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"First Stop, Iraq"
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030331/wroad.html
"F___ Saddam. We're taking him out." Those were the words of President
George W. Bush, who had poked his head into the office of National Security
Adviser Condoleezza Rice. It was March 2002, and Rice was meeting with three
U.S. Senators, discussing how to deal with Iraq through the United Nations,
or perhaps in a coalition with America's Middle East allies. Bush wasn't
interested. He waved his hand dismissively, recalls a participant, and
neatly summed up his Iraq policy in that short phrase. The Senators laughed
uncomfortably; Rice flashed a knowing smile. The President left the room.
[Edit: note the date of the comments]
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"Conflicts of interest on war and business hurt U.S."
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/5499586.htm
"How else to explain why U.S. officials gave one of the first contracts for
postwar reconstruction - a contract to fight fires and assess the damage to
Iraq's oil infrastructure - to Halliburton Co.? That's the outfit that Vice
President Cheney headed until 2000. The contract was let without any bidding."
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"What's most disturbing about such behavior is what it portends for the
aftermath of the war. If the administration doesn't care now about perceived
conflicts of interest, how can it expect the world - or Iraqis - to take
seriously its pledges to remake Iraq for the better?"
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"Report: Halliburton Out of Iraq Deal Race"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43864-2003Mar28.html
"The Newsweek Web site quoted Timothy Beans, an official of the U.S. Agency
for International Development (AID), as saying that Halliburton, once headed
by Vice President Dick Cheney, was not one of the two finalists shortlisted
for the contract."
[Edit: Shrub wakes up to his PR disaster?]
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"Watch the Dollar - Bush Needs a Lesson in Currency and History"
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=6299cd784aef2cef7927a3c9edd6fd1e
"The message sent out by the currency dealers to all parties to the Iraq War
was crystal clear: Win, lose or draw, but end the war fast. If you don't,
the global market will crash."
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"Arms And The Man: Who's Making A Killing On Killing In Iraq?"
http://majorbarbara.blogspot.com/
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"Support Our Troops. Bring 'Em Back Home."
http://www.dubyasworld.com/support-troops.jpg
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Veterans Against the Iraq War
http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php
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