t r u t h o u t | 11.08
William Rivers Pitt | Yes, They Lied
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805I.shtml
William Rivers Pitt writes that if you find a defender of the White House on your television these days, you are likely to hear them blame Bill Clinton for Iraq. Yes, you read that right. The talking point du jour lately has focused on comments made by Clinton from the mid-to-late 1990s to the effect that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a threat.
US Severs Most Contacts with Syria
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805J.shtml
The United States has cut off nearly all contact with the Syrian government as the Bush administration steps up a campaign to weaken and isolate President Bashar Assad's government, according to US and Syrian officials.
Supreme Court to Review Bush War Powers
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805K.shtml
The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to rule on the legality of the Bush administration's planned military commissions for accused terrorists, setting up what could be one of the most significant rulings on presidential war powers since the end of World War II.
Suicide Car Bombing Kills 4 GIs in Baghdad
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805L.shtml
Suicide car bombings against American soldiers are rare, and the attack underscored the increasing skills of insurgents here. Military commanders acknowledge that insurgents are now staging more sophisticated attacks, but say troops have responded to the changes.
Budget for US Intelligence: $44 Billion
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805M.shtml
In an apparent slip, a top American intelligence official has revealed at a public conference what has long been secret: the amount of money the United States spends on its spy agencies.
Blair Seduced by American Power, War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805N.shtml
Prime Minister Tony Blair was so "seduced" by the "proximity and glamour of American power" that he failed to use his leverage with President Bush to slow the rush to war with Iraq, Britain's former ambassador to the United States has written in a new book.
Robert Scheer | Lying with Intelligence
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805O.shtml
Robert Scheer writes that one by one, the exotic intelligence factoids Bush's researchers culled from raw intelligence data files to publicly bolster their claim of imminent threat - the yellowcake uranium from Niger, the aluminum tubes for processing uranium, the Prague meeting with Mohamed Atta, the discredited Iraqi informants "Curveball" and Ahmad Chalabi — have been exposed as previously known frauds.
New York Times | President Bush's Walkabout
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805P.shtml
After President Bush's disastrous visit to Latin America, it's unnerving to realize that his presidency still has more than three years to run. An administration with no agenda and no competence would be hard enough to live with on the domestic front. But the rest of the world simply can't afford an American government this bad for that long.
US Forces 'Used Chemical Weapons' during Assault on City of Fallujah
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805Z.shtml
Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack in November of 2004. The attack killed insurgents and civilians with appalling burns that are the signature of this weapon. A video documentary entitled "Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre," provides what it claims is clinching evidence that incendiary bombs known as Mark 77 - a new, improved form of napalm - were used in the attack on Fallujah. This action is in breach of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons of 1980, which only allows such use against military targets.
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t r u t h o u t | 11.08
William Rivers Pitt | Yes, They Lied
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/110805I.shtml
William Rivers Pitt writes that if you find a defender of the White House on your television these days, you are likely to hear them blame Bill Clinton for Iraq. Yes, you read that right. The talking point du jour lately has focused on comments made by Clinton from the mid-to-late 1990s to the effect that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a threat.
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