USA Is Illegally Changing Iraq's Laws To Favour Corporate Globalization

As the collapse of the Saddam-WMDs and Saddam-Al-quaeda fantasies prove, the USA's illegal invasion of Iraq was always about economics and ideological empire-building. Bush & Co. are selling off Iraq in contravention of international law and at the expense of ordinary Iraqis.

A detailed report of US economic activity in Iraq says:

"The Bush Administration is using the military invasion and occupation of Iraq to advance a corporate globalization agenda that is illegal under international law, has not been chosen by the Iraqi people and may ultimately prove to be even more devastating than twelve years of economic sanctions, two U.S.-led wars and one occupation. The Administration's ultimate goal is to take the agenda to the entire region.

In direct conflict with its obligations under international law, the Bush Administration is fundamentally altering Iraq's economic laws to U.S. corporate advantage and is not adequately restoring and providing Iraqis with fundamental necessities such as water and electricity.

Transformation of an occupied country's fundamental laws is illegal under international law. It directly violates the international convention governing the behavior of occupying forces, the Hague regulations of 1907 (the companion to the 1949 Geneva conventions, both ratified by the United States), as well as the U.S. Army's own code of war..."

More at the INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION.