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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:31 AM Original message |
BBC World News service rpt this AM - Iraq nearly completely out of control |
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truthspeaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. BBC reporting a true story. Time for Blair to condemn them again |
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lottie244 (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Iraq was out of control the moment we invaded. A fool could see that. |
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mojowork_n (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. Our Military is not always covering itself in Glory, either |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. Speaking of fools, GWB predicted this very accurately... |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is terrible... |
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jean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. please read Blowback by Chalmers Johnson forthwith - he defines our karma |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. I just read that book last week. Great stuff. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
73. Before the war |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Bush To Iraqi Militants: 'Please Stop Bringing It On' |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
65. More $$$$$$$ for MY friends at CACI |
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DaveFL99 (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. But But |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. I predict that we will see an abrupt shift in the reporting on |
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ursacorwin (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. i agree. |
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SodoffBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. astute observation in your last sentence |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. And than it will be Kerry's fault. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 12:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. How right you are. |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. You are absolutely right |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. And THIS is why Kerry should be denouncing b*shco RIGHT NOW! |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. That's exactly how it will play out. So right. n/t |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. "it'll take time to restore chaos..." |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Let freedom reign! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose. |
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Chimpeach (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. not to point too fine a point on it..... |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. Robert Fisk did a piece on this |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. Bush/Cheney 2004 slogan: Worse than Saddam. n/t |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. For a link this is the best I could find to back up the thread... |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. awol says "he would do this again".... see the madness of this asswipe |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I hope that at some point |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. I think he means that he now doesn't need any pretext at all to invade |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
72. Apparently, the wisdom of Albert Einstein is lost on Bush... |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. excellent quote/ |
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Lizzie Borden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. excellent quote/ |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Bu$h sez "Bring 'em on," mayhem ensues, and it is considered no big deal. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. Pro journalist George Stephanopolous said Iraq was stabilized. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Should we buy him a ticket for a vacation over ther with his |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. George is too busy checking his look in the mirror to notice |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. But Matt and Katie have important stuff to report on. Laci, Hacking |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. another comment I heard on NPR... |
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bluedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. articles from Iraq.........A MUST Read |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. What can we do about this? Should we start writing letters? |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. do something? |
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The Spirit of JFK (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. THIS is why the troops will not be home before the election. |
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demoman123 (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
41. They will not be home AFTER the election either. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. Now that the Iraq invasion is devolving |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Reminds me of Afghanistan.... |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. That's interesting... |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. you cannot defeat terror by deploying terror |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. Reports only say insurgent-police clashes now. |
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Lyagushka (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. Afghanistan is the template |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Excellent points. Welcome to DU. |
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Lyagushka (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Thanks |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
31. Brother of Ansar al-Islam chief killed in Mosul clashes |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 05:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
85. so I am guessing with this fellows death the US has now created... |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. Iraq was never under control |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. This was just happy news for happy people |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Franks just changed his story |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Don't they always? |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. dupe |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. Iraq is chimpy's monkey trap |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. This is a terrific analogy |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Yeah, that was good. n/t |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. A peanut in a jar traps the monkey better than a banana |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
35. Don't listen, watch or read their bull crap |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
36. Narco-petro terror states occupied by the US military |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. It was Robert Fisk himself on Newshour - link |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. Everyone needs to listen to that report. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
38. I too heard this report |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. If you don't get BBC WS on NPR, buy yourself |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Thanks for the info. Where are you, anyway? nt |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
84. Lebkuchen, I am in Las Cruces, New Mexico..... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
53. I posted the 130 deaths in last week on DU - but our media says nothing |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Iraq is not news |
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Clyde39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. Why not on ours? Mary L., Scott P, etc. etc. That's REAL news! |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. Well! Well! Well!.....looks like someone is trying to get the true out! |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. I have two friends there and they say its lost |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. "Iraq is not as bad as the news media are portraying - It's worse" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
68. How DARE you??? |
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Lyagushka (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. French ? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Sorry, you missed the "inside joke".. |
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Lyagushka (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Sorry ! |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
69. I am too scared to close my eyes |
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skordane (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. The Press Can Not Get Out of the Green Zone |
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Lyagushka (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
76. Juan Cole |
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Miss Authoritiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. Thanks for the link. This paragraph struck hard: |
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