You can't just dismiss The Weekly Standard because you don't like them. This is what they're talking about: Page 53 or (71 pdf) http://www.foreignaffairs.org/special/iraq/ipp.pdf
The Fedayeen Saddam also took part in the regime's terrorism operations, which they conducted inside Iraq, and at least planned for attacks in major Western cities. In a document dated May 1999, Uday Hussein ordered preparations for "special operations, assassinations, and bombings, for the centers and traitor symbols in London, Iran and the self-ruled areas (Kurdistan). .... Other captured documents indicated that preparations for a regime-directed wave of terror, codenamed "Blessed July," against targets outside of but we should trust the Middle East Quarterly to be unbiased???? On 11/8/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > um. I am not going to bother discrediting the weekly standard, as it > does that well on its own. The fas link is to congressional remarks > that parrot the administration's position. And CFR... I googled and > found this: > > As the council prepares to celebrate its eighty-fifth anniversary, it > enjoys a reputation for balanced debate.[1] Newspapers such as The New > York Times, which provides space on its website for council > products,[2] treat the institution as a neutral authority. But when it > comes to the Middle East, the council has increasingly eschewed > research and debate and instead picked a line to the detriment of its > scholarship. As some scholars retire and council president Richard > Haass taps younger scholars to take their place, he has an opportunity > to restore the Middle East program's relevancy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
