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[Big Government] » An American Liberal Reviews Karl Rove's Account of the Iraq War ...: Although there were conflicting reports that Iraqi intelligence had suspected involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing (bomb-maker Abdul Rahman Yasin fled to Iraq after the 1993 WTC bombing and was essentially given asylum) the FBI did conclude that Iraqi intelligence was behind attempted assassination of President Bush 41 during his 1993 post-presidential visit to Kuwait (see “U.S. Strikes Iraq for Plot to Kill Bush, The Washington Post, June 27, 1993 which outlines how President Clinton fired 23 tomahawk cruise missiles into Iraq’s intelligence headquarters in retaliation).

[Politics Daily] Iraq War Triumphalism Ignores a Key Matter: Dead Civilians ...: "This is something that is harmful and corrosive to our nation." Given that Wehner worked for a president who pre-sold this war with a willful campaign of misrepresentations about Iraq's WMD capabilities and ties to al-Qaeda, it's tough to take him seriously when he frets aloud about the loss of public trust. But just as "corrosive" for the nation is a triumphal consideration of the war that does not take into account the profound suffering experienced by the Iraqi people.

[The Heritage Foundation Papers: Commentary] The War in Iraq: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions | The ...: At the same time, Iraq is the site of a bloody insurgency that threatens to explode into a full-blown civil war. The U.S. has much at stake in this conflict, and a pullout now would bring grave consequences: massive sectarian violence, a humanitarian disaster, and the creation of a failed state that would serve as a springboard for radical Islamic forces to destabilize neighboring states and launch terrorist attacks against a wide variety of targets, possibly including some inside the United States.

[Pajamas Media] Pajamas Media » Green Zone Advances Liberal Narrative of Iraq War: The United States, with a coalition of willing nations, went to war in Iraq to remove Saddam, and the United States did so based on the 22 stated reasons for war in the congressional authorization to use force that leading Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, supported. Saddam was in violation of 17 U.N.

[Its My Forum] How can Hillary Clinton have the audacity to open her mouth about ...: I’m just looking for a leader that is smarter than that and had figured out what the logical consequences of going into Iraq would be, and Hillary certainly doesn’t qualify. The democrats own every bit as much of this war as the republicans, and continue to do nothing to stop it.

[Foreign Policy] Five Ways the Conventional Wisdom on Iraq, Iran, the Middle East ...: truly believed that Iraq and its supposed arsenal were an immediate threat to the United States. Anyone who was objectively following the administrations actions during the buildup to the Iraq invasion could see that they were determined to go to war, regardless of evidence came out of the ongoing inspections of Iraq's potential WMD facilities and storage areas and interviews with credible Iraqi scientists who offered proof that there was, and for all purposes had never been a real nuclear program in Iraq.

[Cwiknews] Political Games Using War In Iraq | Cwiknews: Clinton cited Saddam’s own son-in-law Hussein Kamel, who allegedly told U.S. military officials Iraq had some 5,000 gallons of botulism causing botulinum, 2,000 gallons of anthrax, 25 biological-filled scud missiles and 157 aerial bombs in 1995. Clinton also said UN inspectors were able to uncover and destroy 40,000 chemical weapons, more than 100,000 gallons of chemical weapon agents, 48 operational missiles and 30 warheads especially designed for these types of weapons.

[The Volokh Conspiracy] The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Assassination, Self-Defense ...: The U.S. declared war on the Taliban as an organization in 2001, because the Taliban as an organization was one of those “nations, organizations, or persons [that] planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons” ”” to wit, Al Qaeda. The Taliban indubitably aided and harbored Al Qaeda, to some degree authorized their attack on 9/11, and protected them after that attack.

[Liberal Whoppers] An American Liberal Reviews Karl Rove's Account of the Iraq War: Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is the National Organizer of HONOR FREEDOM (www.honorfreedom.com) an organization dedicated correcting historical record President Bush and the war in Iraq. He previously interned for President Clinton in the White House and served on U.S. Senator John Kerry’s 2004 presidential election legal team.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] A mad dash to the Internet cafe: Iraq's vote tally marked by chaos ...: Iraq PM back in the lead in vote countBAGHDAD ”” The Iraqi prime minister's coalition has retaken the lead from his secular challenger in a preliminary tally of votes in Iraq's parliamentary elections, the country's election commission said Wednesday. Partial results based on 83 percent of the ballots from the March 7 voting gave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's group an edge over his rival in what has been a very tight race.

[BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash] Karl Rove: No Better Brobdingnagian Liar | BuzzFlash.org: Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their acolytes Lewis “Scooter” Libby and Karl Rove, desperately wanted to go to war against Iraq for reasons that have never been explained." While it is true that the real reasons for this war have never been honestly admitted by the principals in any public question-and-answer format, it's also true that a frank explanation is readily available to the public, over the signatures of several of the actual architects of the invasion. In January of 1998, the Project for the New American Century sent a letter to then-President Bill Clinton, declaring the policy of containment and sanctions against Iraq a failure and openly urging direct military action to depose Saddam Hussein, because "if Saddam does acquire the capability to deliver weapons of mass destruction, as he is almost certain to do if we continue along the present course, the safety of American troops in the region, of our friends and allies like Israel and the moderate Arab states, AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY OF OIL will all be put at hazard." (Emphasis mine)

[blogfrommiddleeast.com] IRAQ ELECTS TERRORIST: After the failed coup, Allawi was protected by the U.S. and he fled to England, although he still was a majorbehind-the-scenes player involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Many know of the escapades of Ahmed Chalabi and his group,the INC, but Allawi was just as important to the U.S. and he continued his work for the CIA after the failed strategy to getrid of Saddam.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] UN chief gets closer look at Israeli settlements, says building on ...: Israel’s military confirmed that it dispersed a group of masked, rock-throwing Palestinians near the town of Iraq Burin with tear gas and rubber bullets. It said the Palestinians were holding a violent, illegal riot and were approaching a nearby settlement in a threatening manner.

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