MAKING IRAQ SAFE FOR DISNEYLAND

MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY, GLOBAL RESEARCH Disneyland goes to war-torn Iraq, with a multi-million dollar entertainment complex, to be built on a 50 acre lot adjacent to the Green Zone. The American-style amusement park will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum.

General David Petraeus, is said to be a "big supporter" of bringing Disneyland to Baghdad. Supported by the Pentagon, an unknown Los Angeles based holding company C3 of private equity investors, will be developing the "Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience". The park will be designed by Ride and Show Engineering.. . .

Establishing an American cultural outpost in an occupied land serves to uphold the legitimacy of the invaders and their Worldwide "cultural values". . . . Under this "reconstruction effort", America is to donate 200,000 California style skateboards to Iraqi children. The skateboard is a symbol of American pop culture, which has attracted "a tough, independent, and rebellious type of urban youth, who have created their own subculture." What happens when you export the colorful skateboard from Los Angeles, California to Baghdad. . .

The Baghdad Disneyland-style project has all the essential features of a PsyOp. It is intended to instill American values and destroy Iraqi identity. "The people [of Iraq] need this kind of positive influence. Its going to have a huge psychological impact," said Mr. Werner of C3.

The US investment company will essentially take possession of municipal lands in an undisclosed deal reached with the Mayor of Baghdad. . .

The site is a functioning national park, which is slated for privatization. It is prime real estate for the US investors. The California holding company C3 plans to use the land for lucrative investments in hotels and upscale housing: "I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't making money":