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“As a result of Iraq’s refual to comply with United Nations’ mandates regarding weapons of mass destruction, the US began deploying troops to the Gulf region in late 2002.” “Coalition forces subsequently won a decisive victory over Saddam Hussein’s regime … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

“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 →

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 →

“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 →

Baghdad, Iraq (AP) – Ask any soldier in Iraq with a 3rd Infantry Division patch on the shoulder how it’s going, and the reply will be some version of the following four words: ”Ready to go home.” The thrill of … Continue reading →

A majority of veterans hospitals do not offer all of the long-term care services mandated by a 1999 law, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office. The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act of 1999 required … Continue reading →

Hundreds of thousands of veterans of earlier U.S. military conflicts might also no longer qualify for VA health care or might be forced out by rules proposed by the Bush administration to relieve an overburdened system. The changes would increase … Continue reading →