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Playing Make-Believe For War: Not the First Time
Ray McGovern Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity July 31, 2003
To those readers still wandering the labyrinth of Bush administration explanations regarding how "intelligence" known to be spurious got into the president's state-of-the-union address: Don't give up yet. I think I can help.
Cheney Chicanery
Ray McGovern Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity July 29, 2003
When Vice President Dick Cheney comes out of seclusion to brand critics 'irresponsible,' you know the administration is in trouble.
Life at the front no picnic for GIs
Brett Hunt az.central.com July 29, 2003
Brett Hunt, a 2nd lieutenant with the Army's 11th Signal Brigade and a Globe native, sent this note to his parents a week ago. His unit is north of Baghdad.
U.S. Adopts Aggressive Tactics on Iraqi Fighters
Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post July 28, 2003
BAGHDAD -- Over the past six weeks a small but intense war has been conducted in the mud-hut villages and lush palm groves along the Tigris River valley, fought with far different methods than those used in the campaign that toppled president Saddam Hussein.
Administration shifts back to 9/11 in defense of Iraq war
Tim Harper Toronto Star July 28, 2003
WASHINGTON?Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has directly linked the war on Iraq to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, signalling another shift in Washington's defence of a conflict that continues to claim American lives.
US troops in Iraq 'are terrorist magnet'
The Guardian July 28, 2003
The commander of US ground forces in Iraq today said that his soldiers had become a "magnet" for foreign terrorists who wanted to strike at America.
3 U.S. Troops Die in Iraq Grenade Attack
Matt Moore Associated Press July 26, 2003
A grenade attack Saturday killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded four as they guarded a children's hospital northeast of Baghdad, scuttling hopes a widespread guerrilla insurgency might lose strength after the deaths of Saddam Hussein's elder sons.
Study finds computer voting system vulnerable to tampering
Associated Press July 24, 2003
An electronic voting system used in some states as an alternative to the troublesome punch-card ballots is highly vulnerable to fraud, computer security experts warned in a study released Thursday.
Three U.S. Troops Die Guarding Convoy in Iraq
Matt Moore Washington Post July 24, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Three American soldiers were killed Thursday when their convoy was hit by gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in northern Iraq, a military spokeswoman said.
Lost in Iraq (and Washington): U.S. Troops
Bob Keeler New York Newsday July 24, 2003
"It's obvious they can't believe anything they're told at this point," said Charles Sheehan-Miles, who served in the first Gulf War with a tank battalion now in Iraq. "At least in '91, we had a very clear objective: If we get there and live through it, then we can get on a plane and go home, and that's what we did."
U.S. to Outline 60-Day Plan for Iraq Rebuilding Projects
Eric Schmitt New York Times July 23, 2003
WASHINGTON, July 22 ? The top American civilian administrator in Iraq is to announce on Wednesday a 60-day plan for that nation, including restoring power to prewar levels, resuming criminal courts, awarding mobile-telephone licenses, and distributing revised textbooks to newly opened schools.
U.S. Shuts Down Offending Newspaper in Iraq
Pamela Constable Washington Post July 23, 2003
BAGHDAD -- A local newspaper has been shut down and its manager arrested because of an article that U.S. occupation authorities and Iraqi officials considered an incitement to violence and a threat to human rights in Iraq.
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Attacks
The Associated Press July 23, 2003
MOSUL, Iraq -- Hopes that the killing of Saddam Hussein?s sons Uday and Qusay by U.S. soldiers would calm a bloody insurgency were dimmed Wednesday after attacks claimed the lives of two American soldiers.
Military Investigates 7 Suspected Suicides: Soldiers Deployed for War in Iraq
Vernon Loeb Washington Post July 22, 2003
The U.S. military is investigating at least seven cases of suspected suicide by soldiers deployed for the war in Iraq that began in March a week before hostilities commenced and have continued in the months since major combat operations ended, defense officials said.
Soldiers Standing Guard Duty Are 'Sitting Ducks'
Kevin Sullivan Washington Post July 21, 2003
Commanders Anxious to Stop Assignments That Have Left Troops Exposed to Attacks.
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