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By Joel Bleifuss

The Bush White House has turned hiding politically unpalatable—or embarrassing—information into an art form. The list is long: The lies about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The still-secret meetings of Dick Cheney’s energy task force. What exactly is going on in U.S.-run prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq. And we would know more about Bush administration perfidy had Attorney General John… return to article

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    Add to the list of deceptions:

    1) Bushmen Winning Terror War http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=12&u;=/ap/20040611 1/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/powell_terror_report

    WASHINGTON - The State Department acknowledged Thursday it was wrong in reporting terrorism declined worldwide last year, a finding used to boost one of President Bush’s chief foreign policy claims ó success in countering terror.
    Instead, both the number of incidents and the toll in victims increased sharply, the department said. Statements by senior administration officials claiming success were based “on the facts as we had them at the time. The facts that we had were wrong,” department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

    2) Colin Powell’s and Toxic Stormin’ Norman’s
    “Friendly Footprint” statistics--66% US casualty rate from GW1.

    http://www.va.gov/vetdata/ProgramStatics/

    13.Disability/Degree of Impairment and Type of Major Disability by Period of Service, September 30, 2002 (COMPENSATION)

    Gulf War....(Vets) 419.120
    (Monthly cost) $182.554.000

    3) CENTCOM log on WMD
    http://www.gulfwarvets.com/gulflink/950719bh.txt

    1.A.2. IRAQI CW AGENT CAPABILITY BY TYPE AND QUANTITY.
    ANSWER:  DURING DESERT STORM, 90 OF IRAQ’S KNOWN CW
    PRODUCTION CAPABILITY WAS DESTROYED, INCLUDING IT’S INDIGENOUS
    PRECURSOR PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. IRAQ’S CURRENT PRODUCTION
    CAPABILITY IS APPROXIMATELY 180-240 TONS PER YEAR, PROVIDED THEY
    CAN GET PRECURSORS AND ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL POWER. THE AGENTS OF
    CHOICE ARE SULFUR MUSTARD AND THE NERVE AGENT SARIN. WE ALSO
    ASSESS IRAQ TO HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE NERVE AGENTS GF, AND VX.
    ALTERNATE PRODUCTION SITES IN POST DESERT STORM IRAQ HAVE NOT YET
    BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE DO NOT EXPECT IRAQ, HOWEVER, TO ACTIVELY
    PRODUCE CW AGENT OR MUNITIONS IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

    4-7) GW2 casualties, radiation risks, etc.

    http://www.deploymenthealth.mil/508/about_dhcc.asp

    Returning Soldiers Do Not Have Dangerous DU Radiation Levels Officials Say

    G.I.s Press Army for Uranium Test

    Warning of Uranium Contamination Risks to NGO Staff, Coalition Forces, Foreign Contract Personnel and Civilians in Iraq

    Military Use of Fabric Made With Toxin Questioned

    Medical Evacuations in Iraq War Hit 18,000

    Denmark Posted by Peter Glaser on Jun 11, 2004 at 4:26 AM
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