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US living in 'fantasy land' over Iraq Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2004
Good News for Saddam Hussein The neo-cons who propagated the story that Saddam "gassed his own people," i.e., the Iraqi Kurds, will still insist he did gas the Kurds, back in 1988 when he gave the order to Chemical Ali, who told the Iraqi army to commit genocide at the town of Halabja. But the news from Mohammed al-Obaidi is that the team prosecuting Saddam for crimes against humanity has dropped the genocide charge “due to insufficient evidence.”
The ghosts of empire: Past, present and future
U.S. using chemical weapons against civilians?
Christmas Eve of Destruction
Fighting Continues in Fallujah Despite claims by US spokesmen to have captured the city, fighting continues in Fallujah. As contingents of US marines clashed with resistance fighters across the battered city on Thursday, December 23.
Compliant News Media Have Failed the American People
US living in 'fantasy land' over Iraq The US is facing increasingly deadly attacks in Iraq because, as in the Vietnam War, it failed to honestly assess facts on the ground and is living in "fantasy land", a report says.
Palestinians dismiss visit as 'just another publicity stunt' For ordinary Palestinians Tony Blair's visit was generally seen as little more than a publicity stunt that had less to do with them than the British electorate.
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