Painting Iraq by the numbers. For source information, see our related blog post: http://www.moblogic.tv/blog...

Its now 5 years since the start of the Iraq conflict, and coming up to 7 years for Afghanistan.. can anyone remember why our troops were sent there? Was it for control of oil & heroin? Are these conflicts worth soldiers lives? I don't think so. http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/ I am not in any way associated with the Help For Heroes campaign, but would encourage everyone to visit the website to find out more. I'd also like to point out that the track is "Hey Ma" by James, and again, I am not associated with the band in any way, nor is this an "official" video - I heard the track, and felt the need to make something about this topic, compiling clips from YouTube. 5 years ago I was arguing for the conflict, on the grounds of the report from the British Government stating that Iraq had "Weapons Of Mass Destruction". This was false. I felt duped. Those soldiers killed, injured or just out there are doing their duty, but who is the enemy now? Why are they still there fighting? Confusing isn't it.

President George W. Bush has said he has no regrets about going to war in Iraq. Meanwhile, hundreds of anti-war protesters demonstrated in Washington D.C. to demand the return of U.S. troops.

After five years in Iraq, the top three presidential contenders are voicing their plans.

Between the years 1967 and 1972 the CIA introduced a program they designed, coordinated by the Republic of Vietnam's (South Vietnam) and created as a security practise to identify and "neutralize" the civilian infrastructure supporting the Viet Cong or National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam. Between 1968 and 1972 Phoenix neutralized 81,740 NLF members, of whom 26,369 were killed. In 1970, Communist officials near Da Nang in northern South Vietnam instructed their assassins to "kill 400 persons" deemed to be government "tyrant's" and to "annihilate" anyone involved with the pacification program. The Phoenix Program is sometimes seen as an "assassination campaign," and has been criticized as an example of human-rights atrocities alleged to have been committed by the CIA or other allied organizations, including U.S. Military Intelligence. Consequently, the military command in Vietnam issued a directive that reiterated that it had based the anti-VCI campaign on South Vietnamese law, that the program was in compliance with the laws of land warfare, and that U.S. personnel had the responsibility to report breaches of the law. For More Info.: Bob Kerrey, The CIA and War Crimes: http://www.counterpunch.org/valentine...

5 Years In Iraq 150 were arrested today in San Francisco protesting the war ...that has killed almost 4000 US troops and over a million Iraqis... a war that costs: 7.4 Million per hour 177 Million per day Its got to stop Video by: ChangeDaChannel Photographs by: Storm013 Video Editing by Storm013 & ChangeDaChannel Music: DJ Carl23