Iraq Uranium Claim Hounds White House

[Rose Siding]

Iraq Uranium Claim Hounds White House

WASHINGTON -- The White House defense of President Bush's now-disavowed claim that Iraq was seeking uranium in Africa has evolved over the last two weeks: blame others, stonewall, bury questions in irrelevant information and, above all, hope it will go away. So far, none has worked.

In question: Sixteen words in Bush's Jan. 28 State of the Union speech: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

At issue: The credibility of the president's allegation that Saddam was rebuilding a nuclear weapons program. The assertion that Iraq was trying to buy uranium was a key component of that claim -- and a key piece of Bush's justification for war.

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The central questions -- asked over and over -- were not changing:

* Who knew what when -- especially the president?

* Why was it so important to include the statement in the speech?

* Who was responsible for putting it in?

* Why has the president refused to take responsibility for uttering it?

Only the White House's explanations shifted -- often contradicting themselves in the process.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-defending-bush,0,3131204.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

*There is no indication that this is an editorial. It is a news account. It is the first news account that poses questions for Bush previously only found in the quotes from Democrats. I find that, in itself noteworthy.

[Rose Siding]

1. This story is also on the ABC site

accompanied by this photo. Looks like bad press to me.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

2. "...Hounds..."...I like that image...

name: Two-bit Woodrow
occupation: treeing varmints
availability: immediate

[Wonder]

3. It BETTER still HOUND the HILL.

SEE THESE QUESTIONS:

The central questions -- asked over and over -- were not changing:

* Who knew what when -- especially the president?

* Why was it so important to include the statement in the speech?

* Who was responsible for putting it in?

* Why has the president refused to take responsibility for uttering it?

no reason whatsoever we shouldn't get an answer. And I am very interested to here more about this Office of Special Planning as well...
where are those questions...? are they on the list too?

I am not sure this article is here on forum...

this goes back to June...
More Missing Intelligence
by Robert Dreyfuss
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030707&s=dreyfuss

Something tells me this is already old news to here at DU.

[VolcanoJen]

4. Kick!

:dem:

[rocktivity]

5. Originally posted by VolcanoJen in another thread

From:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=25412&mesg_id=25412&page=2

Although the linked articles in these threads have different titles, they are the same article, by the same author.

To White House dismay, flap over uranium claim won't go away

Dismay? THEY'RE "dismayed"???? Compared to who? The soldiers? Their families? The innocent Iraqi citizens? THEIR families? All Georgie has to lose is the next election. BUSH LIED, THOUSANDS DIED!!!!

rocknation