• "I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is — my point is, there's a strong will for democracy."^ I also think that there are good people in Iraq.
  • Video: What is this “Iraq war” charge on my bill? 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bravenewfilms.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Is there a list of people wounded in Iraq?
  • WikiAnswers - Iraq War Questions including "What are the general reasons for war" 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC wiki.answers.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ But I never once wished death or injury on American soldiers to prove my point- that the Second Iraq War was a really bad idea.
  • Pollster.com: US: National Survey (Quinnipiac 7/27-8/3) 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC www.pollster.com [Source type: General]
  
  - .George W. Bush [1]
• "Saddam is gone.^ When you add it all up, it appears that George Bush, like a lot of other people, was wrong about Saddam Hussein having stockpiles of WMDs.
  • Debunking 8 Anti-War Myths About The Conflict In Iraq - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views) 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.rightwingnews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Even before the 9-11 attacks , regime change in Saddam Hussein 's Iraq was a high priority of the George W. Bush Administration .
  • Iraq War - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC en.citizendium.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Iraq War - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 15 January 2010 22:022 UTC locke.citizendium.org:8080 [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Iraq War - encyclopedia article - Citizendium 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC en.citizendium.org:8080 [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Deals with the possibility that U.S. President George W. Bush ousted former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein due to oil.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom - Lessons Learned 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC www.au.af.mil [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .It's a good thing, but I don't agree with what was done.^ Everyday is pretty much the same and we’ve gotten into such a rut that we really don’t notice the days flying past, which is A Good Thing.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom | Rough Book 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC vivin.net [Source type: General]
  
  ^ I don’t think it does anyone any good to talk about destruction or doing things by violent means.
  • FLOBOTS » Archive » America Will Be 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC flobots.net [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ No matter how you look at it, things don't look good for the average Iraqi citizen.
  • BalancedPolitics.org - War on Iraq (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against) 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.balancedpolitics.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  It was a big mistake. .The American government made several errors, one of which is how easy it would be to get rid of Saddam and how hard it would be to unite the country."^ Okay how hard would that be?
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We underestimated how hard it would be.
  • The Swamp: Iraq war Archives 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ This would have made them "easy pickings".
  • The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict. PDA Research Monograph 8, 20 October 2003. Carl Conetta 23 September 2009 2:02 UTC www.comw.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  - .Bill Clinton [2]
• "In my opinion, it disrespects the United Nations.^ Of my predecessor President Bill Clinton.
  • Bush marks Veterans Day -- WBZ 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC multimedia.wbz.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ United 93″ (docudrama) was outstanding, in my opinion.
  • Pajamas Media » Hollywood Loses the War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC pajamasmedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ In January 2003, my wife was called to active duty with her Army National Guard unit.
  • ReBelle Nation: 04/10/2005 - 04/17/2005 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC rebellenation.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
  
  .It doesn't take into account what the rest of the world thinks.^ Officials said the current plan takes into account risk factors such as flaring violence, renewed sectarian strife and tensions over the elections.
  • Obama: How the war in Iraq will end: The Swamp 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ This reassuringly deductive approach to the world seems to characterize the thinking of Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of the cabal that currently runs the country.
  • Historians Reflect on the War in Iraq: A Roundtable 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.oah.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ For all those that say what the world thinks doesn't mater....
  • The war in Iraq: Issue of '08?: The Swamp 23 September 2009 3:55 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: General]
  
  And I think this is serious." - .Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [3]
• "To a certain extent Saddam Hussein's departure was a positive thing.^ For example, talking about Iraq, the extent of which the Iraqi population had been beaten down by Saddam Hussein was greater than I anticipated.
  • First Draft: War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.first-draft.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ It examines the factors and influences that led political and military leaders to make certain decisions during the preparatory and combat phases of operations to depose Saddam Hussein.
  • Site - Main - Reference Library 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC smallwarsjournal.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ "My position is very clear: The time has come for decisive action to eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.
  • Reasons for War: Things you might have forgotten about Iraq. 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.reasons-for-war-with-iraq.info [Source type: News]
  
  .But it also provoked reactions, such as the mobilization in a number of countries, of men and women of Islam, which has made the world more dangerous."^ Of such a fabulous group of men and women.
  • Bush marks Veterans Day -- WBZ 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC multimedia.wbz.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ Such is the ability of free men and women..
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They have made this a much more dangerous world for us and everyone else.
  • Iraq war spending vs. spending on renewable energy 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.solarpowerrocks.com [Source type: General]
  
  – .Jacques Chirac [4]
• "If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.^ We respect you and we thank you for serve in the United States of America.
  • Bush marks Veterans Day -- WBZ 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC multimedia.wbz.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ What is the United States infecting the world with today?
  • Iraq > World War II 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.thenation.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.
  • Remarks of President Barack Obama – Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq | The White House 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.whitehouse.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Because what America is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto in the Security Council, you can go outside and take action and violate the sovereignty of other countries.^ Because who else are you going to vote for?
  • Matthew Yglesias (November 25, 2007) - Victory in Iraq (Foreign Policy) 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Now is the time for America to lead, because if we take action, others will act as well.
  • Obama's Iraq War Speech 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.nydailynews.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ Are you saying that he is destined to RULE America?
  • Right Truth: AP writers now admit: "U.S. is now winning the war in Iraq." 23 September 2009 3:55 UTC righttruth.typepad.com [Source type: General]
  
  .That is the message they are sending to the world.^ Again, the opportunity that we have to send a message to the world that war crimes are not to be permitted.
  • OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: OPERATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC commdocs.house.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "Iraq's membership in the WTO sends a positive signal to the people of Iraq that they are welcomed back and that the world really cares about their welfare," al-Sudani said.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Kyl said withholding money from troops with the aim of sending a message to Iraqis that they must do better would be self-defeating.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  That must be condemned in the strongest terms." – .Nelson Mandela [5][6]
• "The option of war can appear initially to be the most rapid.^ I believe President George W. Bush's decision to initiate war in Iraq will be the greatest and most costly blunder in American history - Republican Rep.
  • Iraq Lies 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.tvnewslies.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ Classically Liberal ( mail ) ( www ): The blog Classically Liberal suggest the divisions on the war among libertarians is more one-sided than appears here with most opposing the war.
  • The Volokh Conspiracy - Libertarianism, the Iraq War, and the Division in the Friedman Household: 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC volokh.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .But let us not forget that after winning the war, peace must be built."^ But let us not forget what we are fighting over there.
  • ZORIAH - A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND WAR PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLOG: Suicide Bombing in Anbar - Eye Witness Account - Iraq War Photographer Diary - Graphic Images 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.zoriah.net [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Let us not forget the pain of defeat in Vietnam when our country was fooled into surrendering when in several instances we were within days of victory.
  • Pelosi: Republicans 'Like' the War in Iraq - Political Punch 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC blogs.abcnews.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Those of us who advocate for peace, who saw this war as not only a mistake but an immoral act are also in a spot.
  • War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.witherspoonsociety.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  – .Dominique de Villepin

• In this case, the 'liberal media' didn't live up to its reputation.^ Mathewslocum seems to be pretty good at making up random numbers to support his cause (87% of the media is liberal, huh?
  • Few Defend Cheney - dot.comments 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ The case for Gulf War II, although it seemed straight forwards - well it didn't "feel like it" stacked up somehow did it?
  • BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: Shock news 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]
  
  ^ The liberal media, it seems, failed miserably to live up to their supposedly bad name.
  • War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.witherspoonsociety.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .If it had, the country would have been better served.^ Bush might prefer to get the "news du jour" through the filter and interpretation of his sycophants, but it would serve his country better were he to read honest and accurate reports of what is going on in the land he invaded and has destroyed.
  • Brian Cloughley: America is Committing War Crimes in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Although they don’t live here, I would greatly appreciate it if you could add them to the list of those serving our country.
  • Portland Tennessee - Official Community Web Site - Portland TN - Sumner County TN 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC www.portlandtn.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ A friendly Iran would be better than what we have now, but Iran is a country we can — and do — do business with.
  • tdaxp » Blog Archive » The Iraq War 11 September 2009 11:13 UTC www.tdaxp.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .
  • Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, What Happened

• As I have heard Bush say, only a wartime president is likely to achieve greatness, in part because the epochal upheavals of war provide the opportunity for transformative change of the kind Bush hoped to achieve.^ "The press keeps asking President Bush when will this war end?
  • Iraq Jokes - War in Iraq Jokes - Late-Night Iraq War Jokes 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC politicalhumor.about.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ As this poem so aptly says, President Bush is truly tried like this: .
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ President Bush did change that.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .In Iraq, Bush saw his opportunity to create a legacy of greatness.^ The Lie Factory - Only weeks after 9/11, the Bush administration set up a secret Pentagon unit to create the case for invading Iraq.
  • Iraq Lies 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.tvnewslies.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ Mid 2004 - A company called Iraqex, created to look for business opportunities in occupied Iraq, forms a partnership with the Rendon Group.
  • Iraq: The Media War Plan 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.gwu.edu [Source type: News]
  
  ^ From criminal mismanagement of Iraq's oil revenues to armed private security contractors operating with virtual impunity, this war has created opportunities for an appalling amount of corruption.
  • Political Friendster - Operation Iraqi Freedom - Connections 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC www.politicalfriendster.com [Source type: General]
  
  .
  • Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, on Bush's need to be a wartime president to improve the chance of a "great" legacy, What Happened, pp.^ President Bush is a great man..
    • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
    
    ^ If that is true, President Bush will need firm answers to overcome some intense public opposition.
    • Vox Pop: War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC newsblogs.chicagotribune.com [Source type: News]
    
    ^ Buck Doesn’t Stop at This President’s Desk Friday April 8th 2005 White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says President Bush was "pleased" with the latest investigation that blames CIA analysts for the false information that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
    • ReBelle Nation: 04/10/2005 - 04/17/2005 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC rebellenation.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
    
    .131

• As a Texas loyalist who followed Bush to Washington with great hope and personal affection and as a proud member of his administration, I was all too ready to give him and his highly experienced foreign policy advisers the benefit of the doubt on Iraq.^ Who benefits from rebuilding Iraq?
  • War on Iraq 2003@Everything2.com 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC everything2.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ And who is policing US foreign policy?
  • EXCLUSIVE...AWOL US Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany Over Returning to "Illegal" War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.democracynow.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We are mindful of the thousands who continue to be engaged in the dangerous actions of securing and reconstructing Iraq, but are closing the entries in this tribute to coincide with President Bush's address.
  • Tribute to Operation Iraqi Freedom 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC www.capecodmouse.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .Unfortunately, subsequent events have showed that our willingness to trust the judgment of Bush and his team was misplaced.^ Bush, for whom I voted twice, has shown his willingness to commit human sacrifice on our closest ally for the sake of a good dance with the house of Saud.
  • Michelle Malkin » Analyst: War in Iraq has strengthened U.S. international strategic position 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC michellemalkin.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ With the complete lack of willingness to be anywhere NEAR transparent by Bush, Cheney, and good ol Alberto, I can’t trust them to truly justify the war any longer.
  • The Opportunity Cost of War in Iraq | One Man's Blog 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC onemansblog.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ It shows our willingness to be part of this federal Iraq."
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, What Happened [7]

• "Why don't they ask [Saddam's intelligence chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush] to give us something we can use to help us make our case [to link 9/11 and Saddam]?"
  • from Ron Suskind, The Way of the World, p. .364, on Bush's frustration at the results of secret meetings between British intelligence and Saddam's intelligence chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush [by Bush, 2003]

• They're not going to like this downtown.^ They're going to be ignored.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They're going to fold like that."
  • Iraq and the Media 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.fair.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ They're like graffiti artists.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .
  • Then-CIA director George Tenet, upon learning in early 2003 that, in secret meetings between between British intelligence and Saddam's intelligence chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush, Habbush claimed Iraq had no WMD; Ron Suskind, The Way of the World
  • "Downtown" refers to the White House.^ The Secret of Iraq - The secret of our involvement in Iraq is no secret.
    • Illuminati News: The Iraq War 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.illuminati-news.com [Source type: General]
    
    ^ In fact, CIA Director George Tenet successfully intervened with White House officials to have the reference removed from a Bush speech in Oct.
    • http://www.americanprogress.org/kf/priraqclaimfact1029.htm 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.americanprogress.org [Source type: News]
    
    ^ White House 'debating Iraq pullout' .
    • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
    
    [about .Bush]

• The White House then buried the Habbush Report.^ In a fact sheet released to reporters, the White House identified a total of 10 areas of improvement in Iraq that are likely to be found in the upcoming report.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Staffers in the Bush White House and on the president's campaigns know this president especially doesn't want to spot protesters at his events, no more than he wants to hear a reporter's cell phone ring at a presidential press conference.
  • The Swamp: Iraq war Archives 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ The White House says President Bush has confidence in Wolfowitz and Paulson has called him a dedicated public servant.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .They instructed the British that they were no longer interested in keeping the channel open.^ They no longer have Afghanistan to train.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom: One Year Later 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC 2002-2009-fpc.state.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ And as I recall from watching the news just in the last night or so, Al-Jazeera, I believe, has been told they can no longer broadcast from Baghdad.
  • OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: OPERATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC commdocs.house.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Equally, no party is genuinely interested in a serious process of national reconciliation when they feel they can improve their position later on.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  [Rob .Richer, the CIA‘s Near East Division head]: "Bush wanted to go to war in Iraq from the very first few days he was in office.^ President Bush about the War in Iraq..
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ That thing we didn’t go to war in Iraq for?
  • Oil, Iraq War, & Neoliberalism 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC skeptically.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ What day did the Iraq war start?
  • WikiAnswers - Iraq War Questions including "What are the general reasons for war" 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC wiki.answers.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .Nothing was going to stop that."^ The market is correcting and nothing is going to stop it.
  • The Money Party 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC electionfraudnews.com [Source type: News]
  
  ^ I think probonopublico is right: nothing is going to stop this war.
  • Google Answers: Preventing the War in Iraq 23 September 2009 3:55 UTC answers.google.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .
  • Ron Suskind, The Way of the World; p.^ In The Way of the World , published today, Suskind writes: .
    • The Swamp: Iraq war Archives 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: News]
    
    .367 [about Bush]

• The White House had concocted a fake letter from Habbush to Saddam, backdated to July 1, 2001. It said that 9/11 ring leader Mohammed Atta had actually trained for his mission in Iraq—thus showing finally that there was an operational link between Saddam and al Qaeda, something the Vice Presidents Office had been pressing CIA to prove since 9/11 as a justification to invade Iraq.^ "There have been houses that were used by al Qaeda as safe houses ...
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ President Bush about the War in Iraq..
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ White House" urging him to link that assault to Saddam Hussein.
  • Iraq Lies 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.tvnewslies.org [Source type: News]
  
  .There is no link.^ Cassie B. Says: January 2nd, 2005 at 2:26 pm There has been no evidence to prove a link between Bin Laden and Iraq.
  • lies.com » US Deaths in Vietnam and Iraq by Month 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.lies.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ The article ends, "The file contradicts the that there was no link between the Iraqi regime and al-Qa'eda."
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ There is no link.''
  • The Swamp: Iraq war Archives 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: News]
  
  .
  • Ron Suskind, The Way of the World; p.^ In The Way of the World , published today, Suskind writes: .
    • The Swamp: Iraq war Archives 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.swamppolitics.com [Source type: News]
    
    .371 [about Bush]

• It's an intelligence document written by the then head of Iraqi intelligence, Habbush to Saddam.^ Military, intelligence and law enforcement officials reported finding a large cache of Arabic-language documents in Tikrit, Saddam's political stronghold.
  • Reasons for War: Things you might have forgotten about Iraq. 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.reasons-for-war-with-iraq.info [Source type: News]
  
  ^ U.S. special operations forces should be deployed with these groups before the outbreak of a war to acquire useful military intelligence about the Iraqi armed forces and to help protect Saddam's opponents from his wrath before he is toppled.
  • Forging a Durable Post-War Political Settlement in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.heritage.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They know about Curveball, the forged documents out of Niger, the outed CIA operatives, and the bogus British intelligence dossiers that were taken from old magazine articles.
  • Salon.com | The real consequences when America is at war 23 September 2009 3:55 UTC www.salon.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  .It's dated the 1st of July, 2001. And it‘s basically a memo saying that Mohammed Atta has successfully completed a training course at the house of Abu Nidal, the infamous Palestinian terrorist, who, of course, was killed by Saddam a couple of months later.^ Iraq under Saddam was known to sponsor Palestinian terrorist groups, including (until recently at least) the Fatah Revolutionary Council, known as the "Abu Nidal group."
  • Iraq Crisis and war - A historical overview 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.mideastweb.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ HOWEVER, he was supporting terrorism -- specifically giving up to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers who killed innocent Israelis.
  • Pelosi: Republicans 'Like' the War in Iraq - Political Punch 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC blogs.abcnews.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ These Iraqis also do not want to be linked with Arabs because they "gained nothing from them except the terrorists who came from there to kill their children."
  • The Online Public Sphere in the Arab World: The War in Iraq on the Al Arabiya Website 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC jcmc.indiana.edu [Source type: Academic]
  
  .Now, this is the first, really, concrete proof that al Qaeda was working with Saddam.^ The now famous letter to al Qaeda from Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a Jordanian holy warrior operating in Iraq, tells, we can hope, the future of the entire region.
  • Iraq War- Opinions and Editorials 22 September 2009 21:35 UTC www.isranet.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Most of the events are a combination of the work of al Qaeda in Iraq, insurgent attacks designed to prevent progress in building the government and pure, unadulterated crime."
  • AIM Report: Media Create Civil War in Iraq - April B 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.aim.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ My answer to Mr. Powell—he had everything was going fine until he tied al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein.
  • Iraq and the Media 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.fair.org [Source type: News]
  
  .It‘s a very explosive development
  • Con Coughlin, Sunday Telegraph; December 14, 2003 on Meet the Press; [8]
  • See Ron Suskind quotes on validity of the document.^ Associated Press, 14 Dec 2003.
    • The Memory Hole > US Military Personnel Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Running Log 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.thememoryhole.org [Source type: General]
    
    ^ DECEMBER 14, 2003: Saddam is captured .
    • Think Progress » A TIMELINE OF THE IRAQ WAR 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC thinkprogress.org [Source type: News]
    
    ^ Gates appeared on NBC television's "Meet the Press" and CNN's "Late Edition," while Rice spoke on "Fox News Sunday" and CBS's "Face the Nation."
    • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
    
    [about .Bush]

• [Habbush] tells us there are no WMDs.^ There's no telling.
  • The War in Iraq | Do Something 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.dosomething.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ There is no future for us.” .
  • Iraq (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.harpers.org [Source type: General]
  
  ^ TVNL comment: We only listen to the scientists who tell us that there are WMDs.
  • Iraq Lies 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.tvnewslies.org [Source type: News]
  
  .He tells us Saddam's mindset, that he's afraid of the Iranians more than us, afraid of being showed to be a toothless tiger.^ Saddam decided to capitalize on the disorder of the Iranian revolution, and the antipathy to Iran that had been generated in the West and especially in the US, in order to pursue a war for territory and navigation rights with Iran.
  • Iraq Crisis and war - A historical overview 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.mideastweb.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Saddam had no operational air power, while the US has a massive force of aircraft and missiles, much more accurate than in the past though still causing horrendous civilian casualties.
  • Socialism Today - The occupation of Iraq 18 September 2009 6:49 UTC www.socialismtoday.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We best support our troops by supporting the mission, and not by allowing the bombings and suicide missions affect us more than the good work our military is doing for Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Poll: Support for Iraq war reaches new low « - Blogs from CNN.com 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  That is something we ignore. .
  • Ron Suskind, on meetings between British intelligence and Saddam Hussein's intelligence chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush, demonstrating Saddam's claim in jail years later that he didn't disclose his lack of WMDs for fear of Iran's perception of Iraq is not the first time the U.S. learned of it, on The Daily Show; August 11, 2008

• Stewart: And the letter says literally in it Mohammad Atta did train in Iraq, and the uranium thing.^ We did the right thing in Iraq and we will win.
  • lies.com » US Deaths in Vietnam and Iraq by Month 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.lies.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Well, neither did Saddam Hussein.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ That thing we didn’t go to war in Iraq for?
  • Oil, Iraq War, & Neoliberalism 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC skeptically.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .Did anyone think it was weird that the letter combined the two things that were in question, that in the letter it said, Oh, and he did buy uranium from Niger...?^ "He said he did what anyone else would have done in this situation.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom Air Crew, United States Air Force 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC www.arlingtoncemetery.net [Source type: News]
  
  ^ Anyone think that the two could be related?
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ So I think it's a combination of the two.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom: One Year Later 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC 2002-2009-fpc.state.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  Suskind: ... It was an overreach moment. The letter popped up. .Tom Brokaw did it on Meet the Press.^ Did anyone see Lindsey Graham's appearance on Meet The Press Sunday?
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Cohen goes on to call Kucinich an "indomitable demagogue," and ask, "How did this fool get on Meet the Press "?
  • Iraq and the Media 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.fair.org [Source type: News]
  
  William Safire writes about it. .A couple days in, about a week in, people are just like, Geez, it's an awful lot in one letter.^ Q: With lots of people or just the two of you?
  • DefenseLink News Transcript: Secretary of Defense Interview with Bob Woodward - 23 Oct, 2003 20 November 2009 22:35 UTC www.defenselink.mil [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We get one “down day” a week, where we get to sleep in, and just relax in general.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom | Rough Book 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC vivin.net [Source type: General]
  
  ^ And one day, as Miller headed for the smoke deck with a Marlboro, a passing sailor made a whistling sound just like a rocket-propelled grenade.
  • The photo of the 'Marlboro Man' in Fallujah became a symbol of the Iraq conflict. 11 September 2009 6:47 UTC www.americans-working-together.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  And that overreach kind of revealed it to be fraudulent.
  .Stewart: Why didn't anyone pursue it at that time, the fraudulent nature of it?^ I asked him why Iraq didn’t seem to be on the top of MoveOn’s list of issues at the time.
  • Democratic Spin Won't End the War in Iraq | Center for Media and Democracy 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.prwatch.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  .Why did that just fall away?^ How on earth did the DeNiro character manage to get back into Vietnam just in time for the fall of Saigon?
  • Pajamas Media » Hollywood Loses the War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC pajamasmedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ The Entire Security Operation : Why did they only cordon off the area after seeing the two men run away?
  • Deceptions: War in Iraq 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.worldaffairsbrief.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Are we crazy or did Rumsfeld just admit that Bush & PNAC lied when they told us why we broke international law and invaded a sovereign nation?
  • Iraq Lies 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.tvnewslies.org [Source type: News]
  
  
  Suskind: It was hard to get at. .It's a closely held thing, and this is an operation through the CIA. You need someone who's going to stand up in daylight and say, Hey, this is what happened.^ I'm saying this as someone who opposed the war.
  • Salon readers didn't seem to like the idea that we may have to keep troops in Iraq - By Tom Ricks | The Best Defense 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC ricks.foreignpolicy.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I tell you, two things that need to happen.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Because who else are you going to vote for?
  • Matthew Yglesias (November 25, 2007) - Victory in Iraq (Foreign Policy) 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  
  Stewart: Your source in the CIA, Richard?
  Suskind: He's one of the folks.
  .Stewart: He now says, I never said that; I was just kidding around.^ It says exactly what I just said.
  • BBC - The Editors: Controversy and conspiracies II 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Then he plugs them back in & says "Just kidding".
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ And Bush never exactly said that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11 or with Al qaeda, he just sort of gave that impression and didn't correct it, and then later he pointed out he never exactly said it.
  • Salon readers didn't seem to like the idea that we may have to keep troops in Iraq - By Tom Ricks | The Best Defense 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC ricks.foreignpolicy.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  What's the situation with that?
  Suskind: He's a good guy. .All the [sources] involved here are good guys, walking around with a kind of lump in their chest for awhile.^ Good stuff all around.
  • FLOBOTS » Archive » America Will Be 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC flobots.net [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ When you walk your path, you will find all kind of people walking their path, some might share the path for a while, some are on a parallel path and some are out of sight.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Last year when WEF met here in New York all I heard was, "Yeah, it's bad, but recovery is right around the corner".
  • Iraq War 2003 22 September 2009 21:35 UTC www.valdostamuseum.org [Source type: News]
  
  I'm sympathetic to all the sources. .They're under a lot of pressure.^ Sunnis will suffer under a winning dirty strategy, no question, but so far they've refused to accept that they're a minority.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ They are under substantial pressure by anti-war groups to consider only legislation that orders troops from Iraq.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ When I listen to guys over there that message me, they're making lots of good progress; but when I have to listen to the general news, there is no progress.
  • Iraq War Heroes - Fallen Heroes Memorial - We Freed Iraq 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.iraqwarheroes.org [Source type: General]
  
  .In this particular part of the book, there are a lot of disclosures, but this one, the White House is obviously intensely interested in, since there may be illegality that has constitutional consequences.^ There is some interest in doing something different, but that will require lots of organizing.
  • Global Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary - Infoshop News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.infoshop.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ And one final note, obviously, there are a lot of people here, so I would ask that you have your one question ready so we can get to as many people as possible during the limited amount of time we have.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom: One Year Later 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC 2002-2009-fpc.state.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Outside the White House complex, there is some doubt on this score.
  • Flynn Files -- 25 More Conservative Critics of the Iraq War 11 September 2009 11:13 UTC www.flynnfiles.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  .Stewart: That is maybe the nicest way of saying "impeachment" I think I've ever heard in my life.^ I've decided to rejoin my life.
  • BBC - The Editors: Controversy and conspiracies II 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC www.bbc.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ For getting the message across to pro-war groups I think the most powerful way is simply to say "War?
  • Google Answers: Preventing the War in Iraq 23 September 2009 3:55 UTC answers.google.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ I admit it, I am biased as I am an investor, but I think that a better life for the Iraqi man as soon as possible will benefit my investment much better, he will win, and I will win.
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Ron Suskind, on CIA involvement in the fraudulent letter by Tahir Habbush claiming a link between Iraq, Atta, and Niger uranium, on The Daily Show; August 11, 2008

Military leaders

• Who will demand accountability for the failure of our national political leadership involved in the management of this war?^ "Your failure to heed our demands ...
  • Truck and Barter: Iraqi Dinar Discussion: March 6, 2007 to August 20, 2007 16 September 2009 11:27 UTC truckandbarter.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ We are a better nation with him in our leadership.
  • PostPartisan - The Powell Doctrine 16 October 2009 2:55 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ It's the British in Basra, of course, and I mentioned the other countries and the other nations who are involved, that the men and women in our various armed forces, and those civilians that have gone over from our governments to do work over there, I mean, this is not easy.
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom: One Year Later 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC 2002-2009-fpc.state.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  .They have unquestionably been derelict in the performance of their duty.^ Cameraman Bassem Kamel was wounded 'after American forces opened fire on them while they were performing their duty,' the station announced.
  • Democrats.com Archive: Iraq War 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC archive.democrats.com [Source type: News]
  
  .In my profession, these types of leaders would immediately be relieved or court martialed.^ And I am offering more of my personal guess based upon experience in these types of—prosecuting these types of crimes in Vietnam.
  • OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: OPERATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC commdocs.house.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Many of the rules and procedures are exactly the same as they would be within a court-martial.
  • OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: OPERATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC commdocs.house.gov [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ There are times when I won't be able to question it and evaluate the legality of these orders, so I have to have the ultimate trust in my leader.
  • Support Officer Resisting Iraq War 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.tomjoad.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  
  • Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, 10-12-07, [9]

Authors

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• [T]here is no longer a preponderance of military force that allows the West to impose its will, the U.S. defeat in Iraq being the most extraordinary illustration of that fact.^ What if we were no longer allowed to enter Iraq for some reason?
  • Baghdad Burning 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC riverbendblog.blogspot.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ "My legislation would allow for a minimal level of U.S. forces to remain in Iraq for targeted counterterrorism activities, training of Iraqi security forces, and the protection of U.S. infrastructure and personnel."
  • Anthony Arnove: The US Occupation of Iraq 18 September 2009 6:49 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ U.S. Military European Command Operations - operations include the enforcement the no-fly zone over Iraq via Operation Northern Watch and Operation Southern Watch .
  • Iraq (War on Terrorism). SLA News Division Web Site. 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.ibiblio.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .
  • Jean Bricmont (2006), Humanitarian Imperialism, Monthly Review Press, p.^ Humanitarian Imperialism By Jean Bricmont .
    • Robert Fantina: The Illegalities of the Iraq War 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC counterpunch.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Marjorie Cohn: Operation Iraqi Freedom Exposed 11 January 2010 23:42 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
    
    ^ Humanitarian Imperialism By Jean Bricmont CITY BEAUTIFUL By Tennessee Reed .
    • Gareth Porter: A US / Iraq Conflict on Iran 11 September 2009 6:47 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: News]
    
    ^ Website of the Day Jean Bricmont on the Humanitarian Interveners .
    • Robert Fantina: The Illegalities of the Iraq War 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC counterpunch.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    
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Religious leaders

• "It is not too late to stop this war. .We must march until there is a declaration of peace and reconciliation". - Jesse Jackson [10]
• "When war, as in these days in Iraq, threatens the fate of humanity, it is ever more urgent to proclaim, with a strong and decisive voice, that only peace is the road to follow to construct a more just and united society.^ There must have been two wars in Iraq.
  • Iraq Lies 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.tvnewslies.org [Source type: News]
  
  ^ And they not only wanted the war in Iraq to fail, they proclaimed it a failure!
  • The Mahablog » Iraq War 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.mahablog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  ^ Five years in, voices on the war in Iraq .
  • Five Long Years | Reflections on the war in Iraq | Features | Boise Weekly 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.boiseweekly.com [Source type: Original source]
  
  Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of man." – Pope John Paul II [11][12][13]

Entertainers

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• "The British and American governments are about to destroy all hopes for peace anywhere in our world for ever.^ It is all about oil and protecting American and British economic supremacy.
  • Video: What is this “Iraq war” charge on my bill? 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC bravenewfilms.org [Source type: Original source]
  
  ^ Let's be clear about our recent history: 3,000 people (not all of them Americans) were killed by several dozen terrorists connected to Osama Bin Laden, in September 2001.
  • Iraq War // 2003-present : Le Blog Exuberance // 22 September 2009 21:35 UTC leblog.exuberance.com [Source type: General]
  
  ^ Don't dare ask the deeper but simple question as to why such people have lost all hope for peaceful change.
  • Ray McGovern: How the 9/11 Report Soft-Pedaled Root Causes 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  .This war has already begun."^ We have already begun this process with the incessant fear mongering, deception and intolerant portrayal of events surrounding the Iraq war.
  • Revisited - The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War in Iraq: A Macroeconomic and Geostrategic Analysis of the Unspoken Truth, by William Clark, updated: Jan 2004 9 February 2010 17:12 UTC www.ratical.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  
  - Vanessa Redgrave [14]

See also

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