Fallout

Stories 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:
'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 :
'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

  Wednesday, 8 December 2004

Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Reported After Abu Ghraib Disclosures < 2:41:19 AM>. .

Two Defense Department officials reported observing brutal treatment of insurgents several weeks after the Abu Ghraib scandal.
[Via New York Times: International]

CIA: Iraq faces descent into chaos < 2:37:20 AM>. .

Report from departing CIA chief in Baghdad leaked as 1,000th US soldier dies in action.
[Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest]

Hold Iraq death probe, Blair told < 1:56:20 AM>. .

Ex-diplomats, military men and academics write to Tony Blair calling for an inquiry into civilian deaths in Iraq.
[Via BBC News | World | UK Edition]

1,000th U.S. soldier killed in combat in Iraq < 1:30:24 AM>. .

U.S. President George W. Bush marked the 63rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Tuesday by speaking to the marines who have shouldered much of the fight in Iraq. But Bush's visit came on an inauspicious day, when the number of deaths of Americans in combat in Iraq reached a sombre new total. FULL STORY
[Via CBC News]




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