thinkprogress.org - 8/7/2008
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A new book by Pullitzer Prize winner Ron Suskind claims that, after the Iraq war began, the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein tying Iraq to al Qaeda. In the book, Suskind writes that:
– Saddam Hussein’s intelligence chief, Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, told U.S. and British officials ...
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... firm (The Lincoln Group) to plant lies in the Iraqi media, all the congressional hearings, all the Judy Millers and Scooter Libbys, they expect to be believed? The Monty Python skit above may be absurd, but not nearly as what will be the pushback, already taking place, from the Bush Grindhouse. This will be "All Hands On Deck", perhaps their most urgent need of a "Mission Accomplished" moment. This came from the Bush Grindhouse, Tuesday; White ...
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