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:: Friday, July 11, 2003 ::

Memo to Sheep:

I know, I know, more bad news!

U.S. alters reason for war on Iraq

Rumsfeld defends decision to attack despite fact some evidence that led to invasion was false

By CHRISTINE BOYD
With reports from the Guardian, Reuters
Thursday, July 10, 2003 - Page A10


The U.S. administration has abruptly revised its explanation for invading Iraq, as Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asserted that a changed perspective after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- not fresh evidence of banned weapons -- provoked the war.

"The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit of weapons of mass murder," Mr. Rumsfeld testified yesterday before the Senate armed services committee.

"We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light, through the prism of our experience on 9/11."
It was an about-face from a man who confidently proclaimed in January: "There's no doubt in my mind but that they [the Iraqi government] currently have chemical and biological weapons." (He was seconded in March by Vice-President Dick Cheney, who said of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein: "We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.")
Mr. Rumsfeld's reversal came as the administration scrambled to defend itself from accusations that it deliberately used false or misleading information to bolster one of its primary justifications for the war. END




So there you have it! More lies and deceit. Don't get mad at me I'm just reporting the facts! This is your government at work. I'm trying to hold it accountable to the American People. How about you? PEACE

:: DM1 7/11/2003 10:19:00 AM [+] ::
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