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[Hella Kali] Its Official: He Lied To Start A War: Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa’ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa’ida with weapons training, were not substantiated by the intelligence.
[REAL NEWS AND POLITICS!!!] THE "ILLEGAL" WAR IN IRAQ IS PURE "MURDER"!!!: And everybody else be damned, whether you are an Iraqi -- I'm sorry, I'm sorry you live here, I'm sorry this is a terrible situation, and I'm sorry that you have to deal with all of, you know, army vehicles running around and shooting, and these insurgents and all this stuff."
[Know The Lies - Demistifying Poverty and Disease. What has Socio-economics done for you lately? -] John McCain's Chilling Master Plan for America: Despite the fact that McCain has said that Bush's NSA spying program was not legal, he has also supported granting retroactive legal immunity to the telecommunication companies (such as AT&T and Verizon) that helped Bush illegally spy on millions of Americans. This means that he has openly admitted that the Bush administration acted unlawfully in eavesdropping on Americans' phone and e-mail messages, while at the same time opted for taking away their legal right to redress this violation.
[Flopping Aces] Senators Remove Their Own Statements From Report on Pre-War Iraq ...: The Senate Intelligence Committee finally released it’s long-awaited/overdue report on their investigation into pre-war intelligence on Saddam’s Iraq. This final report was supposed to look at statements made by government officials in the run up to war from 1991-2003. It was supposed to examine the pre-war marketing or threat assessment and descriptions to the public about the intelligence regarding the threat posed by Saddam’s regime. Instead, the report looked at just 5 Bush Administration speeches. It completely left out any and all comments from Pres Bush Sr, Pres Clinton, anyone in his administration, and every member of the House and Senate over a twelve year period. The Committee determined that nothing any of those people ever said was as important and moving to the American people as 5 speechifications from President Bush and his administration.
[Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans] Treachery: Because U.S. intelligence concluded it was a chemical weapons venture jointly run by Iraq, al-Qaeda, and Sudan (then dominated by the National Islamic Front whose leader, Hassan al-Turabi, had been instrumental since the early 1990s in brokering ties between Saddam’s regime and radical Islam). And though Democrats don’t like to talk about it much these days, the former president and top Clinton national security officials later told the 9/11 Commission that they stand by that assessment.
[Reflections From a Murky Pond] President Bush Lied?: Conclusion 5: Statements by the President, Vice President, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense regarding Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction were generally substantiated by intelligence information, though many statements made regarding ongoing production prior to late 2002 reflected a higher level of certainty than the intelligence judgments themselves.
[Pat Dollard | Young Americans] The Senate’s Intelligence: He added that intelligence on Qaeda “revealed the presence of safe house facilities in the city as well as the clear intent to remain in Baghdad. Also, foreign NGO workers outside of Iraq who are believed to provide support to al-Qaeda have also expressed their intent to set up shop in Baghdad.”
[Redstate - Conservative News and Community] Democrats' New Political Threat to US Security: But statements regarding Iraq's support for terrorist groups other than al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." Statements that Iraq provided safe haven for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorists with ties to al-Qaeda "were substantiated by the intelligence assessments," and statements regarding Iraq's contacts with al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." The report is left to complain about "implications" and statements that "left the impression" that those contacts led to substantive Iraqi cooperation.
[Zulaikhas Blog] Bin Laden’s 1998 Atomic Message: In January of 1998, the same year Bin Laden was announcing his game plan, a group of disgruntled Americans writing out of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC)-see names attached to quote above–sent a letter to then-President Bill Clinton (later to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott) begging for the US to attack Iraq, remove Saddam Hussein from power and establish a free, democratic Iraq. This would, in their view, pay big dividends to moderate Arab states (the ones propped up by US military and economic largess), Israel and US corporate oil interests.
[SWJ Blog] 13 June SWJ News, Op-Ed, Blog, and Events Roundup: reporter Michael Ware stumbled onto a treasure trove of al-Qaeda in Iraq document and multimedia archives recently, supplied to him by the leaders of Sahwa al-Iraq (Iraq Awakening) who seized them from captured al-Qaeda terrorists in Anbar province. His full report is scheduled to air during the 10PM (EDT) hour on
[Weekly Standard Blog] More on Rockefeller's Feculent Senate Report: Ford wrote that the former emir of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi "has had a good relationship with Iraqi intelligence officials." He added that intelligence on Qaeda "revealed the presence of safe house facilities in the city as well as the clear intent to remain in Baghdad. Also, foreign NGO workers outside of Iraq who are believed to provide support to al-Qaeda have also expressed their intent to set up shop in Baghdad."
[Blog Ron Paul] Ron Paul vs Bob Barr: Bob Barr: “I believe the occupation of Iraq””where we have a presence in a foreign country that effectively manages that country and provides the fundamental basis on which that country and government exists and operates””is not something that is sound policy and is not consistent with the historical norms of a national defense policy. So I think that we need to””and I would as president””begin immediately and significantly drawing down our military and economic presence in Iraq for two reasons: One, because it is not in our interest to nation-build or to occupy foreign lands and, secondly, if we would ever wish to have the Iraqi government take responsibility for its own affairs, we necessarily have to remove the security blanket that right now makes it very easy for them not to do so.
[Dans Blog] Open Source "INTEL" Report on Terrorism: On 30 May 2008, CIA Director Michael Hayden was quoted as portraying the Al-Qaeda movement as “essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and on the defensive throughout much of the rest of the world, including in its presumed haven along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.” These powerful declarations prompted a series of reactions and debates both in political and counterterrorism circles, causing loud media discussions. The main but simple question of interest to the public, and subsequently to voters in the United States and other democracies, is this: Is Al-Qaeda being defeated?
[HoodaThunk?] You asked for it, John. Let’s talk about the Senate Committee on ...: Statements that Iraq provided safe haven for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorists with ties to al-Qaeda “were substantiated by the intelligence assessments,” and statements regarding Iraq’s contacts with al-Qaeda “were substantiated by intelligence information.”
[Main and Central] Iraq and Iran sign MoU: An intelligence official said Habib also was the INC official who handled most of the Iraqi defectors, including one code-named "Curveball," who provided much of the fabricated, exaggerated and unconfirmed information about Iraqi weapons programs and links to terrorism that President Bush used in making his case for invading Iraq.
[AmericasNewsToday.Com /.Org - Industry's First Blog-Format News and Editorial Site] President Bush Visits Paris, Speaks to Organization for Economic ...: From Anbar province, to mixed neighborhoods in Baghdad, to the cities of Basra and Mosul, Iraqis of all backgrounds have made it clear they reject extremism and terror. Today, violence in Iraq is down to the lowest point since March of 2004.
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