THE US, THE UN AND IRAQ, TENTH THREAD.

4. 9-11 Commission, 9/20/2004. Includes reports of administration and congressional declarations and resolutions regarding reaction to 9/11 plus al-Qaeda history in Afghanistan and Iraq.
www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm


12. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ANSAR AL-ISLAM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam


8. "American Soldier," by General Tommy Franks, 7/1/2004
"10" Regan Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;
Described the Coalition attacks on al-Qaeda training camps in northeastern Iraq, and on another terrorist training camp south of Baghdad. See pages 483, and 519.

Donald Rumsfeld is not competent to lead our armed forces. ...
he has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally
and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for
what has happened to our important mission in Iraq. Mr Rumsfeld
must step down.

-- Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.), US general in charge of training
the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004, writing in The New York
Times, 19 March 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/opinion/19eaton.html

Cicerone,

I heard parts of two interviews on Cable New today, one with Rummy and one with Cheney. I think it's a toss-up as to which is more qualified for the loony bin.

These two old goats should have been put out to pasture yrs ago.

Cicerone,

I heard parts of two interviews on Cable New today, one with Rummy and one with Cheney. I think it's a toss-up as to which is more qualified for the loony bin.

These two old goats should have been put out to pasture yrs ago.

CORRECTION OF LINKS

MY PRINCIPAL SOURCES:

1. Osama Bin Laden "Declaration of War Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places"-1996.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/fatwa_1996.html

2. Osama Bin Laden: Text of Fatwah Urging Jihad Against Americans-1998
http://www.ict.org.il/articles/fatwah.htm

Change the author from Osama bin Laden to George W. Bush, and we have the realities for this country.

I'd like to hear the Bush apologists' explanation of why our government is making so little effort to supply the troops with protective gear.

edgar, Bush apologists overlook those simple necessities of fighting a war, because none of them ever fought a "real" war nor served in our armed services. They also can't see their incompetence in everything they have done from the time they started the war till now; three years later. Just because the loss of our military has slowed a little, doesn't help the Iraqis live a secure, normal life.

Once a person's brain is contaminated, it is permanent?

March 20, 2006
On Anniversary, Bush and Cheney See Iraq Success

We have idiots running our country that doesn't even know what a "civil war" is!

In the Independent today, a third anniversary edition, well worth paying the subscription for if it's not on your newsstands

http://www.independent.co.uk/

The March of Folly That Has Led To A Bloodbath

A Collapsing Presidency
By Paul Craig Roberts
The latest national survey by the PewResearchCenter finds that President Bush's support among the American people has fallen to 33%

What a load of BS.

McG, Your response is no response. Show us what is BS?

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 9, 2005, 07:53
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

I've talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 9, 2005, 07:53
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

I've talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 9, 2005, 07:53
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

I've talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 9, 2005, 07:53
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

I've talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 9, 2005, 07:53
Email this article
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

I've talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper."

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
By DOUG THOMPSON
Dec 9, 2005, 07:53
Email this article
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Last month, Republican Congressional leaders filed into the Oval Office to meet with President George W. Bush and talk about renewing the controversial USA Patriot Act.

Several provisions of the act, passed in the shell shocked period immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, caused enough anger that liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union had joined forces with prominent conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly and Bob Barr to oppose renewal.

GOP leaders told Bush that his hardcore push to renew the more onerous provisions of the act could further alienate conservatives still mad at the President from his botched attempt to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

"I don't give a goddamn," Bush retorted. "I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way."

"Mr. President," one aide in the meeting said. "There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution."

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"

I've talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution "a goddamned piece of paper." cont. at site

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml

Isn't it intresting that Doug Thompson is the only person to have reported this controversy? I wonder why CNN, Reuters, UPI, etc never picked up this important story?

Oh, wait, nevermind. I figured it out... Doug Thompson is a political hack with an axe to grind! I should have known.

And you know this how? On the "it takes one to know one" basis?

C'mon, McG - you can admit it. Even if this were verifiably true to what ever standard you like, it wouldn't bother you, would it?

McG doesn't have any axe to grind; he uses a mallet with someone with no brains to activiate it.

McG makes a comment about the legitimacy of Doug Thompson's unsubstantiated smear article (inexplicably posted by Amigo in this thread), and he's immediately attacked on a personal level by three leftists.

Awfully typical of late on this site.