bush - liveinfreedom . on Diigo

7Expand

Book says White House ordered forgery - Mike Allen - Politico.com

A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein.

Tags: iraq, bush, sadam, al, qaeda, forgery, letter, terrorist, 9_11, 9, 11 on 2008-08-05 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (3) -About

more fromwww.politico.com

The author also claims
The letter’s existence has been reported before,
Add Sticky Note
- http://a.abcnews.com/image/pdf/Pentagon_report_v1.pdf
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-08-05 13:27:54
- This document above says that there are links to many TERRORIST ogranizations. Is the 92 page document at the link above a forgery or not ? Could be... and if it were me as president and I had a threat on the world as Sadam presented to the world then MAYBE my actions could have been the same as Bush's actions needed to have more reasons to remove the dictator.
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-08-05 13:30:43
The allegation that the White House directed anyone to forge a document from Habbush to Saddam is just absurd.”
"Ron Suskind makes a living from gutter journalism. He is about selling books and making wild allegations that no one can verify, including the numerous bipartisan commissions that have reported on pre-war intelligence."

2Expand

Bush Says Progress Made in Iraq, Troop Tours' Length to Be Shortened

President George W. Bush declared progress in the Iraq war Thursday, saying terrorists "are on the run" and a generally improved security environment should permit further U.S. troop reductions.

Tags: iraq, bush, troops, withdrawal, petraeus, brigades, tours' on 2008-08-02 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromonline.wsj.com

Official: Olmert to give Palestinians state before quitting

– Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Palestinian Authority he intends to accelerate negotiations the next few weeks to reach a deal on paper outlining a Palestinian state before he steps down from office next month, a top PA negotiator told WND.

Tags: palestine, israel, peace, state, bush, agreement, quartet on 2008-08-01 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.worldnetdaily.com

1Expand

Iraqi officials hopes for US troop pullout by 2010

Ali al-Dabbagh made the comments following a meeting in Baghdad on Monday between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, who arrived in Iraq earlier in the day.

Tags: iraq, obama, bush, timetable, iran, insurgents, maliki, dabbagh, pullout on 2008-07-21 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.breitbart.com

1Expand

Iraqi premier steps back on U.S. troops comment - International Herald Tribune

On the eve of Senator Barack Obama's visit to Iraq, its prime minister tried to step back Sunday from comments in an interview in which he appeared to support Obama's plan for troop withdrawal.

Tags: maliki, comment, derspiegel, bush, iraqi, herald, tribune on 2008-07-21 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: IRAQ Improvements

more fromwww.iht.com

6Expand

Interview: Bush warns Brown over plan to cut Iraq force

It appears that more European countries are beginning to see a huge threat from Al Qaeda and are now on board with America to defeat the threat.

Tags: bush, brown, blair, al, qaeda, oil, saudi, economy on 2008-07-14 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: IRAQ Improvements

more fromwww.guardian.co.uk

George Bush flies into London today with a warning for Gordon Brown not to announce a timetable for a British pull-out from Iraq
The stern message to the Prime Minister was delivered during an exclusive interview with The Observer, and contrasted with praise for Tony Blair
the world is in an 'ideological struggle' and that 'ultimately freedom has to defeat the ideology of hate'.
He said American and British troops were not 'intentionally killing innocent people', that large numbers had been deliberately killed by Saddam in the years before the war, and that Iraqis were now living under an elected government in a 'free society'.
And the truth of the matter is that there's either got to be more supply or less demand. And demand doesn't decline overnight' - particularly with 'big consumers of hydrocarbons' such as China 'subsidising their populations'.
He had already been urging King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to increase production.

President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war

Tags: bush, comments, president on 2008-07-14 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.timesonline.co.uk

Pakistan says US not hunting bin Laden on its turf

Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader.

Tags: pakistan, bin, laden, bush, america, troops, turf on 2008-07-13 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.breitbart.com

3Expand

New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory

New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory after all.

Tags: iraq, washington, bush on 2008-07-01 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: IRAQ Improvements

more fromwww.breitbart.com

12Expand

Who's Planning Our Next War?

I find this one hard to believe about N. Korea. Israel appears to be assured that America will aid with intervening in Iran.

Tags: bush, n.korea, stealth, strike, iran, israel, nuclear, war on 2008-06-29 -All Annotations (3) -About

in list: Iran

more fromwww.humanevents.com

He failed with North Korea. Will he accept failure in Iran, though there is no hard evidence Iran has an active nuclear weapons program?
Add Sticky Note
- N. Korea a FAILURE; he says. Here's a perfect example of OPINION bullshit. Buchanan must know something I don't know or he don't know what I know about N.Korea. When a rogue nation like N.Korea invites American technicians to help them remove thier nuclear prosesses then how can Buchanan say that Bush has failed in N. Korea. As of the 28 Jue 2008 , N.Korea has "demolished" the nuclear reactor cooling towers there in N.Korea. I don't know WHY Buchanan says that Bush has failed in N.Korea...so stay tuned in to Buchanan
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-29 14:27:54
- This report by Buchanan has to the WORST one that he has ever published. Is Buchanan wrong or not? I'm really puzzled by this report from Buchanan because it contradicts everything that I know about the Iran issues.
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-29 14:32:43
William Kristol of The Weekly Standard said Sunday a U.S. attack on Iran after the election is more likely should Barack Obama win.
Ehud Olmert came home from a June meeting with Bush to tell Israelis: "We reached agreement on the need to take care of the Iranian threat. ... I left with a lot less question marks regarding the means, the timetable restrictions and American resoluteness. ...
"George Bush understands the severity of the Iranian threat and the need to vanquish it, and intends to act on the matter before the end of his term
Israel lacks the stealth and cruise-missile capacity to degrade Iran's air defenses systematically and no longer has the element of surprise.
Israel would also have to over-fly Turkey, or Syria and U.S.-occupied Iraq, or Saudi Arabia to reach Natanz. Turks, Syrians and Saudis would deny Israel permission and might resist.
For the U.S. military to let Israel over-fly Iraq would make us an accomplice.
Would Iran attack Israel with rockets, inviting retaliation with Jericho and cruise missiles from Israeli submarines? Would she close the Gulf with suicide-boat attacks on tankers and U.S. warships?
Vice President Cheney is said to favor U.S. strikes. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Mullins are said to be opposed.
Moving through Congress, powered by the Israeli lobby, is House Resolution 362, which demands that President Bush impose a U.S. blockade of Iran, an act of war.

North Korea welcomes US lifting of sanctions

The North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that it "positively assesses" and "welcomes" the U.S. measures, and also urged Washington completely withdraw its "hostile policy" toward Pyongyang.

Tags: peace, n.korea, nuclear, cooling, tower, rice, pyonyang, agreement, bush on 2008-06-27 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: N.Korea ..America Peace Initiatives/Negotiations WorldWide & UN

more fromwww.breitbart.com

Chronology of North Korean nuclear activities

Now can anyone say that the Bush administration is NOT doing its job? For the first time in 49 years there's some hope that N. Korea's people wil begin to learn what is going on in the world. AND! thanks to the Bush administration.

Tags: nuclear, bush, rice, N.Korea, pyonyang, peace, axis, of, evil, trade, agreement on 2008-06-27 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: N.Korea ..America Peace Initiatives/Negotiations WorldWide & UN

more fromwww.breitbart.com

North Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower

YONGBYON, North Korea (AP) - The gray cooling tower crumbled behind billowing dust clouds in seconds Friday, reducing the structure at North Korea's nuclear reactor into a pile of rubble. It was a choreographed show by the communist regime meant to affirm an intention to stop making atomic bombs.

Tags: nuclear, bush, peac, talks, N.Korea, china, demolition, cooling, tower on 2008-06-27 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: N.Korea ..America Peace Initiatives/Negotiations WorldWide & UN

more fromwww.breitbart.com

1Expand

King Abdullah: In Need of ‘Wins on The Ground’ | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com

King Abdullah of Jordan sat down at Petra with NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth last week and reflected on the state of affairs in his part of the world. He emphasized the need for a settlement of the Palestinian issue and claimed that Iran was no longer such a big problem for his country. Indeed, he sounded a bit like Barack Obama in arguing for the need for dialogue with Iran— a country he has in the past described as a major threat. Excerpts:

Tags: jordan, peace, israqel, palestine, abdullah, danger, bush, iran, iraq on 2008-06-24 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.newsweek.com

8Expand

Bush, French president united against Iran and Syria

As expected with the change of the French Presidency a better structured Western alliance is achieved. France sees its future with improving its ecomomy as being alinged totally with the West.

Tags: sarkozy, Bush, Syria, warning, nuclear, iran, u.n., sanctions on 2008-06-14 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Iran

more fromapnews.myway.com

PARIS (AP) - Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran anew against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb.
He said the United States was "working with our friends and allies" on unspecified tasks.
In a warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Bush said: "Stop fooling around with the Iranians and stop harboring terrorists."
He said that discussions of normalized relations with France would require Syria to guarantee Lebanon's independence and "peel off, as much as possible, from Iran in its desire to lay its hands on a nuclear weapon."
"If I were a betting man, we'll reach an agreement with the Iraqis," he said.
Bush was upbeat.
Bush said the U.S. side would "work hard" on answering Baghdad's concerns. But he did not promise that Washington would give up its most controversial proposals. A U.N. mandate for the U.S. military mission expires at the end of the year.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana played the role of messenger for the offer from the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China.

17Expand

Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control - Middle East, World - The Independent

Bush should get the credit for achieving FREEDOM for the Iraq people. Why should Bush leave his legacy to be taken by another political ASS?

Tags: Iraq, agreement, Obama, U.S.A., bush, sovereighty, legacy, revealed on 2008-06-05 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (4) -About

in list: IRAQ Improvements

more fromwww.independent.co.uk

But the accord also threatens to provoke a political crisis in the US. President Bush wants to push it through by the end of next month so he can declare a military victory and claim his 2003 invasion has been vindicated.
Add Sticky Note
- What a pile of CRAP the damned politicians have brought into the Iraq liberation led by America. This bullcrap of making promises that drive America's efforts to bring peace to the world is unconscionable.
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-05 14:02:54
perpetuating the US presence in Iraq, the long-term settlement would undercut pledges by the Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, to withdraw US troops if he is elected president in November.
The timing of the agreement would also boost the Republican candidate, John McCain, who has claimed the United States is on the verge of victory in Iraq – a victory that he says Mr Obama would throw away by a premature military withdrawal.
Under the terms of the new treaty, the Americans would retain the long-term use of more than 50 bases in Iraq. American negotiators are also demanding immunity from Iraqi law for US troops and contractors, and a free hand to carry out arrests and conduct military activities in Iraq without consulting the Baghdad government.
The precise nature of the American demands has been kept secret until now.
It is a terrible breach of our sovereignty," said one Iraqi politician, adding that if the security deal was signed it would delegitimise the government in Baghdad which will be seen as an American pawn.
Washington also wants control of Iraqi airspace below 29,000ft and the right to pursue its "war on terror" in Iraq, giving it the authority to arrest anybody it wants and to launch military campaigns without consultation.
Hashemi Rafsanjani, the powerful and usually moderate Iranian leader, said yesterday that such a deal would create "a permanent occupation". He added: "The essence of this agreement is to turn the Iraqis into slaves of the Americans."
Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is believed to be personally opposed to the terms of the new pact but feels his coalition government cannot stay in power without US backing.
Although Iraqi ministers have said they will reject any agreement limiting Iraqi sovereignty, political observers in Baghdad suspect they will sign in the end and simply want to establish their credentials as defenders of Iraqi independence by a show of defiance now.
Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on his followers to demonstrate every Friday against the impending agreement on the grounds that it compromises Iraqi independence.
The Iraqi government wants to delay the actual signing of the agreement but the office of Vice-President Dick Cheney has been trying to force it through. The US ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, has spent weeks trying to secure the accord.
But the Kurds, who make up a fifth of the population, will probably favour a continuing American presence,
as will Sunni Arab political leaders who want US forces to dilute the power of the Shia.
The Sunni Arab community, which has broadly supported a guerrilla war against US occupation, is likely to be split.
Add Sticky Note
- WOW! the Iraqis sure have some deliberation to engage in with these critical American agreement elements needed to protect and to unhinder America's fight on terrorism created by complex political processes.
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-05 14:10:01

14Expand

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Text summation of UN resolution 1441

Tags: wmd, UN, America, bush, un, breach, iraq on 2008-06-04 -All Annotations (2) -About

in list: 1998 Clinton's WMD and "Iraqi Liberation Act" 1998

more fromen.wikipedia.org

- That Iraq was in material breach of the ceasefire terms presented under the terms of Resolution 687. Iraq's breaches related not only to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), but also the known construction of prohibited types of missiles, the purchase and import of prohibited armaments, and the continuing refusal of Iraq to compensate Kuwait for the widespread looting conducted by its troops in 1991.
- That "...false statements or omissions in the declarations submitted by Iraq pursuant to this resolution and failure by Iraq at any time to comply with, and cooperate fully in the implementation of, this resolution shall constitute a further material breach of Iraq’s obligations".
"In violation of Security Council Resolution 1373, Iraq support terrorist organizations that direct violence against Iran, Israel, and Western governments....And al-Qaida terrorists escaped from Afghanistan are known to be in Iraq."
three permanent members (with veto power) of the Council were known to have misgivings about an invasion of Iraq: Russia, People's Republic of China, and France.
Iraq used proceeds from the "oil for food" U.N. program to purchase weapons rather than food for its people.
will return to the Council for discussion as required in paragraph 12. We would expect the Security Council then to meet its responsibilities.^[3]
Iraq failed to comply with the terms of the Resolution,
Regrettably, much in these declarations proved inaccurate or incomplete or was unsupported or contradicted by evidence. In such cases, no confidence can arise that proscribed programmes or items have been eliminated."
Iraq continued to fail to account for substantial chemical and biological stockpiles which UNMOVIC inspectors had confirmed as existing as late as 1998
Iraq claimed that it had disposed of its anthrax stockpiles at a specific site, but UNMOVIC found this impossible to confirm since Iraq had not allowed the destruction to be witnessed by inspectors as required by the pertinent Resolutions. Chemical testing done at the site was unable to show that any anthrax had been destroyed there.
"Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance -- not even today -- of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace."
Blix went on to state that the Iraqi regime had allegedly misplaced "1,000 tonnes" of VX nerve agent -- one of the most toxic ever developed.[6]
At this point, the US Administration asserted that Iraq remained in material breach of the UN Resolutions, and that, under 1441, this meant the Security Council had to convene
Before the meeting took place, French president Jacques Chirac declared on March 10 that France would veto any resolution which would automatically lead to war.
Add Sticky Note
- Chirac's veto on any sanction or resolution would have allowed another 3,500,000 Iraqis to die
  posted by liveinfreedom on 2008-06-04 03:39:27