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Saddam Tried to Capture Zarqawi

Submitted by wojo on Fri, 2006-09-08 23:44.

Remember that crap BushCo tried to sell about Saddam having ties to Al Qaida via Zarqawi? Surprise! It was totally false. In fact, Hussein saw Zarqawa the same way he saw all of al-Qaida: as a threat to his regime, to be captured or killed. At least Saddam tried to go after Zarqawi, unlike Bush.

Senate: Saddam saw al-Qaida as threat - Yahoo! News

It said al-Zarqawi was in Baghdad from May until late November 2002. But "postwar information indicates that Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and that the regime did not have a relationship with, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi." In June 2004, Bush defended Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that Saddam had "long-established ties" with al-Qaida. "Zarqawi is the best evidence of connection to al-Qaida affiliates and al-Qaida," the president said.

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Administration Ran "Black Propaganda" Campaign to Sell War

Submitted by wojo on Wed, 2006-06-07 15:15.

It's about time. Why would the Administration flirt with treason just smear Joe Wilson and his wife? It can't be just because they didn't like him contradicting them. It's because he was pulling back the covers on a much wider misinformation campaign being run out of the White House and Pentagon. Again, information we could've used a few years ago.

VANITY FAIR : The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed

The Bush administration invaded Iraq claiming Saddam Hussein had tried to buy yellowcake uranium in Niger. As much of Washington knew, and the world soon learned, the charge was false. Worse, it appears to have been the cornerstone of a highly successful "black propaganda" campaign with links to the White House

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Friday Rap Blogging: Smoking Gun Edition

Submitted by wojo on Fri, 2006-05-26 20:21.

Memory lane sucks. Watching and hearing this (make sure speakers are on) reminds me that the Dems could crush the GOP if any of them had actually had the balls to oppose the war in the first place (Deaniacs be proud). To hear the catologue of definitive assertions about WMD all together is quite damning. I was surprised at how unequivocal Colin Powell was about them...or, how unequivocal was Colin Powell--Grammar Nazis!

http://www.peacecandy.com/gwbush/remindus/