This page outlines some of the bent truths, and straight-out lies that have been told by Bush and his minions (in which category I place, among others, the White House, Downing St, and the mainstream press).

Gentlemen Of The Press(ident)
April 30 2003

Obediently, the mainstream media has continued to colour-in and disseminate the paint-by-numbers templates provided by the politicians in Washington, London and Dohar. Hence, even though they very carefully report the war as "almost" over, nearly 6 weeks after it began, they are no longer reporting the war. The tally at iraqbodycount continues its steady rise, yet all mention of combat has vanished from the news, to be replaced with sports. Seemingly unbiased reporting of anti-US protests fools many skeptics into submission, giving the media credibility, while continuing atrocities go unreported.

The recent leak by a "mid-level executive" at one of the big three American networks of 1500 pages worth of memos from head office is evidence of the extent to which the news is manipulated.

Yet there are journalists who still believe in free press, who question the official line, and who hold opinions contrary to those of their masters. But they are a rare breed, headed for extinction, as some are fired, and others shot.

Paving the Warpath to Syria and Iran
April 13 2003

Why has the invasion focused on a path straight up through the centre of Iraq? Because Syria and Iran on either side are the next targets (we were in the neighbourhood, and just thought we'd drop by), and the longer chaos is allowed to reign on their borders, the more likely those two countries are to do something to justify invasion. If they keep their cool, the momentum of the inevitable east and west clean-up pushes out of Baghdad might be enough to carry US forces over their borders, and to prepare the public for just such action, a whole host of what are conceiveably entirely fabricated accusations are being presented by Bush and his spokespeople.

Iraqi Civilians Welcoming US Troops into Baghdad
April 13 2003

This image published by Reuters supposedly shows an Iraqi civilian ecstatically greeting US troops as they arrive in Baghdad. This image shows the same man standing behind Ahmed Chalabi, the leader of the US-allied militia "Free Iraqi Forces" taken two days earlier in Nasariya, southern Iraq.

Staged Statue Toppling

The masses are no doubt glad to see the back of Saddam Hussein, but this was a US Army propaganda coup, staged for the benefit of the same journalists it had bombed the day previously, and which the British media have swallowed hook line and sinker. Shame on them.

Depleted Uranium / Gulf War Syndrome II

So far this crusade to "rid Saddam of weapons of mass destruction" has failed to find any such thing. However, thanks to a grand corporate conspiracy, US soldiers are poisoning themselves, Iraqis, and Iraq into the forseeable future with radioactive bullets, made cheaply by one big company from material that another big company couldn't figure out how to get rid of.

Humanitarian Monopoly

Normally when countries embark on a humanitarian mission, a lot of financial aid is involved. But rather than coughing up any money of their own to help out, before a single grain of rice has been handed over, the oil barons in charge of this catastrophe first blocked food that Iraq had already paid for, and are now restarting the Oil For Food program to serve as the primary source of food for Iraqis. (That's not entirely fair, there is a proposed amendmant to a bill before the Senate to sneak a 600 million dollar food aid charge onto the 78 billion dollar war bill - link)

Human Shields In Baghdad

Rumsfeld particularly has been painting the picture that western civilians in Iraq voluntarily as human shields, at sites of their choice, have in fact been placed there by Iraq's army. Presumably this is intended to clear the way morally for the bombing of those sites.

Iraq Allegedly Buying Uranian From Niger

"These documents are so bad that I cannot imagine that they came from a serious intelligence agency. It depresses me, given the low quality of the documents, that it was not stopped. At the level it reached, I would have expected more checking." - I.A.E.A. official

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