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McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort »

Posted by: Aidenag 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Politics

The Washington lobbyist John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ...

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White House 'buried British intelligence on Iraq WMDs' »

Posted by: engineer 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News

MI6 told Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq that a high-placed Iraqi
source said that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. The ...

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We run the road Iraq and Lebanon »

Posted by: tehranchik 2 months ago in Politics

Nir Rosen reports from Majd al Anjar, where the rage of young men mixes with the sectarian fervour spilling over Iraq’s borders.
Shia gunmen ...

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Can Any Candidate Clean Up Bush's Massive Post 9/11 Mess? »

Posted by: bowsnumba1 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News

The squandering of vast resources after 9/11 and our slide toward debt and dependency pose a greater threat to the U.S. than Osama ...

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Saddam's luxury train returns to service »

Posted by: Deidre 3 months, 1 week ago in News

Saddam Hussein's private luxury train, equipped with chandeliers and Italian-made curtains, is being put into public service to help ease a train shortage, Iraqi ...

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Vermont candidate to prosecute Bush if she wins »

Posted by: ap 2 months, 1 week ago in News

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) _ Lots of political candidates make campaign promises. But not like Charlotte Dennett's.

Dennett, 61, the Progressive Party's candidate for ...

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Of Creamy White House Stationary ... »

Posted by: JTDGARLIC 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News

With Suskind bringing out his book this week, it must be ringing in their ears, remembering the advice of former Bush Grindhouse Chief of Staff ...

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Cheney Linked Hussein to Al-Qaeda, Ex-GOP House Leader Says in Book »

Posted by: bowsnumba1 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News

A GOP congressional leader who was wavering on giving President Bush the authority to wage war in late 2002 said Vice President Cheney misled him ...

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Book says White House ordered forgery - Politico.com Print View »

Posted by: bowsnumba1 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News

A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head ...

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Saddam Hussein's Rolls Royce put up for sale in eBay »

Posted by: Deidre 4 months, 1 week ago in News

A convertible Rolls Royce reputedly owned by Saddam Hussein has gone up for sale on eBay.

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McCain: Obama link to ex-radical is honesty issue »

Posted by: niegalo 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, accompanied by his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks to supporters at a rally at the ...

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Professor sues Texas A&M, claiming religious persecution »

Posted by: Jayson 4 weeks ago in Religion

Dr. Mundhir Ridha is a world-renowned scientist.  Even though he’ s Kurdish, he was employed and protected under the reign of Saddam Hussein because of ...

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US envoy doubts Iraqis will revert to violence »

Posted by: ap 4 months, 1 week ago in News

BAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraqis, having lived through years of sectarian warfare, are unlikely to revert to mass violence as they sort out their future, the ...

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Iraqi teams banned from Beijing Olympic games »

Posted by: ap 4 months, 1 week ago in Sports

BAGHDAD (AP) _ The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline ...

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McCain adviser got money from Georgia »

Posted by: ap 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a ...

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