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Dick Cheney Lied -- to a Republican

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Bill Kristol, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein 9/11, Dick Armey, Saddam Hussein, Cheney 9/11, Politics News
Harry Shearer

In his new book, Barton Gellman reports a new twist on the old story of administration officials trying to tie Saddam Hussein to 9/11, and the most newsworthy thing about the report is the source.

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Iraq Torture Lawsuits OKed By House, White House Threatens Veto

AP | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, Human Shields, Iraq, Home News

Former POWs and civilians who were tortured or held hostage during the 1991 Gulf War could pursue lawsuits against Iraq under legislation the House ha...

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No Take-Home Swag: Stripping Bush and Cheney of Retirement Perks

Jackson Williams | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Fakes Letter, Bill Clinton, Swag Bag, Forged Saddam Hussein Letter, Saddam Hussein, Cia, The Way of the World, Richard Nixon, Impeachment, George W. Bush, Ron Suskind, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Gerald Ford, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Let's strip Bush and Cheney of our hard-earned tax dollars, without gloat or bloodlust, then quickly move on. It's the least we can do. They've more than earned it.

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Saddam Miniseries Hits BBC Tomorrow Tonight, HBO Next Year

New York Post | Michael Starr | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Saaddam Hussein Miniseries, Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein Hbo, House of Saddam, Entertainment News

Saddam Hussein: The Miniseries is coming to HBO next year. "House of Saddam," which premieres tomorrow night on BBC Two in the UK, doesn't have an ai...

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Confessions of an Anti-Iraq War Democrat: Memories of a Purple Finger

Lanny Davis | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Troop Withdrawal, Saddam Hussein, Success of the Surge, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq Elections, Iraq, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News
Lanny Davis

Many anti-war Democrats now see a moral obligation (after all the carnage and destruction wrought by our military intervention) not just to pick up and leave Iraq without looking over our shoulders.

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Dalai Lama: Bush Has Lack of Understanding of Reality

Rob Kall | Posted 07.26.2008 | Living

Read More: George Bush, Dalai Lama, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Religion, Happiness, Living News
Rob Kall

In his speech Thursday in Philadelphia, the Dalai Lama explained that to reach a point where nations would outwardly disarm, people must first inwardly disarm.

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McCain's Cigarette Gaffe: A Cold Blood Commander-In-Chief?

Omid Memarian | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, The U.S., Foriegn Policy, John McCain, Guantanamo, Al-Qaeda, Gaffe, Soviet Union, Mccain. Cigarette, Anti-Americanism, Iran, M.E.K, Gross Joke, Saddam Hussein, Symore Hersh, Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib, Politics News
Omid Memarian

Unlike most of veterans who respect human lives due to their profound and extraordinary experiences at wars, McCain's joking about people's lives is a disastrous trait for a president.

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Patriotism is not Synonymous with the Republican Party: It's Time They Stopped Using the "P" Word

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Military, Saddam Hussein, Michael Russnow, Unpatriotic, Terrorists, Patriotism, Armed Services, "P" Word, Lemmings, Politics News
Michael Russnow

Whatever you think about the war in Iraq or how we got there, suggesting that those who are in opposition are less than patriotic is irrational and undemocratic.

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Head Of Saddam's Tribe Blown Up By Car Bomb

Reuters | Nadheer al-Samarrai | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Car Bomb Kills Head of Saddam's Tribe, Saddam Hussein, Warwire, Iraq Car Bomb, Head of Saddam's Tribe Killed, Iraq, Politics News

The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe was killed by a bomb planted on his vehicle north of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. The blast killed Sheikh Ali ...

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Irrational Leaders and Nuclear Arms: A Response

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Security First, Nuclear Deterrence, Irrational Leaders, Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Allowing authoritarian regimes to be subject only to internal challenges in exchange for deproliferation and ending the support for terrorism is less bitter than it seems.

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HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Kellog Brown & Root, Resignations Bush Administration, Political Hacks Bush, Bush Administration Scandals, Government Mismanagement Bush, Crony Capitalism, Post-Katrina Louisiana, HUD Alphonso Jackson, Weeklyi Standard, Low-Income Housing Programs, Bush Administration Poverty Policy, Fluor Corporation, Dick Cheney, Bush Administration Poor People, American Enterprise Institute, Regulations Cutbacks Bush, Bechtel, George Bush Corruption, Katrina Corruption, Iraq War Bush Companies, Bush Administration Poverty, Iraq War Bush Cronies, Grover Norquist, Lies of George W. Bush, No-Bid Government Contracts, George Bush Incompetence, Halliburton Bush, David Corn, Health and Safety Regulations Bush, Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Conservatives Political Theory, George Bush Class Warfare, Halliburton, Post-Katrina Reconstruction, Military Spending Bush, Valerie Plame, HUD Resignation, HUD Secretary, Lewis Scooter Libby, Bush Economy, Saddam Hussein, Conservatives Government, Low-Income Housing Program Cuts, Political Appointees Bush, Bush Administration Low-Income, Alberto Gonzales, William Kristol, Americans for Tax Reform, Home News
Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

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Jason Linkins

Letter From A Soldier: Answers You Won't Want To Hear

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Basra, Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Saddam Hussein, Basra Fighting, Iraq Five Years Later, Iraq Five Years, Iraq Five Years of War, Politics News

McCain claims that he is a break from the flawed strategy of the Bush administration. But the Iraq miasma is not the result of a flawed strategy. It is the result of a flawed concept to begin with.

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Inside Saddam's Files: Little Evidence Of Plot To Kill George H.W. Bush

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Intelligence, IIS George H.W. Bush, Kuwait IIS, Iraq Intelligence, Iraq, Iraq George H.W. Bush, Iis, Politics News

President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripte...

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Iraqis Still Ask If US Invasion Was Worth It

Reuters | Dean Yates | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Iraq Invasion, Saddam Hussein, Warwire, Iraqis, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Iraq, Iraq Casualties, War on Terror, Politics News

Five years after U.S. and British forces swept into Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis are asking if the violence and upheaval that turned t...

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Iraq Approves Execution Of "Chemical Ali"

NY Times | Richard Oppel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, War in Iraq, Chemical Ali, Politics News

Iraqi leaders say they have found a way to execute Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali and one of Saddam Hussein's most notorious henchmen. Mr...

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Britain Releases Iraq WMD Dossier Draft

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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LONDON — An early version of a British dossier of prewar intelligence on Iraq did not include a key claim about weapons of mass destruction that...

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Ownership Dispute of Saddam's Yacht

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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PARIS — For sale: A palatial pleasure yacht with swimming pools, opulent salons and, should the winds of war blow, a rocket launcher and mini-su...

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60 Minutes Report: Saddam Let The World Think He Had WMD

60 Minutes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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For a man who drew America into two wars and countless military engagements, we never knew what Saddam Hussein was thinking. But you are going to hear...

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FBI Agent: Saddam Admitted He Miscalulated US Invasion

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction, Iraq WMD, Warwire, Saddam Hussein, Saddam Capture, Saddam Hussein Weapons of Mass Destruction, War in Iraq, Politics News

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein kept up the illusion that he had weapons of mass destruction before 2003 because he did not think the United Sta...

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Top Marine In Iraq Warily Optimistic About Anbar Province, Critical Of Post-Invasion Planning

LA Times | Tony Perry | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Baath Party, Saddam Hussein, Warwire, Al Qaida, U.S. Mistakes Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Anbar Iraq, Top Marine Anbar Province Iraq, Iraq, Marine, Baathist Party, Politics News

As he prepares to leave Iraq after a year as the top Marine, Maj. Gen. Walter E. Gaskin is upbeat about the future of Anbar province but candid about ...

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Saddam's American Victims Blast Bush Over Iraq Veto

The Hill | Walter Alarkin and Roxan Tiron | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Bush Pocket Veto, Saddam Hussein Victims, Saddam Hussein, Bush Iraq, Pocket Veto, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, War in Iraq, 2008 Defense Authorization Bill, Politics News

Lawyers for American victims of Saddam Hussein's crimes during the first Gulf War are pressing Congress not to give in to a Bush administration pocket...

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New Iraq Legislation Might Further Exclude Baathists

NY Times | Solomon Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Baath Party, Iraq War, Justice and Accountability Law, Iraq Surge, Warwire, Saddam Hussein, Iraq Parliment, War in Iraq, Iraq Baathists, Politics News

A day after the Iraqi Parliament passed legislation billed as the first significant political step forward in Iraq after months of deadlock, there wer...

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One Year On, Saddam Hanging Seen As Widening Sectarian Divide

Middle East Online | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Saddam Hanging, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Politics News

Even as defeat stared him in the face, Saddam Hussein stood on a pick-up truck outside Baghdad's Abu Hanifa mosque and waved to the crowd of 200 peopl...

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Iraq Healthcare Worse Than Before War

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Bush Administration, Warwire, Iraq Healthcare, Saddam Hussein, Success of the Surge, Iraq War, Iraq Quality of Life, War in Iraq, Politics News

Iraq's health system is in a far worse condition than before the war, a British medical charity says. Doctors from the group Medact conducted surveys...

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Saddam's Yacht Can Be Yours For More Than $30 Million

Daily Mail | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A super-yacht built in secret for executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has gone on sale for £17 million. Decor aboard the flaoting palace -origina...

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