The weekend of March 18th marks three years of bloody imperialist occupation in Iraq. In the last six months of the war we have seen the constant evidence of abuse of prisoners by coalition forces, US and UK casualties have reached the 2,000 and 100 mark respectively, and the imperialists have over-seen the election of a puppet government in a sham election. On top of this, 3,000 more UK troops are being sent to support the occupation of Afghanistan. We are also hearing threats from the US towards the governments of Iran, Syria and now the Hamas controlled Palestinian Authority, all under the veil of the ‘long war’. [Read more...]