FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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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 |
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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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Salon: "It's the war, stupid." [Scripting News] . .< 12:43:27 PM  >Gore speech transcript If you missed coverage of his NYU address yesterday, you can read the entire speech here. Link (Thanks, Patrick) [Boing Boing] The righteous rant I referred to earlier. . .< 10:30:41 AM >Pentagon Was Blindsided by Bush Pledge to Raze Prison Pentagon officials said that the president's Monday night announcement that the United States would demolish Abu Ghraib prison had taken them by surprise. [New York Times: International] 'None of the groundwork was done for something like this to be more than a public relations announcement," said Tim Rieser, a senior Democratic aide to the subcommittee. "And now we're going to have to figure it out after the fact." White House officials, Mr. Rieser said, "routinely treat Congress as their personal A.T.M. machine."' . .< 1:06:11 AM >Scepticism over US terror warning President Bush's political opponents wonder at a new warning that al-Qaeda may stage an attack in the US. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] This is the problem when you are a morally bankrupt administration with no credibility. Everything that comes out of your mouth becomes suspect. There may indeed be an imminent threat. But why should we believe them? They have plenty of reasons to try to get everyone worked up about a possible terrorist threat. . .< 1:00:55 AM >Why al-Qaeda Thrives President Bush says Iraq is the central front in the war on terror, but security experts say Iraq is the reason Bin Laden's movement is growing [TIME's Top Stories] 'The same day the President spoke, the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies released its annual survey that found, among other things, that far from dealing a blow to al-Qaeda and making the U.S. and its allies safer, the Iraq invasion has in fact substantially strengthened bin Laden's network and increased the danger of attacks in the West. And the London-based IISS is not some Bush-bashing antiwar think tank; it hosted the president's keynote address during his embattled visit to the British late last year.' . .< 12:51:51 AM >Iraq Update DISAPPOINTING DATA Questioning of hundreds of Iraqi prisoners last fall at a special interrogation center at Abu Ghraib prison yielded little valuable intelligence, officials say. Meanwhile, records show that three of the seven soldiers now charged with abuse at Abu Ghraib repeatedly committed infractions and disobeyed orders, but received only mild punishments. [Pages A1, 13]. [New York Times: International] |
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