GHAAODD . . . Four years on, and they're just gettin' that.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:02:41 -0800 (PST), Max <maxhemust@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Please share this information with others on as wide a scale as you
>can - because the truth will set us free - from hideously corrupt
>politicians and the wars that they create. If our press was really
>"free" - that is to say that if the billionaires who own the USA's
>major papers and news cor****ations, were truly honest, peace loving
>men, this would have been headlines all over the nation:
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>STUDY: BUSH LED US TO WAR ON 'FALSE PRETENSES' - ASSOCIATED PRESS
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>Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 by Associated Press
>Study: Bush Led US To War on 'False Pretenses'
>by Douglass K. Daniel
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>A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that
>President
>Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false
>statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two
>years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
>
>The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated
>campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the
>process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."
>
>The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for Public
>Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
>
>White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits of
>the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration's position
>that the world community viewed Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, as a
>threat.
>
>"The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of
>intelligence agencies around the world," Stanzel said.
>
>The Center for Public Integrity, a research group that focuses on
>ethics in government and public policy, designed the new Web site to
>allow simple searches for specific phrases, such as "mushroom cloud"
>or "yellowcake uranium," in transcripts and do***ents totaling some
>380,000 words, including remarks by President Bush and most of his
>top
>advisers in the two years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
>
>The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It
>found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, Bush
>and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532
>occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying to
>produce or obtain them, or had links to al Qaeda, or both.
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>The above is only the first few paragraphs - the whole article, along
>with a color bar chart and other links is here:
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>http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/23/6551/
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>see the bar time/line chart of lies
>http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/Images/Charts/WarCardChart.jpg
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>The New York Times contributed to this re****t.
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>(c) 2008 Associated Press
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>The billionaires who profit the most from war also profit from our
>papers and news cor****ations. They are the obstacles to peace and
>progress. They have the blood of hundreds of thousands of people on
>their filthy hands. They should be caged and treated for their mental
>illnesses asap.
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