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Powell’s Credibility Evaporating

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

To what can we attribute Powell’s “losing it” with the French and the drop in his credibility? One obvious factor was his strained attempt to connect a rosary of dots in order to establish a connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda. … Continue reading →

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Gallup Poll: Only 30{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} Back Unilateral US War

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

Powell “Bounce” Fades Gallup News Service Princeton, New Jersey – The latest Gallup Poll finds that overall public support for military action against Iraq has faded slightly from the recent high point registered shortly after Secretary of State Colin Powell’s … Continue reading →

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UN Inspectors Call US Tips “Garbage”

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

CBS News Correspondent Mark Phillips reports the U.N. has been taking a precise inventory of Iraq’s al-Samoud 2 missile arsenal, determining how many there are and where they are. Discovering that the al-Samoud 2 has been flying too far in … Continue reading →

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Phony Front Group Promotes Gulf War II

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

US Lobbyist Helped Draft Eastern Europeans’ Iraq Statement (Agence France Presse) – A former Pentagon official helped draft a controversial statement by 10 Central and Eastern European nations this month that supports the United States in its stand-off with Iraq, … Continue reading →

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Pentagon’s Recipe For Propaganda

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

It’s time to take a close look at the Defense Department’s plan for managing the press during the impending invasion of Iraq. Called “embedding,” it will position chosen reporters and photographers inside military units – not for a week but … Continue reading →

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VA Asks DoD for Info on Gulf War II Health Risks

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

In a letter sent last week to Mr Rumsfeld, Anthony Principi, the secretary of veterans’ affairs, demanded that the Pentagon disclose data on US troops’ exposure to chemical, biological or radiological weapons in the event of a war on Iraq. … Continue reading →

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Gulf War Veteran Fears Health Disaster from New War

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

Anthony Hardie insists he’s no longer bitter, but his voice suggests otherwise. Although he’s proud to have served with the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf War – a war, by the way, he believes the United States was justified … Continue reading →

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“Tell the Truth”

Posted on February 21, 2003 by Team VCS

Sorry, I can’t applaud the French foreign minister, because I don’t believe that France, which sold Saddam his first nuclear reactor, the one Israel blew up, comes to this story with the lofty principles it claims. The French foreign minister, … Continue reading →

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Japan arming itself with nuclear weapons inevitable: McCain

Posted on February 19, 2003 by Team VCS

“I think that the Chinese have to understand that unless they become very engaged with North Korea and bring about a very quick resolution to this crisis that the Japanese will have no choice but to nuclear arm themselves,” McCain … Continue reading →

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New Twist: Iraqi weapons “at sea” ?

Posted on February 19, 2003 by Team VCS

Three giant cargo ships are being tracked by US and British intelligence on suspicion that they might be carrying Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Each with a deadweight of 35,000 to 40,000 tonnes, the ships have been sailing around the … Continue reading →

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