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April 26, 2005
Yup. We Lied to You. Anyway, You Don't Care, Do You?
This wasn't anywhere near the top story in most major papers and television news programs. The let's-pretend-to-look-for-'em "WMD" "search" is over.
Weapons Inspector Ends WMD Search in Iraq
Wrapping up his investigation into Saddam Hussein's purported arsenal, the CIA's top weapons hunter in Iraq said his search for weapons of mass destruction "has been exhausted" without finding any.
Nor did he find any evidence that such weapons were shipped officially from Iraq to Syria to be hidden before the U.S. invasion, but he couldn't rule out some unofficial transfer of limited WMD-related materials.
There, that's it. Nada. Zip. Nothing.
Not that they even need to spin it much, given the lack of attention, but I'm sure we'll hear grumblings about "intelligence failures." What happened was not an intelligence failure, it was premeditated deception. Here's a few links to past articles and press releases:
http://www.empirenotes.org/intelligence.html
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2002/04/16/a-war-against-the-peacemaker/
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2002/10/08/thwart-mode/
http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR031803.htm
http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR020304.htm
Posted by zeynep at April 26, 2005 07:43 AM
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