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Study:False statements led to Iraq War
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1-23-2008
11:28 AM
jussyRider
Two books tell of this.
The Italian Letter by Peter Eisner and Knut Royce
and
Collusion by Carlo Bonini
Here is a link to an article by Perter Eisner
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/02/AR2007040201777.html
More here too:
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/4/10/exclusive_two_explosive_books_tell_the
Have a nice day or evening .. whatever it is over there.
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DANIEL </DIV><A href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self"><IMG width="180" height="131" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.vimg.net/darwin/cms/images/APNews/Top Headlines/20080123/Misinformation Study_20080123_1dcf82ba-124e-48c0-8473-71482564798c_180x210.jpg" class="thumbnail3" /></A><P>A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks.</P><P>The study concluded that the statements "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Top%20Headlines\20080123\Misinformation_Study_20080123.xml&cat=topheadlines&subcat=&pageid=1">The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. 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