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  • President Bush’s lies now a tough sell
    8 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "Why, of course, the people don’t want war, (but) the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Hermann Goering, April 18, 1946
    There’s a reason why President Bush’s speech on Iraq last week went unheard by most Americans and hasn’t changed his sagging poll numbers. He and his (…)

  • Breaking: Iraq is discussing with the Iranians their training of Iraqi troops!
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Dulaimi to Iran: No attack by US from Iraq
    Juan Cole
    Al-Hayat reports that Iraqi Minister of Defense Saadoun Dulaimi is now in Iran for consultations with his opposite number, in preparation for the visit next week of Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to Tehran. Sources close to Jaafari told al-Hayat that Jaafari and Dulaimi will be offering Iran a pledge that Iraqi soil will not be used as a base for any American attack on Iran. They will affirm that Baghdad "is not a part of any American (…)

  • Flashback: Galloway Wary Of Staged Terror Attack As Pretext For Iran Invasion
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George Galloway made worldwide headlines on May 17th when he appeared in front of a Senate committee on investigations, after its members accused him of profiteering from Saddam Hussein’s regime by receiving vouchers for oil, despite the fact that such allegations against Galloway had already been proven to be based on forged documents.
    Galloway did what no American on Capitol Hill could, he told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
    Galloway turned the tables and put the (…)

  • Conspiracy: the Downing Street memo
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    David Edwards is co-editor of the London (UK) media watchdog MediaLens http://www.medialens.org
    July 6, 2005
    At the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal in 1946, Nazi leaders like Goering, von Ribbentrop, Jodl and Streicher were sentenced to death by hanging for "Crimes against Peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a Common Plan or Conspiracy for the (…)

  • Joseph Wilson on Bush Crowd: "A Real Threat to Our Republic"
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Joseph Wilson is the author of The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that led to War and Betrayed My Wife’s CIA Identity (Avalon Publishing Group, 2004). Joseph Wilson is a political centrist, was a career United States diplomat from 1976 to 1998. During Democratic and Republican administrations he served in various diplomatic posts throughout Africa and eventually as ambassador to Gabon. He was the acting ambassador to Baghdad when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. In February 2002, he (…)

  • UQ Wire: Emergency Truth Convergence, July 22-24
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Press Release: www.UnansweredQuestions.org Distribution via the Unanswered Questions Wire http://www.unansweredquestions.org/ .
    ANNOUNCING THE DC EMERGENCY TRUTH CONVERGENCE, JULY 22 24, 2005
    End the Fear Here! Publicize the Master Lies Behind the Endless War
    TRUTH, VETERAN & MEDIA ACTIVISTS
    Come Help Build a Breakthrough Campaign to Expose and Explode the Seamless Deceit behind 9/11, Resource Wars, Troop Betrayal and Constitutional Jeopardy
    DC LAUNCH: JULY 22 24, 2005 An (…)

  • Bush should resign for lying about Iraq-U.S. needs plan for leaving Iraq
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush should resign for lying about Iraq
    We need to withdraw from Iraq immediately. Even our own generals tell us that our presence there is only making things worse. President Bush has violated the public trust with his snake-oil sales pitch for support for his invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation whose only fault was to suspend the sale of its oil in protest of the crippling sanctions that it was under.
    It is no secret that Bush was itching for regime change in Baghdad even (…)

  • America in Iraq "There is little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action"
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George W. Bush on President Clinton not setting a timetable for exiting Kosovo
    “Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.” George W. Bush, 4/9/99:
    “I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.” George W. Bush, 6/5/99 The failure of the Bush administration to plan for postwar Iraq compromised a swift military victory, and now (…)

  • Documents show the fix was in-Local representatives deaf to dissenting opinions
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Documents show the fix was in
    Speaking on May 15 in Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice made an outrageous statement: "You see, this war came to us, not the other way around." Could there be anyone left in the U.S., let alone the Middle East, who believes this bald-faced lie?
    The truth has trickled out slowly — the truth so sickening that none of us want to believe it. But it’s finally out: The Bush administration, from its very first weeks in office, planned a military operation to overthrow (…)

  • The MSM Box Set
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Spin cycles are supposed to last little longer than 24 hours, especially when it’s bad news for Bush & Co. That is, perhaps, one reason why the Downing Street Memos (DSM) are causing such consternation in journalistic circles. A recent column by Newsday editorialist James Klurfeld, “Downing St. memos: Been there, knew that” (6-24-05), is of particular interest to me, since I live on Long Island, and because it is a fascinating window into the thought processes of an influential member of (…)