Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Burning Bush] Operation Iraqi Lubrication: Stonewalling, Deception & War Crimes: It is the so-called Downing Street Memo dated 23, July 2002, (almost 8 months before the invasion) that states that military action (against Iraq) is now seen as “inevitable.” The memo further states that: “Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action”, justified by the conjunction of “terrorism and WMD’s.” The most damning thing to George in the memo is where the British intelligence officer who wrote the memo claims that the intelligence to base Great Britain and the US staging a devastating invasion on Iraq was being “fixed around the policy.” Now, after over three years of relentless propaganda, it is difficult to distinguish the proven lies from the new “truth:” that this occupation is bringing freedom and democracy to the people of Iraq.
[Powerlineblog.com] Power Line: The BBC Slimes Bush: Palast shows how the Bush Administration planned to divide up Iraq's assets, including oil...through secret documents and private interviews with General Jay Garner, a fired chief of the occupation, the 'Civilian Provisional Authority,' Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch DC, a lobbyist insider .plus Congressman Henry Waxman on war profiteering by Bush cronies.
[Gregpalast.com] Greg Palast - Blog: Every nation but one: Venezuela, the single and solitary nation to say "no thanks" at Miami’s treaty of the living dead economies. Today, I met up with Venezuela’s chief FTAA negotiator. Victor Alvarez was saved from zombification by his sense of humor. He noted that while the Bush Administration was preaching free trade to their dark-skinned compatriots south of the border, the USA itself was facing one of the largest penalties in World Trade Organization history for raising tariffs on steel products. He would have laughed out loud in Miami if it didn’t hurt so much: the illegal US trade barriers have closed two steel plants in Venezuela.
[Newsdissector.com] News Dissector Blog » On the Eve of the War's Anniversary: Choosing Wolfowitz for this job makes perfect sense if the Bush administration intends to completely alienate the world community. It’s the worst presidential nomination since Ronald Reagan picked James Watt to head the Interior Department, and it betrays the government’s practice of putting business and geopolitical interests above all else.
[Portland.indymedia.org] portland imc - 2005.03.18 - VIDEO/Text: Secret Bush plans for ...: And, the democracy that he is so fond of taking credit for establishing in Iraq has only one purpose as far as bushies are concerned, that is, to have a dominant say in the control of the flow of Iraq's oil. Wouldn't it be nicely ironic if true democracy really took root in Iraq and that country took its resources and managed them in the way that they want to and do so in a way that would benefit their people?
[Gseis.ucla.edu] Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog (war blog, Iraq ...: BBC Newsnight report Greg Palast released a secret document from inside Bush campaign headquarters .
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