Tag: saddam
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geopolitiks: iceland, iraq, iran & ops
iceland’s government collapsesfrom cnn: Iceland’s ruling coalition resigned Monday, three months after the collapse of the country’s currency, stock market and several major banks, and following months of public protests, Kristjan Kristjansson, a spokesman for the prime minister said. The government also fell after the resignation of the government’s commerce minister in response to the…
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pentagon tries to memory hole new report
cancels plan for broad public release of report that debunks neocon lie of saddam/bin laden linkfrom steve watson: The Pentagon has blocked the scheduled release of a definitive report that found no pre-Iraq war link between late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. The report (3.39mb PDF), which is based on 600,000 official Iraqi…
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41% still believe saddam-9/11 connection
from raw story: A new Newsweek poll out this weekend exposed “gaps” in America’s knowledge of history and current events. Perhaps most alarmingly, 41% of Americans answered ‘Yes’ to the question “Do you think Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was directly involved in planning, financing, or carrying out the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001?”…
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tenet: cheney had eye on iraq long before 9/11
from blacklisted news/houston chronicle: White House and Pentagon officials, and particularly Vice President Dick Cheney, were determined to attack Iraq from the first days of the Bush administration, long before the Sept. 11 attacks, and repeatedly stretched available intelligence to build support for the war, according to a new book by former CIA director George…
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saddam hussein executed in Iraq
from bbc: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location outside Baghdad’s Green Zone for crimes against humanity… from wayne madsen: Iraq’s former dictator managed to avoid one of the world’s most high-tech assassination efforts during the Iraq War campaign only to be allegedly discovered by U.S. forces hiding…
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Saddam’s death to be videotaped
from blacklisted news/cbs news: Saddam Hussein’s final moments will be videotaped by the Iraqi government, reports CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston. National Security adviser Mouffak al Rubaie says the date of the deposed dictator’s execution will not be made public, to avoid possible unrest from Saddam’s supporters, but everything from the signing of the final…
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news on the march
Ba’ath threatens US if Saddam is executedfrom international herald tribune: Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party threatened Wednesday to retaliate if the ousted Iraqi leader is executed, warning in an Internet posting it would target U.S. interests anywhere… “Our party warns again of the consequences of executing Mr. President and his comrades… The Ba’ath and the resistance…
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death sentence for saddam upheld
from bbc: Iraq’s Appeals Court has upheld the death sentence against ousted President Saddam Hussein. The court rejected an appeal by Saddam Hussein’s lawyers and confirmed that he would be hanged, court spokesman Raed Juhi told the BBC. The appeal was launched after an Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein to death on 5 November for…