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...moment, Bush's instincts-his supporters would argue these are bedrock values-seem to be paying off. The President's attention span may be haphazard, but the immediate satisfactions are difficult to dispute. Saddam Hussein? Evildoer. Take him out. But wait, no WMD? No post-invasion planning? Deaths and chaos? Awful, but ... Freedom! Look at those Shi'ites vote! And now, after all that rapid-eye movement, who can say the Shi'ites and the Kurds won't create a government with a loyal Shi'ite-Kurd security force? And who can say the Sunni rebels won't-with some...
...Iraq invasion. Wilson figures in the story because he made a secret trip to Niger in 2002 at the CIA's request to determine if that country had sold a uranium ore known as yellowcake to Iraq, a key piece of evidence for the Administration's claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Wilson informed the CIA upon his return that he had found no evidence of an Iraqi purchase, yet the Administration continued to make the charge right up until the beginning of the war. After Wilson revealed his tale in July 2003, Plame's name...
...secret meeting is taking place in the bowels of a facility in Baghdad, a cavernous, heavily guarded building in the U.S.-controlled green zone. The Iraqi negotiator, a middle-aged former member of Saddam Hussein's regime and the senior representative of the self-described nationalist insurgency, sits on one side of the table. He is here to talk to two members of the U.S. military. One of them, an officer, takes notes during the meeting. The other, dressed in civilian clothes, listens as the Iraqi outlines a list of demands the U.S. must satisfy before the insurgents stop fighting...
...Iraq, however, the U.S. must not be in a hurry to pull out, despite criticism and pressure. Instead of setting a time limit for eventual withdrawal, the U.S. must make certain Iraq is no longer a danger to the rest of the world and ensure that Saddam Hussein's Baath Party doesn't make a comeback soon after the U.S. leaves. It does not matter if it takes 5, 10 or 20 years to achieve these goals; the time spent will be worthwhile. Ajit Partap Singh Ludhiana, India...
Kerr said that the visiting students are aware of the attention their visit will garner and feel the pressure of serving as representatives of the new Iraq after the overthrow of former dictator Saddam Hussein...