Yearly Archives: 2003

Inquiry Faults Pentagon Analysis of Gulf War Illness

Washington, DC – The number of U.S. troops exposed to nerve gas after the first gulf war was underestimated because of flaws in how troops were studied, government investigators have concluded. According to a congressional memo obtained by The Kansas … Continue reading

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DoD Undercounted Soldiers Exposed to Gas in 1991

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In Private, Powell Says Bush Claims are “Bull****”

Truth and consequences: New questions about U.S. intelligence regarding Iraq’s weapons of mass terror By Bruce B. Auster, Mark Mazzetti and Edward T. Pound On the evening of February 1, two dozen American officials gathered in a spacious conference room … Continue reading

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Bush Says Empty Iraqi Trailers are “Proof” of WMD

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Bush & Blair’s “Case for War Blown Apart”

Kuwait City (Independent) – Tony Blair stood accused last night of misleading Parliament and the British people over Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, and his claims that the threat posed by Iraq justified war. Robin Cook, the former foreign … Continue reading

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President Bush Lied in State of the Union Address

“Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.” George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003 Here is the link to … Continue reading

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Pentagon Accused of Disinformation

Allegations about the Iraqi arsenal are put largely in doubt. A classic press altercation: in the beginning of May, John Burns, Baghdad Bureau Chief for The New York Times, sends an angry email to Judith Miller, bio-terrorism specialist for the … Continue reading

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Iraq Townsfolk Riot After U.S.-Led Weapons Search

U.S. troops trying to quell lawlessness seven weeks after Saddam Hussein’s downfall have come under attack in several parts of central Iraq in the past few days. A farmer said he saw a U.S. helicopter go down near Hit, 90 … Continue reading

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US General: “The War Has Not Ended”

“The war has not ended,” the commander, Army Lt. Gen. David McKiernan, said after a U.S. soldier was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while traveling in supply convoy north of Baghdad — the ninth U.S. service member killed in Iraq … Continue reading

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Was There a Massacre of 3,000 Prisoners in Afghanistan in 2001?

White House Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer Tuesday, May 27, 2003 – 12:30 PM by Russell Mokhiber Mokhiber: Ari, there is a new documentary film by an Irish journalist, Jamie Doran. He alleges – Ari Fleischer: I haven’t seen it. … Continue reading

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