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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-17-04 08:35 AM
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Oh this article about the WH Iraq spin is a riot
Edited on Fri Sep-17-04 08:35 AM by Jim4Wes

Report finds Iraq prospects bleak


Friday, September 17, 2004 Posted: 12:36 AM EDT (0436 GMT)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration has sought to downplay the significance of a U.S. intelligence forecast painting a pessimistic picture for the future of Iraq, insisting that predictions of difficulties ahead -- including the possibility of civil war -- were not a surprise.

Sources have confirmed to CNN that a National Intelligence Estimate was sent to the White House in July with a classified warning predicting the best case for Iraq was "tenuous stability" and the worst case was civil war.

The Bush administration, however, continues to argue publicly the U.S. is making good progress in Iraq, with the President saying Thursday that "freedom is on the march" in Iraq, citing scheduled elections in January next year.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/17/us.iraq.intel/index.html
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IT WAS NOT A SURPRISE!!!! No shit sherlock.

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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-17-04 08:36 AM
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1. Nevermind. n/t
Edited on Fri Sep-17-04 08:37 AM by girl gone mad
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-17-04 08:42 AM
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2. bush has mishandled the war.
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Cogito ergo doleo Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-17-04 09:50 AM
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3. WH shouldn't have put cement in the press toilet
Can't believe this is a CNN story.
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-17-04 09:55 AM
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4. Print my flyer that highlights the mistake that is Iraq
Flyer is called FLOP FLIPPER aka Where's Osama?

Download for printing here:

http://somnamblst.tripod.com
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