White House: Bush misstated report on Iraq

Seeking to build a case Saturday that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, President Bush cited a satellite photograph and a report by the U.N. atomic energy agency as evidence of Iraq’s impending rearmament. But in response to a report by NBC News, a senior administration official acknowledged Saturday night that the U.N. report drew no such conclusion, and a spokesman for the U.N. agency said the photograph had been misinterpreted. [read more]

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"Misstated" is a polite way of saying he lied.

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US pours arms into Gulf region
Equipment and troops move in on a scale not seen since Desert Storm as planes strike Iraqi base

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Albert Interviews Chomsky On Iraq

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Uncertainties abound in pinpointing the real enemy

A year after the 9/11 attacks on the United States, we know remarkably little about the attackers, or about who really organized the complex operation that seems well beyond the capabilities of amateur terrorists. Among the major questions: [read more]

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