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McCain's Gaffes Reflect Bush's Iran-al-Qaeda Myth

antiwar.com     Mar 22, 2008   20 related          

Excerpt: Sen. John McCain's confusion in recent allegations of Iranian training of al-Qaeda fighters in Iraq is the result of a drumbeat of official propaganda about close Iran-al-Qaeda ties that the George W. Bush administration and neoconservatives have promoted ever since early 2002.                    

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POLITICS-US: McCain's Gaffes Reflect Bush's Iran-Qaeda Myth

ipsnews.net     Mar 21, 2008   23 related          

WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Sen. John McCain's confusion in recent allegations of Iranian training of al Qaeda fighters in Iraq is the result of a drumbeat of official propaganda about close Iran-al Qaeda ties that the George W. Bush administration and neoconservatives have promoted ever since...                    

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When Everyone is Wrong: Politics and the War on Terror

freerepublic.com     Mar 20, 2008   107 related          

When Everyone is Wrong: Politics and the War on Terror IPT News March 19, 2008Sen. John McCain is taking heat for comments made in Jordan Tuesday that Iran was supplying and training Al Qaeda. "Dems seize on McCain's Iran gaffe," reports CNN's Political Ticker. CNN Ticker Producer Alexander...                    

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AQ in Iraq, (who'd a thunk it)

freerepublic.com     Mar 21, 2008          

An Iraqi Insurgent Tell-All: Al-Qaida Is To Blame For "Killing Sunnis" And "Demolishing Their Homes, Mosques, and Their Hospitals" By Evan Kohlmann The NEFA Foundation has obtained a copy of a recent interview with a senior military commander of the Hamas al-Iraq insurgent group in the restive...                    

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The War for History

nysun.com     Mar 20, 2008   23 related          

On the fifth anniversary of our entry into the Battle of Iraq, the piece we find ourselves thinking of is Adam Kirsch's review, last Wednesday in the Sun, of Nicholson Baker's revisionist history — "perverse tract," Mr. Kirsch called it — on the origins of World War II. The New York Times gave...                    

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What Has Been Accomplished in Iraq

mitchieville.blogspot.com     Mar 20, 2008   25 related          

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. -- They couldn't be more wrong.The U.S. war in Iraq — and by extension, President Bush — started coming under...                    

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From Baghdad to Britain

guardian.co.uk     Mar 20, 2008   2 related          

They come to Britain fearing for their lives back home, hoping for a new beginning. But for thousands of Iraqi asylum seekers there is no welcome and instead they face misery and destitution before they are deported. Hannah Godfrey hears their stories                    

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Al Qaeda Document: Zarqawi Came to Iraq Before The War To Prepare The Fight Against U.S

freerepublic.com     Mar 16, 2008   6 related          

On February 17 2008, Al-Ekhlaas which is the largest terrorist forum on the internet published an Al Qaeda document that talks about the life of Abou Musaab Al Zarqawi and indicates that Zarqawi came to Iraq before the war to prepare the terrorist insurgency against the US troops. According to...                    

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The Connection, Take 55

powerlineblog.com     Mar 14, 2008   56 related          

Last night, Scott highlighted Steve Hayes' preview analysis of the Pentagon recently released its 59-page report on Iraq and terrorism.... ... Last night, Scott highlighted Steve Hayes' preview analysis of the Pentagon recently released its 59-page report on Iraq and...                    

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Desperate in Iraq

coolblue.typepad.com     Mar 14, 2008   1 related          

As the election season begins to get into full swing, a new poll shows that America is optimistic about Iraq American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006,... ... As the election season begins to get into...                    

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