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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303793_2.html Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the point of the surge to get the violence levels down to get the government working? I mean, if violence is leveling off, isn't that the best we can do from a...

Alright, here is what happened in a nutshell. Richard Armitage told Bob Novak that Plame worked the CIA. Then Slate comes to the crux of the matter here: Novak also suggests that Plame couldn't have been covert because before he published his 2003 column naming Plame, CIA spokesman Bill Harlow...

I was just reading another thread about how a large number (14,000) of weapons have gone missing or are unaccounted for. It seems Every day there's some new revelation regarding the Bush whitehouse and the Iraqi war. I just finished Frank Rich's book "The Greatest Story Ever Sold"...

This from The Washington Note. http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001031.html Speculate now! How many indictments? Who?

Our old thread was getting long in the tooth. I decided it was time to start a new one and to also get everyone on the same page with the current facts/quotes. To this end I recommend everyone read: FactCheck.org's Timeline The only thing missing from this timeline is Joe Wilson's book which...

It's so funny because it's so true... http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4022&n=1

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119725,00.html ..full article

Bush Planned Iraqi Invasion Before Sept. 11-Report Sat Jan 10, 4:41 PM ET Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo! NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill charges in a new book that President Bush (news - web sites) entered office in January 2001 intent on invading...

We recently had a thread on Chomsky and the media. Here's a good sampling of his general approach to U.S. foreign policy.

[taken from informationclearinghouse.info] --------------- Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President By Neil Mackay A secret blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime...

Or is it just a "matter of emphasis"? It seems that Bush and Blair weren't entirely telling the truth about the WMD's in Iraq. (I know, you're just as shocked about it as I am). http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/US/globalshow_030425.html]ABC News[/url]...

Another angle to the museum looting story. --- Argo

I just read the article below. It describes how a group of Norwegian reporters came upon a rather bizarre method of maintaining law and order in Bagdad. American troops had ordered three suspected looters to strip naked, whereupon the clothes were burned and the words "Ali Baba, Haram" (thief)...

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/US/globalshow_030425.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2003Apr23.html Update on the looting

As many have feared, it appears that the Bush administration never had a coherent and complete plan for Iraq other than "get Saddam": Report: U.S. Planners Underestimated Iraqi Shi'ites The interesting statement is I guess this comes from letting the hawks have too much power. :mad:

Mind boggling. I bet this is part of the 5-35 billion looted from Iraqi government accounts in days before fall of Baghdad. Unfortunately, some US soldiers could not pass up the opportunity...

In This article, UN weapons inspector Hans Blix asserts that "American officials leaked suggestions that inspectors had deliberately suppressed information to the media in an attempt to undermine their work in Iraq." This was part of the UN discussion on whether to send the weapons inspectors...

Reading a BBC story about the religious celebrations/protests in Iraq, I laughed to see this comment : What the hell were they expecting? Southern Baptists?