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Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush Hardcover – Bargain Price, January 23, 2007

by Barry M. Lando (Author)
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An investigative history of Western complicity in Saddam Hussein's crimes reveals the story his trial never will.

In February 1991, the Shia of southern Iraq rose against Saddam Hussein. Barry M. Lando, a former investigative producer for 60 Minutes, argues compellingly that this ill-fated uprising represents one instance among many of Western complicity in Saddam Hussein's crimes against humanity. The Shia were responding to the call for rebellion from President George H.W. Bush that was broadcast repeatedly across Iraq by clandestine CIA stations. But, just as the revolution was on the brink of success, the United States and its allies turned their backs: U.S. troops destroyed huge weapons caches to prevent them from falling into rebel hands and blocked rebels trying to reach Baghdad. In the end, tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, were massacred.

Because of restrictions imposed by the Special Tribunal prosecuting Saddam Hussein, the extensive role of the U.S. and its allies in his crimes will never be explored at his trial. But as Web of Deceit demonstrates, the nations that now denounce Saddam most prominently secretly backed the dictator from his rise to power in the 1960s and '70s to his offensives in Iran and, despite warnings, took no action to stop his invasion of Kuwait. They also turned their backs when he used chemical weapons against the Iraqi people and persisted in international sanctions long after they had proved ineffective and, for hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, lethal.

Web of Deceit draws on a wide range of journalism and scholarship to present a complete picture of what really happened in Iraq under Saddam, detailing—for the first time—the complicity of the West in its full and alarming extent.
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    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Other Press
  4. Publication date
    January 23, 2007
  5. Dimensions
    6.32 x 1.31 x 9.21 inches
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  • Middle East History Buff
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Historical Perspective, for those who can take it....
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2007
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    Pulling no punches, Barry effectively reconstructs the history of Iraq from the end of the Ottoman Empire, through the current shrub administration.

    Like Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein was a monster we help create in a very big way. When he was coerced into attacking Iran, he was useful. When he gassed the Kurds and the town of Halabja, he was inconvenient, but still an ally, and was removed from the list of terrorist states. When our government (in concert with the Iranians) removed military support for the Kurdish rebellion, our government watched as he brutally massacred and gassed them with weapons he procured from us and the Germans. When he became no longer useful, we did him in. We did not allow the court to name foreigners as co-defendants, which was lucky for many in our current administration.

    But what is more extraordinary, is the history of the Soviets, Israeli's and the U.S selling weapons to both Iraq and Iran during their war through the 1980's. We sold weapons to both sides (Iran - Contra Scandal), gave Saddam satellite and other intelligence, just enough to keep them both going so that, in the words of Henry Kissinger: "I hope they kill each other...".

    This book provides a wealth of information for those interested in understanding some of the history of U.S interference in Iraq, and a little of the same in Iran.
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  • speederreader
    4.0 out of 5 stars All Roads Lead to Britain
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2007
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    I suppose we will never see the end of the damage done by the old European colonial system. Even my hero, Churchill, was guilty of moving boundaries of countries to serve the empire. Very eye opening book and gives insight into some of the reasons "they hate us".
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  • Future Watch Writer
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book on the history of Anglo-American imperialism in Iraq
    Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2007
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    This is one of the best books on Anglo-American policy towards Iraq. Its key virtue is placing the current disaster in the context of a long pattern of war crimes and lies, going back to Winston Churchill and World War I. It was Churchill, not Saddam, who initiated the use of poison gas against civilians as a means of control. In the 1980's American satellites helped direct Saddam in the use of massive amounts of poison gas, including nerve gas, against Iranian troops. In 1991 America called on the Shiites to rise up and then did nothing while Saddam slaughtered them. I could go to list even more dishonest and criminal acts by England and America but I suggest you just read the book. If you are skeptical about any assertions in this review, just go read the book. It speaks for itself and is very well-documented.
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  • Mark Pitkin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important source of truth in real politics
    Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2014
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    “Web of Deceit” is book written by a highly respected journalist who knows how to collect facts and how to analyze them. Mr. Lando diligently refers to multiple sources of information and puts together data from various types of publications, reports and public speeches of political and military figures. The author’s conceptual filter allows him to convincingly demonstrate whether these sources wanted to deliver correct facts or, on the contrary, tried to mask the truth. The latter occurred very often because of the nature of the events covered in the book -- namely, the involvement of western countries and the Soviet Union in the turbulent history of Iraq.
    Mr. Lando begins the chronology of events form 1914, when the map of the Meddle East was being redrawn following WWI. That historical perspective illuminates the controversy of Iraq’s composition in 1921 with the explosive mixture of ethnic groups, tribes and religions. For a reader who counts on TV coverage of the US-Iraqi Wars and who thinks that he understands the situation, it would be an eye-opening experience to learn about the real political and economical motives behind the endless turmoil in the region.
    To me the most exciting discoveries came from the chapters devoted to the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran War. Mr. Lando showed that the support from western countries shifted many times from Iraq to Iran, with an aim to extend the conflict. It also clarifies the story of the Iran-Contra Affair. This is a much needed book for educating young people who are interested in real world politics and who are trying to look ahead and anticipate the future.
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  • Fernande Lando
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
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    Interesting
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  • J. Curto
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly researched and well-written
    Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2019
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    Thoroughly researched with the highest level of journalistic integrity. Extremely informative and illuminating. Anyone seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the Middle East and the deep-seated tensions towards the west throughout the region would be well-served to read Lando’s exceptional narrative of this historically monumental debacle.
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  • alan scarfe
    5.0 out of 5 stars American blindness and American guilt
    Reviewed in Canada on October 4, 2012
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    This is a tremendously courageous book written by a man who knows exactly what he's talking about. The tragedy of American and British duplicity in the Middle East and the cynical profiteering of so many others as well is brilliantly delineated. The book leaves no stone unturned and the story it tells is horrifying and utterly believable. What a crying shame the general public of the countries involved is so apathetic and so blind. For an attempt at a satirical view of this and other similar horrors you might consider the novels of Clanash Farjeon.
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