thinkprogress.org - 7/6/2009
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The New York Times reports today that when President Bush opens his library at Southern Methodist University in 2013, “visitors will most likely get to see one of his most treasured items: Saddam Hussein’s pistol.”
The Times notes that when visitors came to the White House, Bush ...
gwu.edu - 7/2/2009
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gwu.edu —
Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI: Twenty Interviews
and Five Conversations with "High Value Detainee # 1"...
in 2004 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 279 Edited by Joyce Battle Assisted by Brendan McQuade Posted - July 1, 2009 For ...
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Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI
truthout.org - 7/6/2009
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truthout.org —
"Political language is designed to make lies sound
truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance...
of solidity to pure wind." - George Orwell On July 4 in Baghdad, Vice President Joe Biden, who campaigned with Barack Obama on a platform of ...
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US Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated
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