----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:03 AM Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
> At 07:45 7-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > Oh wow. And this fraud was made public only *a few days* after Colin > > > Powell presented his "evidence" to the UN. It makes me wonder what > > > else in the "evidence" will be exposed as lies and falsifications in > > > the next few weeks... > > > > > > Plenty, I guess... > > > > > > > > > Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk > > > >Nothing in the report was exposed as lies or falsifications, and no > >one has disputed the accuracy of what it says. The fact that it was > >plagiarized doesn't make it not true, after all. > > Maybe not, but the fact that parts of a several-years-old academic paper > were copied and that figures in it were altered, after which it was > presented as real intelligence information and "irrefutable evidence" > against Iraq, shows that the US has no problem with, shall we say, not > being completely honest towards the international community. This is enough > reason to at least not immediately accept the other "evidence" as The Truth > either. > > Photographs (such as satellite images) can be altered. Buildings and > vehicles do not necessarily contain that what the Bush regime says they > contain. > > And as for phone calls between Iraqi officers -- well, those are of course > extremely easy to fake. Give me the equipment to record phone calls, give > me two men who are fluent in Arabic, and I'll provide you with "evidence" > that Iraq plans to assassinate Sharon next week. Let me get this straight. You are accusing Powell of fabricating evidence? Its all made up because the poor misunderstood Mr Hussein, who is trying so hard to lead his Republic into a bright new future is being slanded by the big bad United States? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
