A diplomat's undiplomatic truth: They lied
Posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2003

Words Of Mass Deception

White House Acknowledges Error in Speech
The White House is acknowledging that President Bush was incorrect when he said in his State of the Union address that Iraq recently had sought significant quantities of uranium in Africa.

¥ This was a not an 'Error in Speech' it was a deliberate LIE.
The CIA warned the US Government months before

Bush 'warned over uranium claim'
The CIA warned the US Government that claims about Iraq's nuclear ambitions were not true months before President Bush used them to make his case for war, the BBC has learned.

Occupation's ordeals ravage Iraqi psyche
'When we see [the American troops] in the streets, we feel sad, our hearts ache ... because they came here as invaders and occupiers.' -- IHSARIM HASSAN, imam

As Goodwill Fades, Attacks Rise in Iraq

To Hell With the Lot of Them
Do you remember the "defence department official" who told the Washington Post (which had a pretty iffy news source in one particularly well-embedded reporter) that Private Jessica Lynch had fought gamely to the last bullet and all that nonsense?

Britain is fast becoming Bush's doormat

And in conclusion, we have not come to a conclusion
The Commons foreign affairs committee yesterday "cleared" Alastair Campbell of sexing-up intelligence information about Iraq - by five votes to five - with Mr Campbell winning through the casting ballot of the chairman.

Cop, Prosecutor, Defense Lawyer, Judge,
Jury & Hangman: All in One

MPs' fury at secret US trials of 'terror' Britons
¥ Would There Be Fury If There Were No Britons in Guantanomo Bay?

Lessons of History in Iraq
Now that Iraq is our colony (with a little left over for Her Majesty), it's worth learning something about how the British came to rule Iraq and, more relevantly, how the British Empire ultimately failed to master its subject peoples and was forced to withdraw from its richest dominions.

Bring Reality On
Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz assured America before the war that Iraqis would gladly welcome U.S. troops. They assumed Iraqis would gratefully accept the Iraqi exiles the Bush team had handpicked as Saddam's replacements. They predicted a smooth transition to democracy requiring no help from individual nations or the United Nations, and little investment of American dollars, thanks to Iraqi oil riches.

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