should be told that if they are of assistance in moving Iraq toward decent government, we'll do the best we can to ensure that the new government and American companies work closely with them." http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2003/533/533p17.htm   (639 words)      Committee for the Free World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq" Sets Up Shop  ( http://www.presentdanger.org/papers/libiraq_body.html), Foreign Policy in Focus, November 2002. Committee for the Free World  ( http://www.publiceye.org/research/Group_Watch/Entries-32.htm) (CFW), according to the August 1998 update by Group Watch, was founded in 1981 by Midge Decter who was the organization's executive director. Committee for the Free World Records  ( http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7q2nb2gr) (1980-86) are located at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Free_World   (639 words)      CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Political parties and leaders Democratic Renovation Party [Armindo GRACA]; Force for Change Democratic Movement [leader NA]; Independent Democratic Action or ADI [Carlos NEVES]; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe-Social Democratic Party or MLSTP-PSD [Manuel Pinto Da COSTA]; Party for Democratic Convergence or PCD [Aldo BANDEIRA]; Ue-Kedadji coalition [leader NA]; other small parties People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, the only party recognized by the government [ISAIAS Afworki]; note - a National Assembly committee drafted a law on political parties in January 2001, but the full National Assembly has not yet debated or voted on it Democratic Party or DP [James MANCHAM, Daniel BELLE]; Mouvement Seychellois pour la Democratie [Jacques HODOUL]; Seychelles National Party or SNP (formerly the United Opposition or UO) [Wavel RAMKALAWAN]; Seychelles People's Progressive Front or SPPF [France Albert RENE, James MICHEL] - the governing party http://www.phatnav.com/factbook/fields/2118.html   (639 words)      The Hindu : Do turkeys enjoy thanksgiving? George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State, was Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. However, if all our energies are diverted into this process at the cost of real political action, then the WSF, which has played such a crucial role in the Movement for Global Justice, runs the risk of becoming an asset to our enemies. The Centre for Public Integrity in Washington found that nine out of the 30 members of the Defence Policy Board of the U.S. Government were connected to companies that were awarded defence contracts for $ 76 billion between 2001 and 2002. http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/18/stories/2004011800181400.htm   (2773 words)      Creative Resistance: United States - From Afghanistan To Iraq: The Racism Of "Liberation" The president, Randy Scheunemann, is a "veteran Republican Senate foreign policy staffer(21) who happened to draft the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act.. Additionally, Bruce P Jackson, Vice President of arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin until August 2002, who also chaired the Republican Party's subcommittee for national security and foreign policy when George W Bush ran for president in 2000, is the chairman of the Committee. Both Jackson and Gary Schmitt, the group's secretary, are members of a right wing Washington think tank, "Project for the New American Century" (PNAC). http://www.creativeresistance.ca/united-states/2003-from-afghanistan-to-iraq-the-racism-of-liberation-sonalhi-kolhatkar-www-zmag-org.htm   (2773 words)      Iraq after imperialist conquest: What way forward for the Iraqi working class? The Iraqi Communist Party justifies this by claiming the new Council will have “some authorities in various fields, including an active role in restoring security and stability, basic services, aspects of economic-financial and foreign policies” (from an article in the ‘Morning Star’, 22 July 2003, by Salam Ali, member of the ICP central committee). The goal for the ICP is not national and social liberation, and a struggle for socialism, but a “free and democratic federal Iraq”. UN rule in Iraq, given the terrible social and economic conditions, and opposition from Iraqis to foreign occupation, would mean oppression of the national and democratic rights of the masses. http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2003/09/08iraq.html   (4062 words)      One Year After the Invasion: Baghdad and Beyond by Tom Barry The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq was the quintessential modern front group, built on a diverse membership, international connections, a broad and unifying statement of purpose, and internal disciplines. Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, “Mission Statement,” November 2002. Both the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and the Project on Transitional Democracies were PNAC spin-offs. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/barry-tom3.html   (2801 words)      Right Web Organizations Committee for the Liberation of Iraq The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) was set up in late 2002 by Bruce Jackson, a director of the Project for the New American Century and former Lockheed Martin vice president. Its mission statement: "The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq was formed to promote regional peace, political freedom and international security by replacing the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government that respects the rights of the Iraqi people and ceases to threaten the community of nations. The Committee is committed to work beyond the liberation of Iraq to the reconstruction of its economy and the establishment of political pluralism, democratic institutions, and the rule of law." (3) http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/cli.php   (388 words)      enduring Friedman Not mentioned in this article however, is the fact that Will Marshall was also a member of Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, he's also on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Committee on NATO. The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq is mentioned here in relation to Lieberman: It seems as though the worse things go in Iraq the greater the pressure to defend the occupation of Iraq as a necessary, effective response to 9-11 and the threat of terrorism in the future. http://enduringfriedman.blogspot.com/2004_01_18_enduringfriedman_archive.html   (1730 words)      One Year After the Invasion: Baghdad and Beyond by Tom Barry Even before the invasion plans were finalized, several neocons associated with the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq created a new “war party” calling for the U.S. government to support regime change in Iran. Both the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and the Project on Transitional Democracies were PNAC spin-offs. Like most front groups, the CLI was a transitory political project that faded as soon as the invasion was launched – despite its professed mission of working beyond the “liberation” to ensure the reconstruction, democratization, and institution of the rule of law in Iraq. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/barry-tom3.html   (1730 words)      t r u t h o u t Members of PNAC and a brief recap of their resumes Was chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq Was a member of the Committee Committee for the Liberation of Iraq Was a member and Secretary of the Committee of the Liberation of Iraq http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/11/3/193432/890   (1785 words)      Online NewsHour: Protesting War- January 17, 2003 Margaret Warner discusses the varied views on a potential Iraq war with a spokesman for the Answer Coalition, one of the groups organizing this weekend's demonstrations; and the president and executive director of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and a consultant to the Secretary of Defense on Iraq policy. Randy Scheunemann is president of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. They do not believe that Iraq poses a grave and imminent danger to the United States, that in fact this is a pretext designed to carry out an unstated but preplanned war policy with other goals in mind and it is not about disarmament; it's about the reconquest of this oil rich region. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june03/protesting_1-17.html   (2581 words)      Project for the New American Century - dKosopedia Randy Scheunemann, President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, served as an advisor to Rumsfeld on Iraq in 2001. Most recently, PNAC created a new group called the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. PNAC is noteworthy for its focus on Iraq, a preoccupation that began before Bush became president and predates the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Project_for_the_New_American_Century   (2806 words)      US Labor Against the War: Advocates of War Now Profit From Iraq's Reconstruction Before the war, Woolsey was a founding member of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, an organization set up in 2002 at the request of the White House to help build public backing for war in Iraq. He was the founding president of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Now, as fighting continues in Iraq, they are collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees for helping business clients pursue federal contracts and other financial opportunities in Iraq. http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=5688&printsafe=1   (1689 words)      Committee for the Liberation of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) was a non-governmental organization which described itself as a "distinguished group of Americans" who wanted to free Iraq from Saddam Hussein. While the Iraq committee is an independent entity, committee officers said they expect to work closely with the administration. While working for Lott in 1998, Scheunemann drafted the "Iraq Liberation Act" that authorized $98 million for the Iraqi National Congress. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_Iraq   (357 words)      Opposing Hoffa’s support for war As rank-and-file Teamsters, we are outraged to learn that our president, James Hoffa, has joined with war hawks like Newt Gingrich and Richard Perle to form the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. The histories of the members of this committee show they care little about liberation or democracy--in Iraq or anywhere else. The committee is a phony attempt by a handful of right-wingers to create the appearance that a broad section of Americans support war with Iraq. http://www.socialistworker.org/2003-1/440/440_11_NoProWarHoffa.shtml   (295 words)      Committee for the Liberation of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) was a While the Iraq committee is an independent entity, committee officers said they expect to work closely with the administration. In a news release announcing its formation, the group said its goal was to "promote regional peace, political freedom and international security through replacement of the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government that respects the rights of the Iraqi people and ceases to threaten the community of nations." It had close links to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_Iraq   (295 words)      Bruce P. Jackson - SourceWatch During the 2002-2003, he served as the Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Jackson set up the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq with Randy Scheunemann as its president. Jackson is the President of the U.S. Committee on NATO, a non-profit corporation formed in 1996 to promote the expansion of NATO and the strengthening of ties between the United States and Europe. http://www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Bruce_P._Jackson   (1053 words)      Peter Kaminski: Respecting the Rights of the People Their mission statement begins, "The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq was formed to promote regional peace, political freedom and international security by replacing the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government that respects the rights of the Iraqi people and ceases to threaten the community of nations." Check out The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. In the early 1980s, Dr. Schmitt was a member of the professional staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and, from 1982-1984, served as the committee's minority staff director. http://peterkaminski.com/archives/000262.html   (517 words)      AUANEWSWATCH  CLI President to Attend London Meetings The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq was formed to promote regional peace, political freedom and international security by replacing the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government that respects the rights of the Iraqi people and ceases to threaten the community of nations. The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq believes that a unified multi-ethnic, democratic opposition will be a critical partner for the U.S. and our allies in the weeks and months ahead. The text of the report can be found on the CLI website, at www.liberationiraq.org, under "Post-Saddam Iraq" in the "Issues" section. http://www.aanf.org/midwest/dec2002/auanewswatch02.htm   (389 words)      april fourth diary: committee relations Bob Herbert’s editorial in this morning’s New York Times brings back into public attention the Bush-designed pro-war propaganda group, The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Even more disturbing is the incestuous relationship the Committee has with The Project for the New American Century – a pro-military, pro-global domination advisory group, whose board members are a list of who’s who in the Bush administration, and is eerily similar to the board members of the Committee. Herbert is blunt in his denouncement of Shultz’s ulterior motives for wanting the war in Iraq to start: “When the George Bushes and the George Shultzes were banging the drums for war with Iraq, we didn't hear one word from them about the benefits that would be accruing to corporate behemoths like Bechtel. http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~wolff/cgi-bin/wolffblog/archives/000005.html   (281 words)      VOA News Report To assess the current situation, David Borgida of VOA-TV's "NewsLine" program, moderated a pro and con debate with Randy Scheunemann, of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, and Ambassador Joseph Wilson, an adjunct scholar of the Middle East Institute. He is an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute here in Washington, and also joining us is Randy Scheunemann, President of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Iraq is in violation of the Gulf War ceasefire. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030312-3e18af61.htm   (1176 words)

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