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Bush Knew More Than He Let On About Iraq

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Posted on Mar 2, 2006

Two highly classified intelligence reports delivered directly to President Bush before the Iraq war cast doubt on key public assertions made by the president, Vice President Cheney, and other administration officials as justifications for invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein, according to records and knowledgeable sources.

The president received highly classified intelligence reports containing information at odds with his justifications for going to war.

The first report, delivered to Bush in early October 2002, was a one-page summary of a National Intelligence Estimate that discussed whether Saddam’s procurement of high-strength aluminum tubes was for the purpose of developing a nuclear weapon.

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Truthdig says: It has become undeniable that Bush & Co. never had any intention of allowing America to properly weigh all the evidence available on Saddam’s prewar capabilities and intentions.

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By Mooye Damagh, March 2, 2006 at 11:48 pm Link to this comment
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Either Bush, Cheny, Romsfeld, Rice or other higly member of administration knew the details on report, or they didn’t know or they pretend or they used prapaganda to fool all US people and regardless of who made a mistak ( by porpos or not ) and why they are aloade to make a mistake and get away from consequences, they destroyed a whol country the whol nation. They kiled tens of thousands of innocent civilians ( who knows it can rich handreds of thousands or even a milions). And wether you like it or not, at the end it is a responsability of US nation. A history will judge that ( no scape).

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By R. A. Earl, March 2, 2006 at 7:48 pm Link to this comment
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I don’t understand.

President Clinton’s private episodes with his intimate relations, which essentially harmed NO ONE, nearly paralyzed the nation with a Presidential impeachment attempt which cost millions to resolve,

but,

President Bush can LIE through his teeth to the nation, time and time again, invade yet another country, drive the economy into the TRILLIONS in debt… and NOTHING HAPPENS - hardly a whimper. No law suits, no impeachment proceedings, nothing.

Please, someone, explain what’s going on.

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