Anyone remember when Bush lied America into war on Iraq?

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6. Satellite Photos, for one thing.

In war, some facts less factual

Some US assertions from the last war on Iraq still appear dubious.

By Scott Peterson, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor SEPTEMBER 6, 2002

MOSCOW — When George H. W. Bush ordered American forces to the Persian Gulf – to reverse Iraq's August 1990 invasion of Kuwait – part of the administration case was that an Iraqi juggernaut was also threatening to roll into Saudi Arabia.

Citing top-secret satellite images, Pentagon officials estimated in mid–September that up to 250,000 Iraqi troops and 1,500 tanks stood on the border, threatening the key US oil supplier.

But when the St. Petersburg Times in Florida acquired two commercial Soviet satellite images of the same area, taken at the same time, no Iraqi troops were visible near the Saudi border – just empty desert.

"It was a pretty serious fib," says Jean Heller, the Times journalist who broke the story.

The White House is now making its case. to Congress and the public for another invasion of Iraq; President George W. Bush is expected to present specific evidence of the threat posed by Iraq during a speech to the United Nations next week.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p01s02-wosc.html

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