Media Views

The snow job by the corporate media on the issue of sectarianism in Iraq has ensured that the public buys into the line that the Sunni and Shia will dice one another up into little pieces if the occupation ends.... In early September, 500 British troops left one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in the heart of [Basra] and ceased to conduct regular foot patrols. According to the British military, the overall level of violence in the city has decreased 90 percent since then. This may or may not be a guarantee of a drop in sectarianism upon the departure of the invading armies, but it does prove that when the primary cause of the violence, sectarian strife, instability and chaos is removed from the equation of Iraq, things are bound to improve rapidly. Are we still going to believe that the occupation is holding Iraq together?