Iraq War: More reasons for skepticism

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Short posting time today.  But I picked up a couple of good links from other participants in the NanciNetCafe Yahoo! group that I thought I would pass along.

One is an Australian report for SBS TV, on the situation with torture in Iraq.  Losing Hearts and Minds 08/04/04.

Another is from Robert Fisk, the Arabic-speaking journalist for the British Independent.  He presents a different view from that favored by Fox News:  Iraq on Verge of Implode SeattlePI.com 08/04/04.

For just as, before the war, our governments warned us of threats that did not exist; now they hide from us the threats that do exist. Much of Iraq has fallen outside the control of the United States' puppet government in Baghdad but we are not told. Hundreds of attacks are made against U.S. troops every month. But unless an American dies, we are not told. Last month's death toll of Iraqis in Baghdad alone topped 700, the worst month since the invasion ended. But we are not told.

The stage management of this catastrophe in Iraq was all too evident at Saddam's "trial." Not only did the U.S. military censor the tapes of the event. Not only did they effectively delete all sound of the 11 other defendants. But the Americans led Saddam to believe -- until he reached the courtroom -- that he was on his way to his execution. Indeed, when he entered the room he believed that the judge was there to condemn him to death. This, after all, was the way Saddam ran his own state security courts. No wonder he initially looked "disorientated" -- CNN's helpful description -- because, of course, he was meant to look that way. We had made sure of that. Which is why Saddam asked Judge Juhi: "Are you a lawyer? ... Is this a trial?" And swiftly, as he realized that this really was an initial court hearing -- not a preliminary to his own hanging -- he quickly adopted an attitude of belligerence.

Our mainstream media not reporting prominently on these developments won't help the situation in Iraq.  They may give some assistance to theBush-Cheney campaign.  But there are some real problems...

Wait!  Over there!!  A new terror alert!!