KidRocks
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Oh what a tangled web we weave . . .
when first we practice to deceive! ...Sir Walter Scott
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction".
Dick Cheney
Speech to VFW National Convention
August 26, 2002
"he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world".
Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
December 2, 2002
"We know for a fact that there are weapons there".
Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
January 9, 2003
"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
"We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more".
Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
February 5, 2003
"We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have".
George W. Bush
Radio Address
February 8, 2003
"If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months since (UN Resolution) 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the crisis that we now have before us . . . But the suggestion that we are doing this because we want to go to every country in the Middle East and rearrange all of its pieces is not correct".
Colin Powell
Interview with Radio France International
February 28, 2003
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised".
George W. Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003
"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat".
Donald Rumsfeld
ABC Interview
March 30, 2003
It's true, 'Bush lied and people died' and many are still dying in Iraq as we speak. 14,000 dead Iraqis in just a few months? Imagine if were the United States, let's see, thats the equivelent of about 140,000 dead Americans to put it in perspective as the conservatives love to do!
And the r-wing tells us all is well in Iraq, that there is no civil war there, that the media is to blame for all the bad news coming out of Iraq
Nearly 6000 dead Iraqis in May and June alone but the conservatives don't care about those facts, all they care about is how anti-American the media and liberals are for expounding on those dead people.
How sad!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.main/index.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- More than 14,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq in the first half of this year, an ominous figure reflecting the fact that "killings, kidnappings and torture remain widespread" in the war-torn country, a United Nations report says.
Killings of civilians are on "an upward trend," with more than 5,800 deaths and more than 5,700 injuries reported in May and June alone, it says.
The report, a bimonthly document produced by the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, covers May and June, and includes chilling casualty figures and ugly anecdotes from the insurgent and sectarian warfare that continues to rage despite the establishment of a national unity government and a security crackdown in Baghdad.
The report lists examples of bloody suicide bombs aimed at mosques, attacks on laborers, the recovery of slain bodies, the assassinations of judges, the killings of prisoners, the targeting of clergy -- all incidents dutifully reported by media over these three-plus years of chaos in the streets.
The U.N. agency says it has been made aware since last year of the targeting of homosexuals, "increasingly threatened and extra-judicially executed by militias and 'death squads' because of their sexual orientation."
The intolerance propelling the anti-gay prejudice extends to ethnic and religious minorities and others whose manner of dress doesn't meet the standards of religious extremists.
"On 28 May, an Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were shot dead in Baghdad allegedly because they were wearing shorts. Similar threats are said to be made to induce men to conform to certain hair styles or rules regarding facial hair," the report says.
Women face intolerance -- and violence -- as well.
"In some Baghdad neighborhoods, women are now prevented from going to the markets alone. In other cases, women have been warned not to drive cars or have faced harassment if they wear trousers. Women have also reported that wearing a headscarf is becoming not a matter of religious choice but one of survival in many parts of Iraq, a fact which is particularly resented by non-Muslim women."
Academics and health professionals have been attacked, spurring them to leave the country or their home regions, causing a brain drain and a dislocation in services
when first we practice to deceive! ...Sir Walter Scott
"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction".
Dick Cheney
Speech to VFW National Convention
August 26, 2002
"he declares he has none, then we will know that Saddam Hussein is once again misleading the world".
Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
December 2, 2002
"We know for a fact that there are weapons there".
Ari Fleischer
Press Briefing
January 9, 2003
"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
"We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more".
Colin Powell
Remarks to UN Security Council
February 5, 2003
"We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have".
George W. Bush
Radio Address
February 8, 2003
"If Iraq had disarmed itself, gotten rid of its weapons of mass destruction over the past 12 years, or over the last several months since (UN Resolution) 1441 was enacted, we would not be facing the crisis that we now have before us . . . But the suggestion that we are doing this because we want to go to every country in the Middle East and rearrange all of its pieces is not correct".
Colin Powell
Interview with Radio France International
February 28, 2003
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised".
George W. Bush
Address to the Nation
March 17, 2003
"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat".
Donald Rumsfeld
ABC Interview
March 30, 2003
It's true, 'Bush lied and people died' and many are still dying in Iraq as we speak. 14,000 dead Iraqis in just a few months? Imagine if were the United States, let's see, thats the equivelent of about 140,000 dead Americans to put it in perspective as the conservatives love to do!
And the r-wing tells us all is well in Iraq, that there is no civil war there, that the media is to blame for all the bad news coming out of Iraq
Nearly 6000 dead Iraqis in May and June alone but the conservatives don't care about those facts, all they care about is how anti-American the media and liberals are for expounding on those dead people.
How sad!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/18/iraq.main/index.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- More than 14,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq in the first half of this year, an ominous figure reflecting the fact that "killings, kidnappings and torture remain widespread" in the war-torn country, a United Nations report says.
Killings of civilians are on "an upward trend," with more than 5,800 deaths and more than 5,700 injuries reported in May and June alone, it says.
The report, a bimonthly document produced by the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, covers May and June, and includes chilling casualty figures and ugly anecdotes from the insurgent and sectarian warfare that continues to rage despite the establishment of a national unity government and a security crackdown in Baghdad.
The report lists examples of bloody suicide bombs aimed at mosques, attacks on laborers, the recovery of slain bodies, the assassinations of judges, the killings of prisoners, the targeting of clergy -- all incidents dutifully reported by media over these three-plus years of chaos in the streets.
The U.N. agency says it has been made aware since last year of the targeting of homosexuals, "increasingly threatened and extra-judicially executed by militias and 'death squads' because of their sexual orientation."
The intolerance propelling the anti-gay prejudice extends to ethnic and religious minorities and others whose manner of dress doesn't meet the standards of religious extremists.
"On 28 May, an Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were shot dead in Baghdad allegedly because they were wearing shorts. Similar threats are said to be made to induce men to conform to certain hair styles or rules regarding facial hair," the report says.
Women face intolerance -- and violence -- as well.
"In some Baghdad neighborhoods, women are now prevented from going to the markets alone. In other cases, women have been warned not to drive cars or have faced harassment if they wear trousers. Women have also reported that wearing a headscarf is becoming not a matter of religious choice but one of survival in many parts of Iraq, a fact which is particularly resented by non-Muslim women."
Academics and health professionals have been attacked, spurring them to leave the country or their home regions, causing a brain drain and a dislocation in services
