Bush made up claims of Iraqi nuclear ability.

[jseankil]

White House: Bush Misstated Report on Iraq
President Meets With Blair on Strategy Ahead of Speech
MSNBC.com

Saturday, 7 September, 2002
Seeking to build a case Saturday that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, President Bush cited a satellite photograph and a report by the U.N. atomic energy agency as evidence of Iraq's impending rearmament. But in response to a report by NBC News, a senior administration official acknowledged Saturday night that the U.N. report drew no such conclusion, and a spokesman for the U.N. agency said the photograph had been misinterpreted.

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Blair cited a newly released satellite photo of Iraq identifying new construction at several sites linked in the past to Baghdad's development of nuclear weapons. And both leaders mentioned a 1998 report by the U.N.-affiliated International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, that said Saddam could be six months away from developing nuclear weapons.

"I don't know what more evidence we need," Bush said as he greeted Blair for a brainstorming session on Iraq. "We owe it to future generations to deal with this problem."

http://truthout.com/docs_02/09.10B.msnbc.iraq.htm

[jseankil]

1. 3 years later will Bush be held accountable? /nm

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[Roland99]

2. Welcome to DU, jseankil.

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And, re: *:


Karma's a bitch.

[xultar]

3. Welcome to DU!

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