Re: OT: US BLEW IT IN IRAQ- Wall Street Journal Reporter Finds

From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:09:23 GMT

A little known factoid emerging from the 960-page Duelfer report is
their estimation that the Iraq invasion has *increased* the threat of
biological/chemical weapon attack by terrorist groups. During his
investigation there, Duelfer broke up an insurgent network, Al Abud,
formed to manufacture ricin, mustard, and nerve agent weapons, and
discovered quite a bit of evidence confirming that Al Qaeda in Iraq is
going for broke to acquire something to be used against US occupation
forces. Once again Bush has deceived the public with his selective
emphasis and distorted information. He has in fact in inadvertently
produced a Skunk Works for discovery of a means of WMD improvisation.

Winfield Hill wrote:
> Fred Bloggs wrote...
>
>>>From Baghdad
>>A Wall Street Journal Reporter's E-Mail to Friends
>>
>>Farnaz Fassihi, a Wall Street Journal reporter sent this report
>>as an e-mail to friends.
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>
> A truly dismal picture.
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>>The cops are being murdered by the dozens every day-over 700 to date
>>-- and the insurgents are infiltrating their ranks. The problem is
>>so serious that the U.S. military has allocated $6 million dollars
>>to buy out 30,000 cops they just trained to get rid of them quietly.
>
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> Another shocking discouraging thing we are not told about.
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>>One could argue that Iraq is already lost beyond salvation. For
>>those of us on the ground it's hard to imagine what if any thing
>>could salvage it from its violent downward spiral.
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> And his analysis of the elections we so anxiously await,
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>>I heard an educated Iraqi say today that if Saddam Hussein were
>>allowed to run for elections he would get the majority of the vote.
>>This is truly sad.
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>>I asked a 28-year-old engineer if he and his family would participate
>>in the Iraqi elections since it was the first time Iraqis could to
>>some degree elect a leadership. His response summed it all: "Go and
>>vote and risk being blown into pieces or followed by the insurgents
>>and murdered for cooperating with the Americans? For what? To practice
>>democracy? Are you joking?"
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