Look if it had in fact been proven that Saddam had WMD it would have been all over the mainstream press. The weekly standard is conspiracy theories recycled. I can find you something equivalent that says the Twin Towers were bombed by Bush under instructions from space aliens, but that won't make it so.
On 11/9/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:220260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
