Monday, June 09, 2003
War Blogs Iraq War Updates
Clashes kill 5 Israelies, 5 Palestinians: "Violence threatened to bury yet another Mideast peace plan after five Israeli soldiers and five Palestinian attackers died, as militants used arms to show that the U.S.-backed "road map" to peace will not unfold quietly."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraqi book on war mixes myth, rumors: "The Americans dropped a "tactical nuclear bomb" on Iraqi forces. Saddam Hussein made a final radio broadcast hours after Baghdad fell, pausing three times to stop himself from breaking down on the air. And casualties among U.S.-led coalition forces? Twenty thousand dead."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
3ID PATROL ENGAGED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM MOSQUE in CENTCOM: News Release
IRAQ WEAPONS POLICY AMNESTY PERIOD FINISHES FIRST WEEK in CENTCOM: News Release
U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN MEDICAL RUSE AT AL QAIM CHECKPOINT in CENTCOM: News Release
COALITION RESPONDS TO FICTIONAL AL SA'AH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE in CENTCOM: News Release
WEAPONS POLICY AMNESTY PERIOD - ARABIC VERSION in CENTCOM: News Release
Powell: Varied U.S. role on Palestinians: "The United States, eager to put the Palestinian Authority on the fast track to good governance, will be closely involved in developing police capabilities and revitalizing the moribund economy of the territories, Secretary of State Colin Powell says."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
WMD Debate Still Sizzling: "As Bush administration officials flatly deny allegations the CIA was pressured to give evidence supporting the war in Iraq, a top Blair advisor offered a near-apology to Britain?s secret service for releasing dubious intelligence ahead of the war."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
What do they know that we don't?: "After weeks of seeming to back-pedal away from its earlier, extremely questionable, claims about Iraq's alleged nuclear, chemical and biological arsenal, the Bush White House came out Sunday with a mysterious new assurance that something will be found.
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on "Meet the Press" she is confident there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that "we will find them". Also Sunday, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced, "We are sending in an Iraqi Survey Group of 1,300 people, who will be looking in all the places. They will be exploiting all the documents. They will be interviewing people."
Maybe while they're at it, they can find all those looted cultural artifacts."
In Alternet: War On Iraq
Thank goodness for PBS and Fox News: "A Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) study of U.S. network newscasts found that in the three weeks after the bombing of Baghdad began, "Nearly two thirds of all sources, 64 percent, were pro-war, while 71 percent of U.S. guests favored the war. Anti-war voices were 10 percent of all sources, but just 6 percent of non-Iraqi sources and 3 percent of U.S. sources. Thus viewers were more than six times as likely to see a pro-war source as one who was anti-war; with U.S. guests alone, the ratio increases to 25 to 1."
Also, "Of a total of 840 U.S. sources who are current or former government or military officials, only four were identified as holding anti-war opinions - Sen. Robert Byrd (D.-W.V.), Rep. Pete Stark (D.-Calif.) and two appearances by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D.-Ohio). Byrd was featured on PBS, with Stark and Kucinich appearing on Fox News.""
In Alternet: War On Iraq
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Clashes kill 5 Israelies, 5 Palestinians: "Violence threatened to bury yet another Mideast peace plan after five Israeli soldiers and five Palestinian attackers died, as militants used arms to show that the U.S.-backed "road map" to peace will not unfold quietly."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraqi book on war mixes myth, rumors: "The Americans dropped a "tactical nuclear bomb" on Iraqi forces. Saddam Hussein made a final radio broadcast hours after Baghdad fell, pausing three times to stop himself from breaking down on the air. And casualties among U.S.-led coalition forces? Twenty thousand dead."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
3ID PATROL ENGAGED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM MOSQUE in CENTCOM: News Release
IRAQ WEAPONS POLICY AMNESTY PERIOD FINISHES FIRST WEEK in CENTCOM: News Release
U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN MEDICAL RUSE AT AL QAIM CHECKPOINT in CENTCOM: News Release
COALITION RESPONDS TO FICTIONAL AL SA'AH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE in CENTCOM: News Release
WEAPONS POLICY AMNESTY PERIOD - ARABIC VERSION in CENTCOM: News Release
Powell: Varied U.S. role on Palestinians: "The United States, eager to put the Palestinian Authority on the fast track to good governance, will be closely involved in developing police capabilities and revitalizing the moribund economy of the territories, Secretary of State Colin Powell says."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
WMD Debate Still Sizzling: "As Bush administration officials flatly deny allegations the CIA was pressured to give evidence supporting the war in Iraq, a top Blair advisor offered a near-apology to Britain?s secret service for releasing dubious intelligence ahead of the war."
In CBS News: Iraq Crisis
What do they know that we don't?: "After weeks of seeming to back-pedal away from its earlier, extremely questionable, claims about Iraq's alleged nuclear, chemical and biological arsenal, the Bush White House came out Sunday with a mysterious new assurance that something will be found.
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on "Meet the Press" she is confident there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that "we will find them". Also Sunday, Secretary of State Colin Powell announced, "We are sending in an Iraqi Survey Group of 1,300 people, who will be looking in all the places. They will be exploiting all the documents. They will be interviewing people."
Maybe while they're at it, they can find all those looted cultural artifacts."
In Alternet: War On Iraq
Thank goodness for PBS and Fox News: "A Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) study of U.S. network newscasts found that in the three weeks after the bombing of Baghdad began, "Nearly two thirds of all sources, 64 percent, were pro-war, while 71 percent of U.S. guests favored the war. Anti-war voices were 10 percent of all sources, but just 6 percent of non-Iraqi sources and 3 percent of U.S. sources. Thus viewers were more than six times as likely to see a pro-war source as one who was anti-war; with U.S. guests alone, the ratio increases to 25 to 1."
Also, "Of a total of 840 U.S. sources who are current or former government or military officials, only four were identified as holding anti-war opinions - Sen. Robert Byrd (D.-W.V.), Rep. Pete Stark (D.-Calif.) and two appearances by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D.-Ohio). Byrd was featured on PBS, with Stark and Kucinich appearing on Fox News.""
In Alternet: War On Iraq
