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| Iraq
War |
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| "The
propagandist's purpose, is to make one set of people forget
that certain other sets of people are human."
Aldous Huxley |
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| CHENEY
ENERGY TASK FORCE DOCUMENTS FEATURE MAP OF IRAQI OILFIELDS |
| The
documents, which are dated March 2001, concerning the activities
of the Cheney Energy Task Force, contain a map of Iraqi oilfields,
pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as 2 charts detailing
Iraqi oil and gas projects, and “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi
Oilfield Contracts.” |
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| Oval
Office failure |
| Tenet,
Woodward writes, "rose up, threw his arms in the air. `It's
a slam dunk case' . . . Bush pressed. `George, how confident
are you?' Tenet:
'Don't worry, it's a slam dunk'." |
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Republican
Rep. Bereuter:
"War in Iraq not justified"
BY
DON WALTON
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| In
a dramatic departure from the Bush administration, Republican
Rep. Doug Bereuter says he now believes the U.S. military assault
on Iraq was unjustified. |
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Poverty
Increases, Death Toll Tops 1,000 - One Dad Says 'Tough Luck'
By Dan Gougherty |
Our
guest, who I will call Mark has two draft aged sons, said that
he did not think the draft will return or for that matter is
necessary. Mark went on to say that he thought there were sufficient
numbers of underprivileged people who would continue to join
the service and that would sustain our armed forces.
While Mark's
view is very cynical, it is sadly probably true in the near
term. It is of no coincidence the recently released poverty
report that showed for a third straight year poverty has increased
and it had the greatest impact on children. What better way
of recruiting than having a huge class of underprivileged children
whose best way out of poverty is to join the armed services.
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| WHY
GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORLD’S LEADING TERRORIST! |
"Terrorism
is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or
property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian
population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political
or social objectives". - US Federal Bureau of Investigation
George W.
Bush, in his unprovoked attack against the sovereign nation
of Iraq, openly violated the UN Charter, to which the US is
a signatory. The Charter's core principles contained in Article
2(4) and Article 51 prohibit one nation from attacking another
except in self-defense or with the authority of the U.N. In
effect, George Bush launched an unlawful use of force against
persons and property. |
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| Hey,
Let's Call In The UN |
| Did
America and Britain have a legal right to go to war without
the backing of the United Nations? An inquiry into that would
be a short one: It doesn't take long to say "nope".
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| The
Peace President-By Molly Ivins |
| What
I'm worried about here is the amnesia factor. Am I the only
person around who distinctly remembers an entire 18 months ago?
This is what happened: The CIA was wrong, but it wasn't wrong
enough for the White House, which kept pushing the spies to
be much wronger. The CIA's lack of sufficient wrongness was
so troubling to the anxious Iraq hawks that they kept touting
their own reliable sources, such as Ahmad Chalabi and his merry
crew of fabulists. The neo-cons even set up their very own little
intelligence shop in the Pentagon to push us into this folly
in Iraq. |
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| On
whose authority? Mercenaries' role in Iraq grows |
| Asked
about the use of private contractors to perform duties once
done by uniformed service personnel, the Army admitted the other
day that the use of contractors to interrogate prisoners in
Iraq violates an Army rule. But this breach of the rules is
only part of a larger issue. |
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IRAQ
ON THE RECORD
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAQ-PDF |
This
report, which was prepared at the request of Rep. Henry A. Waxman,
is a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the
five Administration officials most responsible for providing
public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President
George Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National
Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. It finds that the five officials
made misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq in
125 public appearances.
The report and an accompanying database identify 237 specific
misleading statements by the five officials. |
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| The
new Pentagon papers |
| A
high-ranking military officer reveals how Defense Department
extremists suppressed information and twisted the truth to drive
the country to war. |
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| Did
White House pressure CIA on Iraq? |
| The
committee's report fails to fully explain the environment of
intense pressure in which the intelligence community officials
were asked to render judgments on matters relating to Iraq when
the most senior officials in the Bush administration had already
forcefully and repeatedly stated their conclusions publicly. |
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| When
Dissent Was Duty-By Mike Hersh |
| As
Bush drags an unwilling world into an unnecessary, immoral war
against Iraq his allies and supporters here in the US step up
their efforts to crush dissent. Such that it is. The already
servile mass media quivers in fear. Elected officials face bitter
retribution if they speak out. Bush's bullies are even attacking
the Dixie Chicks! |
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| Post
Hoc Justifications for the Iraq War-by Mark Drolette |
| Popular
post hoc justifications for the war claim that Hussein had to
go because he, among other things, was Hitler-like, gassed to
death thousands of Kurds, filled mass graves, and supported
suicide bombers. This essay shows why these and other after-the-fact
rationalizations are invalid. |
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| Iraq
war a gift to Osama: CIA |
| The
US invasion of Iraq was a "tremendous gift" to Osama
bin Laden and a major setback in the struggle against al-Qaeda,
according to a CIA terrorism expert who has written a scathing
account of the conduct of the US "war on terror". |
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| IRAQ:
Far-Bungled Banner |
| GIVEN
EVERYTHING ELSE that's gone wrong with the U.S. incursion in
Iraq, the unveiling of Iraq's newly designed national flag would
seem to be a minor matter. That is unless you happen to be an
Iraqi citizen, in which case the new flag becomes salt rubbed
into a festering wound. |
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| Just
Trust Us |
| From
the day this administration took office, its slogan has been
"Just trust us." No administration since Nixon has
been so insistent that it has the right to operate without oversight
or accountability, and no administration since Nixon has shown
itself to be so little deserving of that trust. |
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| Pentagon
Delays U.S. Troops' Trip Home |
| On
Monday, a senior official with U.S. Central Command said that
the return home of about 24,000 U.S. troops who were scheduled
to leave in the next few weeks would be delayed as their replacements
arrive. Central Command's responsibility includes the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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| The
Awful Truth |
| People
are saying terrible things about George Bush. They say that
his officials weren't sincere about pledges to balance the budget.
They say that the planning for an invasion of Iraq began seven
months before 9/11, that there was never any good evidence that
Iraq was a threat and that the war actually undermined the fight
against terrorism. |
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| Stumbling
Into War |
| Summary:
Why did most of the world abandon Washington when it went after
Saddam Hussein? The war in Iraq could never have been an easy
sell, but nor should it have been such a difficult one. The
Bush administration badly botched the prewar maneuvering, presenting
a textbook study in how not to wage a diplomatic campaign. 10
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| Bush
Sr. Said In 1996 That War With Iraq `Would Turn Entire Arab
World Against Us’ |
Former
President George Bush predicted in 1996 that if the United States
were to engage in another war with Iraq, one aimed at overthrowing
Saddam Hussein, the “entire Arab world would turn against
us” and the U.S. would alienate its allies in the international
community.
Moreover,
Vice President Dick Cheney said at an energy conference six
years ago that hundreds of thousands of United States soldiers
and Iraqi civilians would die if a war in Iraq were ever fought
on the streets of Baghdad. |
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| With
God on His Side ... |
| So,
it was a holy war, a new crusade. The Constitution reserves
to Congress the authority to allocate funds and to declare war.
Thus it would seem to be an impeachable offense to misappropriate
$700 million that had been earmarked to restore order to Afghanistan
and put it toward planning an invasion of Iraq.
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ALL
WAR ALL THE TIME
The Battle on Terrorism is an Excuse to Make Fighting Permanent
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| If
you did want to have a permanent war, what would you need in
order to make such a policy viable in a democratic society such
as the United States? You would need periodic crises, because
without them the public becomes complacent, unafraid, and hence
unwilling to bear the heavy burdens that they must bear if the
government is to carry on a permanent war. |
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| Bush's
Failed Mideast Policy Is Creating More Terrorism |
| With
760 dead in Iraq and over 3,000 maimed for life, home folks
continue to argue why we are in Iraq – and how to get out.
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| Invade
Iraq? It's a no brainer |
| Everyone
agrees that President George Bush's lobotomy has been a tremendous
success. It is scarcely surprising that Tony Blair should have
decided to follow suit and undergo similar psychosurgery. |
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| The
"Year Zero" Strategy |
| "As
the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq stumbles from one problem to
the next, suddenly everything seems to be up for grabs, and
an administration that once seemed sure of its goals and its
strategy now appears to be trying anything that might work. |
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| Speech
by Former Vice President Al Gore |
| "The
direction in which our nation is being led is deeply troubling
to me -- not only in Iraq but also here at home on economic
policy, social policy and environmental policy. Millions
of Americans now share a feeling that something pretty basic
has gone wrong in our country and that some important American
values are being placed at risk. And they want to set it right." |
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| Cost
of War |
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| The
War in Iraq Cost the United States |
| To
the right you will find a running total of the amount of money
spent by the US Government to finance the war in Iraq. |
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| The
Wastrel Son |
| Last
week Mr. Bush asked Congress for yet more money for the "Iraq
Freedom Fund" — $25 billion for starters, although
Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary, says that the
bill for the full fiscal year will probably exceed $50 billion,
and independent experts think even that is an underestimate.
And you know what? He'll get it. |
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| Fistfuls
of Dollars |
| The
Coalition Provisional Authority, which has been operating partly
on seized Iraqi assets, is about to run out of money. |
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| Who
is Getting Rich? |
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| A
TIMELINE OF OIL AND VIOLENCE - II |
| The
existence of Middle Eastern oil - a strategic commodity - drove
the United States to block Soviet influence in the region via
the shifting of its support among several regional dictators,
including Saddam Hussein in the 1960s. During the early 70s,
as petroleum's value increased markedly, Iraq moved to nationalize
the resource. The US responded by shifting its support away
from Hussein in Iraq, concentrating instead on Iran - where
the nationalization of oil resources had earlier prompted a
CIA backed coup that replaced the offending regime with the
Shah of Iran. |
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| 9-11
Profiteering: A Framework for Building the "Cui Bono?"
UnAnswered Questions |
| Much
has transpired since September 11, 2001. We have learned that
numerous heads of state and foreign intelligence agencies tried
to warn us before 9-11 (2); We have watched many deeply disturbing
unanswered questions of 9-11 emerge through global Internet
media (3); |
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| Civilian
Casualties |
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| U.S.
Massacre in Fallujah, Iraq: Death Toll for Week More Than 600 |
| More
than 600 Iraqis have been killed in Fallujah since U.S. Marines
began a siege against Sunni insurgents in the city a week ago,
most of them women, children and the elderly, the head of the
city's hospital said Sunday. |
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| The
Worldwide Update of Reported Civilian Deaths in the Iraq War
and Occupation. |
| Iraq
Civilian Body Count's new generation of IBC web counters include
live-updating, scrolling text. |
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| British |
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| Bush
and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war |
| President
George Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the removal of
Saddam Hussein from power at a private White House dinner nine
days after the terror attacks of 11 September, 2001 According
to Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British Ambassador to Washington,
who was at the dinner. |
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| Disillusionment
Over Iraq |
| In
March 2003, British Prime Minister Tony Blair apparently believed
that there was an imminent threat that Iraq might use weapons
of mass destruction. A majority of British voters were accordingly
persuaded that Britain was probably justified in taking part
in an attack on the tyrannical regime of Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein. |
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Tony
Blair must be more honest over Iraq
There
has been a serious lack of candour about his discussions with
President Bush. |
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