Provoking Iraq (BBA II)
Allegations and indications of a pre-Iraq-war conspiracy to manufacture provocations for war continue to appear. This weekend, the London Times ("RAF bombing raids tried to goad Saddam into war", by Michael Smith, 29 May 2005) reported that
THE RAF and US aircraft doubled the rate at which they were dropping bombs on Iraq in 2002 in an attempt to provoke Saddam Hussein into giving the allies an excuse for war, new evidence has shown.
US Representative John Conyers, who is already leading an effort to get the White House to answer allegations previously reported in the London Times and revealed by the "Downing Street Memo", reacted swiftly to this new report with a letter to Donald Rumsfeld seeking clarification. Read the report about the letter, and the letter itself, at The Brad Blog: "Letter Queries Rumsfeld About U.S. Military Attacks Prior to Approval of War on Iraq". John Conyers' own blog will likely also have news as it develops (and it's fun to read anyway).
[This continues my series of posts concerning the pre-Iraq-war actions of the US administration, and increasing awareness of those activities, as part of the The Big Brass Alliance and it's support of AfterDowningStreet.org. For more information from me, see my first posting on The Downing Street Memo: "Worth Remembering"]
on Thursday, 2 June 2005 at 11.05
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on Friday, 3 June 2005 at 12.04
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Become the Media: The Friday Blog Swarm
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