FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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| NYT Endorses Kerry for President: |
| "There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure. Nearly four years ago, after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency, Mr. Bush came into office amid popular expectation that he would acknowledge his lack of a mandate by sticking close to the center. Instead, he turned the government over to the radical right." "We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted. Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better." -- New York Times 17 Oct, 2004 |
| Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences: |
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'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' -U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003 |
| On the road to losing the peace : |
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' -Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003 |
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha  < 12:50:00 PM>.Gulf nations won't tell Saddam to flee 
A plan to call on Saddam Hussein to get out of Iraq so a war can be avoided isn't getting much more support from the Gulf states than it got from the Arab League. [CBC News] < 2:11:50 AM>.U.S. Says Hussein Must Cede Power to Head Off War 'Later, asked whether Mr. Bush's standard for war goes beyond that of the United Nations, Mr. Fleischer said, "It's disarmament and regime change." The Canadian prime minister, Jean Chrétien, in Mexico City where he is consulting on the Iraq issue, said today with visible agitation: "If you start changing regimes, where do you stop, this is the problem? Who is next? Give me the list, the priorities."
Hours before Mr. Fleischer spoke, the Russian foreign minister, Igor S. Ivanov, derided the variety of America's stated goals for Iraq. "The talk now is not about disarmament but about a change of regime," Mr. Ivanov said to reporters in Beijing. "In recent days, the military option against Iraq is posed like a step aimed at democratic transformations in the Arab world." Mr. Ivanov added that "Russia has the right to veto" and "will use it if it is necessary in the interests of international stability." ' Another extraordinary rant against Bush, this time by Former U.S. attorney-general Ramsey Clark. Bush is a dangerous man and he's out of control. < 1:42:13 AM>.The Long Bomb 'And don't believe the polls. I've been to nearly 20 states recently, and I've found that 95 percent of the country wants to see Iraq dealt with without a war. But President Bush is a man on a mission. He has been convinced by a tiny group of advisers that throwing "The Long Bomb" ? attempting to transform the most dangerous Arab state ? is a geopolitical game-changer.' < 1:34:55 AM>.Telegraph | News | Inside the deluded world of the 'human shields' 'The eccentric, eclectic group, none of whom fitted the "peacenik" stereotype, may have been drawn from all ages, backgrounds and experience, but they all shared one trait: naivety. Beset by problems on the road, lack of sufficient funds or a clear, universally-shared agenda, most had been tested beyond their limits before they even arrived in Iraq.' < 1:21:46 AM>.The Observer | Special reports | US plan to bug Security Council: the text [Daypop Top 40] < 1:04:37 AM>.The other face of al-Qaida's No 3. World: Terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna assesses the arrest of Bin Laden's playboy planner. [Guardian Unlimited] Wow. This is one bad dude. It's stunning, given the number of operations in which he's been behind, that no one had managed to track him down prior to this . . . indeed, prior to 11 Sept 2001. < 12:52:24 AM>.Allies bomb key Iraqi targets. · 'Undeclared war' enters new phase · Missile systems hit · Rocket launchers destroyed [Guardian Unlimited] < 12:47:25 AM>.davos. Adam Davies:
< 12:39:42 AM>.Iraq may stop scrapping missiles 
As Iraq continued destroying banned weapons Sunday, a government spokesman warned that Baghdad may stop if it appears that a U.S.-led military strike is inevitable. [CBC News] Destroy all of your laughably ancient weapons and then we'll roll into town and blow the b'jesus out of you. |
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