White House Web site drops Costa Rica from coalition list (NOT TRUE!!!!)

[arcos]

White House Web site drops Costa Rica from coalition list

WASHINGTON - The White House has removed Costa Rica from an Internet list of nations in the so-called "coalition of the willing" in Iraq.

Costa Rica asked the United States this month to take it off the list after its Constitutional Court ruled that its presence on the list it violated pacifist principles of the Central American nation.

"The Costa Rican government expressed its desire to be removed from the list, and we have done so," a senior administration official said Monday about the listing, which was removed last week.

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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0921us-costarica20-ON.html


But, if you check the list of coalition members, Costa Rica is still there!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030321-4.html

[Wickerman]

1. Costa Rica Dropped From 'Willing' List - Deception - Rate it high

WASHINGTON - The White House has removed Costa Rica from an Internet list of nations in the so-called "coalition of the willing" in Iraq (news - web sites).



Costa Rica asked the United States this month to take it off the list after its Constitutional Court ruled that its presence on the list it violated pacifist principles of the Central American nation.


"The Costa Rican government expressed its desire to be removed from the list, and we have done so," a senior administration official said Monday about the listing, which was removed last week.

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State Department spokesman Tom Casey said earlier that Costa Rica's membership in the U.S.-led coalition was an expression of the country's opposition to terrorism. He noted that Costa Rica provided neither troops nor economic aid toward Iraq's reconstruction.


The White House says the list of coalition members remains on its Web site. On Monday, however, the site's link to the list went to a page that said the requested page could not be found.

More White House bullshit - keep on the "list", but make the link inactive they really aren't members. :eyes:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=ap/us_costa_rica_coalition

[IkeWarnedUs]

2. They'll get around to it

Right now they are focused on getting to the bottom of the CBS documents debacle.