Dumb and Dumber in Iraq
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2003

Bali bombing trials leave key questions unanswered

Cross-border terrorism: a mess made by the West

9/11 report: No Iraq link to al-Qaida
The report of the joint congressional inquiry into the suicide hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001, to be published Thursday, reveals U.S. intelligence had no evidence that the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein was involved in the attacks, or that it had supported al-Qaida, United Press International has learned.

Why Commander in Chief Is Losing the War
of the 16 Words

Cooking the books
Forget those 16 words. The Bush administration’s case for war was a corrupt mishmash of lies, wishful thinking, and doctored intelligence.
The President is not a fact-checker
Bush needs a 12-step program


Beating up the Cheerleader
It is clear that the British government's attacks on the BBC are a deliberate attempt to distract attention from a) the dramatic failure to find any trace of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, b) the fact that the government clearly lied to parliament and country about the threat these fictional WMD posed, and c) the fact that a whole range of media is openly speculating that the government lied in order to persuade the country to go to war.

Guilty until proved guilty, or taken out by US tanks
A Nation of Assassins

Photos of Saddam sons released
"When Iraq broadcast photos of dead American soldiers, the U.S. considered that against human rights,"

What David Kelly Knew
The Killing of Saddam's Sons Won't Divert Attention for Long from the Specious Reasons Given for Invading Iraq

Photos of Saddam sons released
The United States has released graphic photographs of what it says are the dead bodies of Saddam Hussein's two sons Uday and Qusay.
Iraqis suspicious despite photos
The decision to make the pictures public underlines the deep-seated mistrust many Iraqis feel towards the Americans.
The killing of Hussein’s sons:
The Nuremberg precedent and the criminalization of the US ruling elite

US Did 'Stupid Things'In Iraq - Wolfowitz

Dumb and Dumber in Iraq
You have to wonder, given the potential trove of information potentially represented by these two trapped men (and the two others killed with them, one of who was a 14-year-old grandson of Hussein's), why the military was so quick to blow them away with a bliltzkrieg assault of at least seven anti-tank missiles.

Better Alive Than Dead
The United States continues to forget it is dealing with a culture that is far older and far different from its own. Suspicion and distrust of authority is deeply rooted in Iraq. Through Iraq's long history, conqueror followed conqueror. As a result, the diverse groups of people who lived in what came to be designated as Iraq in 1921 found their only real security in family and tribe.



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