Word: saddamism
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NOTEBOOK: Saddam's virtual link to 9/11; a feisty Trent Lott; playing with a full deck (Arnold, Gray, Hillary, Rush and more); the coveted Michael Bolton presidential endorsement...
...years after the Twin Towers fell, nearly 7 in 10 Americans remain convinced that Saddam Hussein played a part in the Sept. 11 attacks--despite the fact that no evidence has been found of such a role. Critics of the Bush Administration charge that the President and his top advisers waged a subtle campaign of insinuation in trying to make the case for war by frequently mentioning Sept. 11 and Saddam in the same breath--while carefully acknowledging, when pressed, that there was no specific link between the two. Critics had another reason to howl last week when Vice President...
Republicans were quick to pounce; House majority leader Tom DeLay accused Democrats of venting more "hateful rhetoric at President Bush than they ever did at Saddam Hussein." In fact, Kennedy's remarks may have been a case of frustration with the war overtaking the facts. While the CBO report does say it cannot account for how all the money being funneled into Iraq is being spent, it contains no reference to any unaccountable $1.5 billion. Nor is there any evidence that the funds are being used to lure foreign troops to Iraq. Asked on CNN whether he had proof...
...suffering with for a year now, is that it was wrong for Bush to go to war in such a rush and unilaterally--but that it was right for members of Congress to send a signal of deep concern about the situation in Iraq to the United Nations and Saddam Hussein. In a perfect world, that signal would have been a lot more nuanced than the blank check Congress gave the President to go to war. But politics is, as often as not, a choice between the awful and the dreadful...
...DIED. Akila al-Hashemi, 50, one of three women in the 25-member Iraqi Governing Council; of gunshot wounds suffered in an ambush five days earlier; in Baghdad. Al-Hashemi eschewed marriage for a career in Saddam Hussein's foreign service. She was the only member of the U.S.-backed government from the deposed regime and was tipped to become Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations. Her assailants have not been apprehended...