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[1] Posted by Transition Zone 07-15-2003, 11:03 AM |
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FACT: bush admits lying
"White House admits Iraq intelligence error" Sarah Left and agencies Tuesday July 8, 2003 The White House has conceded for the first time that the president's assertion in the run up to war that Iraq recently had sought to buy significant quantities of uranium from Africa was based on inaccurate information. In his State of the Union address to the nation in January, George Bush repeated a claim, made in the British government's intelligence dossier, that Saddam Hussein had attempted to acquire uranium yellow cake from Africa. Yesterday White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president's statement was incorrect because it was based on forged documents from the West African nation of Niger. The Associated Press quoted Mr Fleischer as saying: "The president's statement was based on the predicate of the yellow cake from Niger. So given the fact that the report on the yellow cake did not turn out to be accurate, that is reflective of the president's broader statement." The White House had not responded to Guardian Unlimited's phone calls by the time of publication. The statement that the information was incorrect has a key bearing on the US and British justification for war on Iraq. Both countries had claimed that Saddam Hussein was attempting to build a nuclear weapons programme that could pose a threat to American and British interests, citing the attempted uranium purchase from Africa as proof. The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in March that documents purporting to show that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire uranium from Niger were forgeries. But until the White House statement yesterday, neither the US or British governments had acknowledged that these forged documents formed the basis of the intelligence, which had vaguely named Africa as the source of the uranium deal. "Knowing all that we know now, the reference to Iraq's attempt to acquire uranium from Africa should not have been included in the State of the Union speech," a senior Bush administration official said in a statement quoted by the Washington Post. Democratic representative Henry Waxman, long critical of the Niger-Iraq connection, responded: "The White House has finally formally conceded that the president's statement was false. That's an important first step. But for over three months I've been asking the president two simple questions of accountability: how did this happen and who did it. The president owes it to the American people to provide those answers." The concession from the White House came as MPs continue to question the prime minister, Tony Blair, over the validity of claims contained in a September intelligence dossier about Iraq's weapons programmes, including that Iraq had sought to buy yellow cake from Africa. Downing Street has thus far failed to explain the evidence it had relied upon for the uranium purchase claims. Today the foreign office stressed that the evidence for the claim in the September dossier came from a number of sources. "We stand by our assessment in the September dossier, and we still believe it today to be credible," said a foreign office spokesman. But this morning Mr Blair played down the significance of the Niger claims. "The Niger situation is not warranted by the actual facts - there was a historic link between Niger and Iraq, in the 1980s Iraq purchased 200 tonnes of uranium from Niger," he told the Commons liaison committee. "You'd think it was a fantasy invented by the security services," he added, pointing out that Niger's main export is uranium. Months before Downing Street published the claim, a US envoy was sent by the CIA to check out the possible deal between Iraq and Niger. He concluded that "it was highly doubtful any such transaction had ever taken place". In a piece in the New York Times on Sunday, the envoy, Joseph Wilson, said his assessment of the Niger information was known to the CIA, the state department, and most likely the office of the vice president from the time of his return in March 2002. Yet nearly a year after he had returned and briefed CIA officials, the assertion that Saddam was trying to obtain uranium from Africa was included in Mr Bush's State of the Union address. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...994173,00.html |
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[2] Posted by otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com 07-15-2003, 11:14 AM |
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On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone)
wrote: >FACT: bush admits lying Nope. He didn't lie. Please state one lie GWB made here: |
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[3] Posted by Sid9 07-15-2003, 11:21 AM |
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http://www.house.gov/appropriations_...ughtonfilm.htm
<otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:a238hvok49r29e3ebdcfdlqhdmn4q8s5ci@4ax.com... > On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) > wrote: > > >FACT: bush admits lying > > Nope. He didn't lie. > > Please state one lie GWB made here: > > > |
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[4] Posted by Tazmanian Weasel 07-15-2003, 12:00 PM |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:14:59 -0400, otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com
wrote: >On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) >wrote: > >>FACT: bush admits lying > >Nope. He didn't lie. > >Please state one lie GWB made here: "Weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq" in meeting with EU, May. > > "We are going to fight them and impose our will on them and we will capture or, if necessary, kill them until we have imposed law and order upon this country," -- Viceroy Paul Bremer, explaining how America is going to 'hearts and minds' the subjugated people of Iraq Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal! Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to. For the finest in liberal/leftist commentary, http://www.zeppscommentaries.com |
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[5] Posted by Peter Vos 07-15-2003, 03:39 PM |
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Tazmanian Weasel <zeppnospam@finestplanet.com> wrote in message news:<sm58hvsj2hkb2an2bqhhu34v845s97ckdt@4ax.com>. ..
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:14:59 -0400, otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com > wrote: > > >On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) > >wrote: > > > >>FACT: bush admits lying > > > >Nope. He didn't lie. > > > >Please state one lie GWB made here: > > "Weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq" > > in meeting with EU, May. or "I'm the kind of person that likes to know all the facts before I make a decision." July 3, 2003 > > > > > > "We are going to > fight them and impose our will on them and we will capture or, if > necessary, kill them until we have imposed law and order upon this > country," > -- Viceroy Paul Bremer, explaining how America is going to 'hearts > and minds' the subjugated people of Iraq > > Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal! > Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to. > For the finest in liberal/leftist commentary, > http://www.zeppscommentaries.com |
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[6] Posted by otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com 07-15-2003, 03:49 PM |
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On 15 Jul 2003 11:39:26 -0700, pvos58@yahoo.com (Peter Vos) wrote:
>Tazmanian Weasel <zeppnospam@finestplanet.com> wrote in message news:<sm58hvsj2hkb2an2bqhhu34v845s97ckdt@4ax.com>. .. >> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:14:59 -0400, otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com >> wrote: >> >> >On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) >> >wrote: >> > >> >>FACT: bush admits lying >> > >> >Nope. He didn't lie. >> > >> >Please state one lie GWB made here: >> >> "Weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq" >> >> in meeting with EU, May. > >or > >"I'm the kind of person that likes to >know all the facts before I make a decision." > >July 3, 2003 > Funny, What President Bush actually said was *The British government has learned* [emphasis added] that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." But for some strange reason, the DNC left out that whole "British government" part. Gee, that changes the entire nature of the president's statement. You don't think the DNC left it out on purpose, do you? |
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[7] Posted by Fifty1Ford 07-15-2003, 04:12 PM |
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Well..
Here is a lie he told YESTERDAY! He told it in defense of the lie he told about the nuke claim!!!! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn....html?nav=hpto p_ts "Defending the broader decision to go to war with Iraq, the president said the decision was made after he gave Saddam Hussein "a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in." " .... "The president's assertion that the war began because Iraq did not admit inspectors appeared to contradict the events leading up to war this spring: Hussein had, in fact, admitted the inspectors and Bush had opposed extending their work because he did not believe them effective." So.... Here is a specific lie that Bush told yesterday. Another in a long line of lies. I don't hear any crickets... I do hear the shrill scream of people who disrespect their fellow concerned citizens to cover for a politician with nothing but a record of bankrupt businesses, ties to crooks, theft of citizen property, and lies. Now that you have specifically heard a lie that Bush told yesterday, will you rethink you position, or will you continue to be a traitor to America? If Bush is a member of a party you support, it is your duty to make sure he does not dishonor your party. Personally, I don't care for "parties", "groups" or the like. The only "group" I support is the group that is composed of all the people of the United States of America. It is not about Repub or Dem. It is about right, wrong, and logic. Is this something a person like you can understand? Fifty1Ford <otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uic8hvc90iq8q33ul7jff318a3g4ot53ld@4ax.com... > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:45:40 GMT, "jjavaman" <jjavaman@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > >yo otis,are u special needs? brain dead? or just plain stupid? Open your > >eyes,get your fucking head outta your ass and wake up > ><otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > LOL Lots of name calling! > So, state specifically what lie GWB made! > > (sounds of crickets...) > > > > >news:a238hvok49r29e3ebdcfdlqhdmn4q8s5ci@4ax.com.. . > >> On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) > >> wrote: > >> > >> >FACT: bush admits lying > >> > >> Nope. He didn't lie. > >> > >> Please state one lie GWB made here: > >> > >> > >> > > > > |
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[8] Posted by Raymond Luxury-Yacht II 07-15-2003, 05:09 PM |
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Tazmanian Weasel <zeppnospam@finestplanet.com> wrote in message news:<sm58hvsj2hkb2an2bqhhu34v845s97ckdt@4ax.com>. ..
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:14:59 -0400, otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com > wrote: > > >On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) > >wrote: > > > >>FACT: bush admits lying > > > >Nope. He didn't lie. > > > >Please state one lie GWB made here: > > "Weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq" > > in meeting with EU, May. > > No lie by Bush. Democrats lying about Bush telling the truth. Orwell would be proud of the Dems. Keep trying Democrats. > Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal! 3,000 + dead on 9-11 as Clinton did nothing about Al Qeada after SIX BOMBINGS! The Sudan offered to turn over Bin Laden twice & Clinton said No thansk. So if you are dead after 9-11 - than a liberal named Clinton. > Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to. Poor are off the tax rolls thanks to Republicans. > For the finest in liberal/leftist commentary, > http://www.zeppscommentaries.com Delusional leftwing ranting and Joe Stalin boot licking. |
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[9] Posted by rightwing@nutty.com 07-15-2003, 05:44 PM |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 14:51:34 -0400, otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com wrote:
>When the Democratic National Committee sends out a press release about >lying, I snap to. It's like getting a stock tip from Martha Stewart or >advice on race relations from Dusty Baker. How so, POOPUS? Considering that the most criminal, lying, self-serving, racist, homophobic, hypcritical administrations since the mid-50's were ALL republican and conservative. You're just not a real bright chump are you, Poopus Dumbwood? Bet you haven't even considered that had the Raygun/shrub been investigated to the extent that was unleashed (without any credible evidence) against Clinton, Your drooling asshole would still be rusting the bars on his jail cell with his slobber. ================================================== =========================== The Reagan Years: How Soon We Forget Real Corruption Gleeful charges by Republicans that Whitewater is comparable to Watergate and that the Clinton Administration is more corrupt than any recent administration are ludicrous when compared to the actual record of corruption in the Reagan-Bush administration and when it is noted that the charges against Clinton result from goings-on in Arkansas long before he became President. With Reagan, scandals occured while he was President. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Haynes Johnson's book, "Sleep-Walking Through History: America in the Reagan Years" (1991, Doubleday), chronicles the U.S.'s fall from dominant world power to struggling debtor nation during the Reagan years. Johnson says "two types of problems typified the ethical misconduct cases of the Reagan years, and both had heavy consequences to citizens everywhere. One stemmed from ideology and deregulatory impulses run amok; the other, from classic corruption on a grand scale." "By the end of his term, 138 administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever." (P. 184). "Reagan's customary response to instances of wrongdoing by aides was to criticize those who brought the charges or to blame the media that reported them." "Three great scandals stained the Reagan record, and they all involved the age-old form of corruption formed by the connection between money and politics. What distinguished them in the Reagan years was the number of buyers and sellers involved, and the amount of money there was to be made. The sheer volume of both had multiplied beyond any previous measure. Nothing better illustrated the problem than a case that connected some of Reagan's closest associates, a score of top government officials in several departments and agencies, |
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[10] Posted by Fifty1Ford 07-15-2003, 06:14 PM |
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"Fifty1Ford" <Fifty1Ford@Speed-Racer.com> wrote in message news:vh8kra9r5kco5f@corp.supernews.com... > Well.. > Here is a lie he told YESTERDAY! > He told it in defense of the lie he told about the nuke claim!!!! > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn....html?nav=hpto > p_ts > > "Defending the broader decision to go to war with Iraq, the president said > the decision was made after he gave Saddam Hussein "a chance to allow the > inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in." " > > ... > > "The president's assertion that the war began because Iraq did not admit > inspectors appeared to contradict the events leading up to war this spring: > Hussein had, in fact, admitted the inspectors and Bush had opposed extending > their work because he did not believe them effective." > > > So.... > > Here is a specific lie that Bush told yesterday. > Another in a long line of lies. > > I don't hear any crickets... > > I do hear the shrill scream of people who disrespect their fellow concerned > citizens to cover for a politician with nothing but a record of bankrupt > businesses, ties to crooks, theft of citizen property, and lies. > > Now that you have specifically heard a lie that Bush told yesterday, will > you rethink you position, or will you continue to be a traitor to America? > > If Bush is a member of a party you support, it is your duty to make sure he > does not dishonor your party. > > Personally, I don't care for "parties", "groups" or the like. > The only "group" I support is the group that is composed of all the people > of the United States of America. > > It is not about Repub or Dem. > It is about right, wrong, and logic. > > Is this something a person like you can understand? > > Fifty1Ford > > > <otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:uic8hvc90iq8q33ul7jff318a3g4ot53ld@4ax.com... > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:45:40 GMT, "jjavaman" <jjavaman@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > >yo otis,are u special needs? brain dead? or just plain stupid? Open your > > >eyes,get your fucking head outta your ass and wake up > > ><otis_p_driftwood@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > LOL Lots of name calling! > > So, state specifically what lie GWB made! > > > > (sounds of crickets...) > > > > Funny.. I post a lie and all I get from YOU are (sounds of crickets). Wow, I am just amazed at your ability to ignore the truth. Fifty1Ford > > > > >news:a238hvok49r29e3ebdcfdlqhdmn4q8s5ci@4ax.com.. . > > >> On 15 Jul 2003 07:03:11 -0700, mogulah@hotmail.com (Transition Zone) > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> >FACT: bush admits lying > > >> > > >> Nope. He didn't lie. > > >> > > >> Please state one lie GWB made here: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > |
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