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In the Press This Week:
Lies
(January 25 2003 – February 1 2003)
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By V&A Editorial Staff
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02/02/2003
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From
President Bush’s State of the Union Address
“The
British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought
significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
President
Delivers "State of the Union"
From
The Washington Post
“All
the network nabobs agreed that Bush will have to make another speech
to Congress before he can send America to war against Iraq, and a
critic of the president said on public television that Bush would
have to get even more ‘specific’ with his charges against
Hussein. But the president seemed quite specific as he ticked off
the allegations last night, including the news that Iraq had secured
uranium from Africa for the purpose of making nuclear bombs.”
A
War Cry Tempered By Eloquence
From
BBC News
“Another
claim by Mr Bush that ‘The British government has learned that
Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium
from Africa’ is also not quite the whole story.
“The
government of Niger, named by the US State Department as the country
concerned, has said that Iraq did ask for uranium in the 1980s but
was refused.”
Analysis:
Case against Iraq hardens
From
President Bush’s State of the Union Address
“Our
intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase
high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons
production. Saddam Hussein has not credibly explained these
activities. He clearly has much to hide.”
President
Delivers "State of the Union"
From
BBC News
“In
fact, what the chief nuclear inspector Dr ElBaradei reported on 27
January was that these tubes, which Iraq has admitted trying to
import illegally, were consistent with the Iraqi claim that they
were to be made into 81mm rockets.
“Dr
ElBaradei said in his written report that ‘while it would be
possible to modify such tubes for the manufacture of centrifuges,
they are not directly suitable for such use’.”
Analysis:
Case against Iraq hardens
From
President Bush’s State of the Union Address
“In
Afghanistan, we helped liberate an oppressed people. And we will
continue helping them secure their country, rebuild their society,
and educate all their children -- boys and girls.”
President
Delivers "State of the Union"
From
The Guardian
“The
UN report makes no estimate of likely Iraqi war deaths. In
Afghanistan it is calculated that bombing killed about 5,000
civilians directly. Up to 20,000 other Afghans died through the
disruption of drought relief and the bombing's other indirect
effects, according to a Guardian investigation of death rates at
camps for the internally displaced. Bombing in Iraq would probably
produce similar proportions of direct and indirect fatalities.”
Counting
the dead
From
President Bush’s State of the Union Address
“As
our nation moves troops and builds alliances to make our world
safer, we must also remember our calling as a blessed country is to
make this world better.”
President
Delivers "State of the Union"
From
The New York Times
“A
dismal scenario is just as plausible: We could see bloody
street-to-street fighting, outraging the Muslim world, igniting
anti-American riots and helping Al Qaeda recruit terrorists. The
first regime change we see could be in Jordan and Pakistan, where
pro-Western governments have a fragile hold on angry populations. If
Pakistan topples, Al Qaeda might gain nuclear weapons.”
Iraq
War: The First Question
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