wOrE aNd PiEcE: 06/08/2003

Mark Gaffney Asks: Will Iran be next?
2003.05.29
"Those who have hoped that a U.S. military victory in Iraq would somehow bring about a more peaceful world are in for a rude awakening. The final resolution of this war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq will likely not be the end, rather, only the prelude to a succession of future crises."

The Dog Ate My WMDs
By William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Perspective, Friday 13 June 2003
"After roughly 280 days worth of fearful descriptions of the formidable Iraqi arsenal, coming on the heels of seven years of UNSCOM weapons inspections, four years of surveillance, months of UNMOVIC weapons inspections, the investiture of an entire nation by American and British forces, after which said forces searched "everywhere" per the words of the Marine commander over there and "found nothing," after interrogating dozens of the scientists and officers who have nothing to hide anymore because Hussein is gone, after finding out that the dreaded 'mobile labs' were weather balloon platforms sold to Iraq by the British, George W. Bush and his people suddenly have a few things to answer for."

And You Thought the War Was Over
By Heather Mallick, Globe & Mail, Saturday 07 June 2003
"What I am about to write upsets me a great deal and I have delayed writing it. Some details may be distressing."

Many Americans Unaware WMD Have Not Been Found
41% said they believed that the US has found such weapons.

More US Soldiers Killed, Wounded In Iraq
from Reuters, reported on Tuesday 10 June 2003

U.S. Soldiers Face Growing Resistance
By William Booth and Daniel Williams
The Washington Post, Tuesday 10 June 2003
Attacks in Central Iraq Become More Frequent and Sophisticated
TIKRIT, Iraq, June 9 -- Attacks on American troops are growing in frequency and sophistication across central Iraq, a crescent of discontent and hostility where many Iraqis remain opposed to the U.S. occupation of their country.

Under-Fire President Waters Down Claims on Iraqi Weapons
by Roland Watson and Elaine Monaghan in Washington
Published on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 by the Times/UK

U.S. hunt for Iraqi banned weapons slows
DAFNA LINZER, Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. military units assigned to track down Iraqi weapons of mass destruction have run out of places to look and are getting time off or being assigned to other duties, even as pressure mounts on President Bush to explain why no banned arms have been found.

War in Iraq Was 'Right Decision,' Bush Says
Allegations Against Hussein Defended
By Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 10, 2003; Page A01
President Bush yesterday defended the accusations leveled by his administration about Saddam Hussein's illegal weapons capability, saying history will record that the United States made the "absolute right decision" in attacking Iraq three months ago.
Bush's words came amid questions from Capitol Hill about the quality of U.S. intelligence on Iraq's weapons and whether the administration distorted that intelligence. The administration had used as its primary rationale for the war against Iraq the accusation that Hussein possessed chemical, biological or nuclear weapons that represented a direct threat to the United States. No such weapons have been discovered to date.

Bad Iraq data from start to finish
Robert Scheer - Creators Syndicate
Ever since the tragedy of Sept. 11, the Bush administration has relied on selective and distorted intelligence data to make the case for invading Iraq. But the truth will out, and the White House is now scrambling to explain away its mendacity.

The impeachable offense
Geov Parrish - WorkingForChange.com
"Finally, and far too late, the networks, the big dailies, and the national news magazines are discovering that the Bush Administration's case for invading Iraq was a combination of willfully gross exaggerations and flat-out lies."

The broken trust
E.J. Dionne, Jr. - Washington Post Writers Group

Beware the TMD
Trailers of mass destruction, at home and abroad.

OPERATION IRAQI ERADICATION
The Rise of a Bigger, Better Taliban
by Ted Rall

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