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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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Retired general Joseph Hoare, the former marine commandant and head of US Central Command, told me: "The idea that this is going to go the way these guys planned is ludicrous. There are no good options. We're conducting a campaign as though it were being conducted in Iowa, no sense of the realities on the ground. It's so unrealistic for anyone who knows that part of the world. The priorities are just all wrong." Everyone could see this coming except, apparently, the Bush administration. . .< 4:46:22 PM  >3,000 Iraqi dead named Iraq: The most complete attempt yet to identify some of the estimated 15,000 Iraqi civilians killed since the US-led invasion in March last year was unveiled in Chicago today. [Guardian Unlimited] '"Every one of some 15,000 Iraqi civilians killed was a loved human being, whose loss creates heartbreak and bitterness among the bereaved families and communities," said local IBC member Scott Lipscomb. [snip] A spokesman for the Pentagon said it did not keep track of civilian casualties because it was not fighting civilians.' It's not counting them: it's just killing them by the thousands. . .< 4:41:25 PM >US report predicts gloom in Iraq A new US intelligence report gives a more gloomy view of Iraq's future than Bush administration statements. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
They range from what the report calls tenuous stability to political fragmentation and civil war. It was prepared for President Bush before a recent escalation of violence.' . .< 4:37:18 PM >US says Iraq invasion was legal The US rebuffs UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the American-led invasion of Iraq was illegal. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Because they said so. World cops. . .< 4:31:59 PM >The Battle of Algiers Revisited In September of 2003 the Bush administration telegraphed their intent to use torture on prisoners in Iraq when they screened Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film The Battle of Algiers for officials in the Pentagon. [Kuro5hin.org] . .< 1:21:25 AM >"What was once a hell wrought by... "What was once a hell wrought by Saddam is now one of America's making" [Daypop Top 40] |
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