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"If you want to avoid another Saddam Hussein, you have to work
toward peace and democracy in the Middle East."

"What amazes me is that the President himself is not clamoring for an investigation."

How to "privatize" a country and make millions.

The streets of Baghdad are a swamp of crime and uncollected garbage.
Battered local businesses are going bankrupt, unable to compete with
cheap imports.

We can't yet find the nukes and gas,
Though we have looked in every section.
But we may find them in Iran--
And just before the next election.

Right-wingers in Washington have begun preparing the ground for US
action, perhaps even war, against Iran.

Under cover of darkness in the early morning hours of March 18, Qusay
Saddam Hussein carted off nearly $1 billion in hard currency from Iraq's
central bank.

Truth has a way of asserting itself despite all attempts to obscure it. Distortion only serves to derail it for a time.

Clarification: George W. Bush's proclamation of Al Qaeda as "not a problem anymore" was a reference to top Al Qaeda
operatives, not the entire organization. (06/04/03)

The Peace Corps is feeling the fallout from Bush Administration policies.