[Imc-dc-editorial] Feature: Response to the President's Ultimatum for War

[Rev Brian]

I'd second this one in theory, but I would not like to
see it go up as a raw press release.  I think having
additional sentences is necessary.

-b
--- matthew bradley <matt@machination.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> *especially* if there are any other thoughts on the
> newswire, 
> *especially* if any of have any other thoughts to
> preface this with - 
> this (below) is a good piece of research.
> 
> i feel bad pushing IPA's releases, but then they are
> a different kind of 
> beast. they usually mostly promote raw research and
> views marginalized 
> in the corp. media (and their main target are corp.
> media journalists).
> 
> below is something i helped research, fact-check,
> proof, and otherwise 
> supported while zeynep and sam assembled it. it's
> pretty darn good 
> debunking.
> 
> here are some good facts to use.
> 
> i propose, i'm already spent on this, but i propose
> a feature if we have 
> the energy to include or draft some other views. and
> then we can either 
> take this release raw and pop it on the newswire. or
> we can craft in 
> sentences that cite these facts and just link to the
> release's spot at 
> accuracy.org (under the button 'new releases').
> 
> matt
> 
> 
> Institute for Public Accuracy wrote:
> > Institute for Public Accuracy
> > 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C.
> 20045
> > (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org *
> ipa@accuracy.org
> >
> ___________________________________________________
> > 
> >         Tuesday, March 18, 2003
> > 
> >         Interviews Available:
> >         White House Claims: A Pattern of Deceit
> > 
> > ** President George Bush, March 17: "Under
> Resolutions 678 and 687 -- 
> > both still in effect -- the U.S. and our allies
> are authorized to use 
> > force in ridding Iraq of weapons of mass
> destruction.... Last September, 
> > I went to the U.N. General Assembly and urged the
> nations of the world 
> > to unite and bring an end to this danger. On
> November 8th, the Security 
> > Council unanimously passed Resolution 1441,
> finding Iraq in material 
> > breach of its obligations, and vowing serious
> consequences if Iraq did 
> > not fully and immediately disarm."
> > 
> > ==> John Negroponte, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.,
> urging support for 
> > Resolution 1441, quoted in Los Angeles Times,
> November 8, 2002: "There's 
> > no 'automaticity' and this is a two-stage process,
> and in that regard we 
> > have met the principal concerns that have been
> expressed for the 
> > resolution." He added: "Whatever violation there
> is, or is judged to 
> > exist, will be dealt with in the [Security]
> Council, and the Council 
> > will have an opportunity to consider the matter
> before any other action 
> > is taken."
> >
>
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fg-uniraq8nov08.story
> > 
> > 
> > ** President Bush, March 17: "And it [Saddam
> Hussein's regime] has 
> > aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including
> operatives of al 
> > Qaeda." President Bush, March 6: "He [Saddam
> Hussein] has trained and 
> > financed al Qaeda-type organizations before, al
> Qaeda and other 
> > terrorist organizations." According to several
> polls, a majority of the 
> > U.S. public still believes that there is an Iraq
> link to 9-11.
> > 
> > ==> No evidence establishing such a link has been
> offered. The New York 
> > Times reported on February 9, 2003 that
> intelligence officials have 
> > "pointed out that neither the Bush administration
> nor the British 
> > government, which has also championed the
> Qaeda-Baghdad connection, has 
> > produced direct evidence of Iraqi involvement with
> the terrorist 
> > network." See also: "Allies Find No Links Between
> Iraq, Al Qaeda," Los 
> > Angeles Times, November 4, 2002; "Terrorism
> experts doubt bin Laden, 
> > Baghdad link," Toronto Globe and Mail, February 6,
> 2003. 
> >
>
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030206/ULINKN/Headlines/headdex/headdexInternational_temp/5/5/21/
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ** President Bush, March 17: "For more than a
> decade, the United States 
> > and other nations have pursued patient and
> honorable efforts to disarm 
> > the Iraqi regime without war."
> > 
> > ==> Resolution 687: Once Iraq complies with the
> weapons inspection 
> > regime, the economic sanctions "shall have no
> further force or effect." 
> > The U.S. government reneged on this, saying that
> the sanctions would 
> > stay in place regardless of compliance with
> weapons inspectors. May 20, 
> > 1991, President George H. W. Bush: "At this
> juncture, my view is we 
> > don't want to lift these sanctions as long as
> Saddam Hussein is in 
> > power."
> http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR031103.htm
> > 
> > 
> > ** President Bush, March 17: "Intelligence
> gathered by this and other 
> > governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime
> continues to possess 
> > and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever
> devised." State of the 
> > Union address, January 28: "The British government
> has learned that 
> > Saddam Hussein recently sought significant
> quantities of uranium from 
> > Africa."
> > 
> > ==> The head of the International Atomic Energy
> Agency (IAEA), Mohamed 
> > El Baradei, March 7: "There is no indication of
> resumed nuclear 
> > activities." As reported by the Washington Post
> (March 8), the 
> > intelligence cited by Bush (as well as Powell
> before the Security 
> > Council) as proof were forged documents and "the
> forgers had made 
> > relatively crude errors." The Guardian in London
> reported on March 8 
> > that "the fabrication was transparently obvious
> and quickly 
> > established." 
> >
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,909946,00.html
> > 
> > 
> > ** President Bush, during the State of the Union
> address, January 28: 
> > "Our intelligence sources tell us that [Hussein]
> has attempted to 
> > purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for
> nuclear weapons 
> > production."
> > 
> > ==> The Washington Post (March 8) reported that
> "further work by the 
> > IAEA's team of centrifuge experts -- two
> Americans, two Britons and a 
> > French citizen -- has reinforced the IAEA's
> conclusion that the tubes 
> > were ill suited for [nuclear weapons production]
> centrifuges." 
> >
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59403-2003Mar7.html
> > 
> > 
> > ** When Iraq started destroying its Al-Samoud 2
> missiles, White House 
> > spokesperson Ari Fleischer claimed on March 3 that
> Saddam Hussein 
> > "denied he had these weapons, and then he destroys
> things he says he 
> > never had. If he lies about never having them, how
> can you trust him 
> 
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