[Seattle-editorial] FP: 911 and Iraq

[Gentry Lange]

Ok group, here's a first draft of what I've whipped up for us all to ponder.
I am looking to get a collective Editorial Voiced Feature put together for a
sort of "Best of Indymedia and the Web's 911 and Iraq War writing". So I've
taken a stab at writting a full outline of a review, with no particular
thesis. I welcome additions, rewrites, comments, mistakes, etc.

So far I haven't added many of the links into the feature, for 1st drafts I
just list them, and then add them later.  So please send me links, websites,
background info, etc. As indicated I want to encourage readers to do the
same. I am going to start on a rewrite after I make some dinner, this is not
a finished article by any means... but I sorta get lost in it and start
rambling. So take it as the first draft that it is, I plan on making a short
version, linked to a longer newswire article.

The current web version is here: http://www.art13.com/gentry/rants/. It
includes the picture I want to use with caption and a link list... but don't
read too far, it ends with the start of "The Bush Chronicles", a different
story under construction.

Regards,
Gentry
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Title: 911 and The War We've Started
Sub: Two Years in Review

Two years after the World Trade Center was demolished, a majority of U.S.
citizens believe that Saddam Hussein was behind the September 11th attacks.

Have you noticed that government officials never officially blamned Iraq?
Why would they? The plans for attack were drawn up years ago. We've invaded
Panama, Cuba, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, we are everywhere in Central
and South America, and we are everywhere in SE Asia. The middle east is the
last hold-out.

The government origianally said Bin Laden did it. But Osama Bin Laden
dissappeared. While most Americans may remember the disarming quiet of the
days following the attacks when the entire country became a no-fly zone,
less Americans realize that of the planes that were allowed to fly, one
contained the entire Bin Laden family. Gathered up and flown back to Suadi
Arabia, out of Boston, supposedly "for their own safety".

3000 or more died in the World Trade Centers, just how many have died around
the world since then at the hands of Americans, or American forces?

It really depends on how you count. Afghanistan... Iraq, Southeast Asia.
Where do we have troops? What are they doing? Most voting Americans probably
don't know. How many have died at the desire of the US government in the
past 100 years? Invasions... everywhere.

Iraq is now a rapidly deepening quagmire, and the causualties are mounting,
xxx to date. The corporate media in the US broabcasts pictures of bombs
exploding, precision guided weapons, war made more humane and deeply
sanitized for delicate American viewers. While the humanity of our victims
remains obfuscated from view and the numbers we kill are quietly reported on
the backpage of the World News sections of US papers. The number of dead
Americans makes headline news on CNN.

So far during the illegal invasion of Iraq the United States has used
Depleted Uranium Ammunitions, chemical weapons, and conducted assasinations.
The Bush Administration wanted this war, 911 provided a pretext, and
Afghanistan provided a first taste of blood. But when that wasn't enough,
Bush himself got up at the STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, and then LIED TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.

Bill Clinton lied about getting a blowjob to a Federal Judge. And for this
he was impeached.

There's little about 911 that hasn't been written and investigated elsewhere
on the web. To that end I encourage you to post a good 911, or War
information website link below as a response to this article.