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Sixteen little words, my as*terisk
Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2003
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed,
Shiites Rally Against Occupation
'God, I hate these people,' says the sergeant.
The tedium is palpable as the sun beats down on Fallujah, a sweltering city of 200,000 mostly Sunni Muslim inhabitants 35 miles west of Baghdad which has become a flashpoint of local resistance to the coalition's occupation of Iraq. "God, I hate these people," he says.
White House Didn't Gain CIA Nod
for Claim On Iraqi Strikes
The White House, in the run-up to war in Iraq, did not seek CIA approval before charging that Saddam Hussein could launch a biological or chemical attack within 45 minutes, administration officials now say.
Sixteen little words, my as*terisk
Are 16 words enough to cause a scandal? Depends on the words.
What if Bush had said the following 16 words in his State of the Union address: "The constitution is null and void. I'm now king. If anyone contests this, bring him on."
U.S. Attacked Iraqi Defenses Starting in 2002
For One-Dimensional Bush,
Principle and Justice Are Blind
Let's blame Canada
Enter the dragon
China is growing with bewildering speed. When Tony Blair arrives for a historic visit, he will find a country undergoing social upheavals on the way to becoming an economic superpower.
Iraq row over fate of seized scientists
Red Cross urges US to clarify status of three dozen prisoners held in unknown conditions near Baghdad
Kelly Source Of Controversial Iraq Report: BBC
Moving From Unilateralism to Isolation
The US is in danger of moving from a unilateralism it freely chose to an isolation it neither desired nor expected. As the costs and difficulties of reconstructing Iraq come home to Washington, it looks as if America is going to be left to bear the burden without the major aid from its friends and allies, other than Britain, that it now desperately wants.
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