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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- Hmmm, well, lessee, try and summarize. O'Neill/Suskind are perpetrating a hoax. Cheney and Bush are victims of a dastardly smear campaign. Cheney is obviously innocent because the French are corrupt swine. Perhaps there is a fine line between "The Glaring Errors of Suskind" and the mangeled defense mechanisms activated to maintain our Pretzeldent's honor in the face of all the vile "Bush Haters." I love to see how all these "Glaring Errors" are brought to light before the book is even published. But even so, the fundamental question is ignored, and since a former top member of the administration now asks it, it deserves even greater scruitiny. And that is: did the Administration preplan not only Iraq, but Afghanistan as well, and was 911 merely the triggering device. We are not talking about a licentious womanizer lying about a blow job. We are talking about people who are willing to lie, kill, and let our own people be blown to bits so that the administration can fulfill it's neocon Mossad wish list (which in now small part includes self enrichment and the massive payola cronyism). If this does not deserve greater scruitiny then... what the hell, Bush should run unapposed and when Colon Powell steps down he can be replaced with that bastion of clearsighted inspiration, Ann Coulter! That would make about as much sense as the jist of what herein was scrawled.--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lea Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Laurie Mylroie, > > wouldn't have thought we would meet again so quickly! > > Well sure we know it's all about Al Quaeda/ > Iraq/terrorism/dictorship/freedom - but would just love to know more > about: "Cheney's super-secret-energy-task-force-papers"!!! anyway Even > more so, since now he is on trial in France ... (never mind they are > just as corrupt there, with all the money-suitcases circling around > Elf-Aquitaine ... ) > > Barbara > > > http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=11722 > > Paul O'Neill's Lies About Iraq > By John H. Hinderaker > PowerLineBlog.com | January 13, 2004 > > Laurie Mylroie sent out an email about Paul O'Neill's appearance on 60 > Minutes last night; she notes what appears to be a major error in Ron > Suskind's book, which > > casts doubt on the credibility of both Suskind and O'Neill. Here is the > key portion of Mylroie's email: > > "In his appearance this evening on '60 Minutes,' Ron Suskind, author of > The Price of Loyalty, based to a large extent on information from former > Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, made an astonishing, very > serious misstatement. > > "Suskind claimed he has documents showing that preparations for the Iraq > war were well underway before 9-11. He cited--and even showed--what he > said was a Pentagon document, entitled, 'Foreign Suitors for Iraq > Oilfield Contracts.' He claimed the document was about planning for > post-war Iraq oil (CBS's promotional story also contained that claim): > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/printable592330.sh tml > > "But that is not a Pentagon document. It's from the Vice- President's > Office. It was part of the Energy Project that was the focus of Dick > Cheney's attention before the 9/11 strikes. > > "And the document has nothing to do with post-war Iraq. It was part of a > study of global oil supplies. Judicial Watch obtained it in a law suit > and posted it, along with related documents, on its website at: > http://www.judicialwatch.org/071703.c_.shtml Indeed, when this story > first broke yesterday, the Drudge Report had the Judicial Watch document > linked (no one at CBS News saw that, so they could correct the error, > when the show aired?)" > > What Mylroie says about the "Foreign Suitors" document is correct. The > Judicial Watch link still works as of this morning, and as you can > easily see, the document, dated March 5, 2001, has nothing to do with > post-war planning. It is merely a list of existing and proposed "Iraqi > Oil & Gas Projects" as of that date. And it includes projects in Iraq by > countries that obviously would not have been part of any "post-war" > plans of the Bush administration, such as, for example, Vietnam. > > So Suskind (and apparently O'Neill) misrepresented this document, which > appears to be a significant part of their case, given that Suskind > displayed in on 60 Minutes. It would not be possible for anyone > operating in good faith to represent the document as Suskind did. > > But the truth is even worse than Mylroie pointed out in her email. The > CBS promo linked to above says that this document "includes a map of > potential areas for exploration. 'It talks about contractors around the > world from, you know, 30-40 countries. And which ones have what > intentions,' says Suskind. 'On oil in Iraq.'" > > True enough; there is a "map of potential areas for exploration" in Iraq > here. But what Paul O'Neill and Ron Suskind don't tell you is that the > very same set of documents that contain the Iraq map and the list of > Iraqi oil projects contain the same maps and similar lists of projects > for the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia! When documents are > produced in litigation (in this case, the Judicial Watch lawsuit > relating to Cheney's energy task force), they are numbered sequentially. > The two-page "Iraqi Oil Suitors" document that Suskind breathlessly > touts is numbered DOC044-0006 through DOC044-0007. The Iraq oil map > comes right before the list of Iraqi projects; it is numbered DOC044-0005. > > DOC044-0001 is a map of oil fields in the United Arab Emirates. > DOC044-0002 is a list of oil and gas development projects then going on > in the United Arab Emirates. DOC044-0003 is a map of oil fields in Saudi > Arabia. DOC044-0004 is a list of oil and gas projects in Saudi Arabia. > So the "smoking gun" documents that Suskind and O'Neill claim prove that > the administration was planning to invade Iraq in March 2001 are part of > a package that includes identical documents relating to the United Arab > Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Does Paul O'Neill claim the administration > was planning on invading them, too? Or, as Mylroie says, was this merely > part of the administration's analysis of sources of energy in the 21st > century? > > There is only one possible conclusion: Paul O'Neill and Ron Suskind are > attempting to perpetrate a massive hoax on the American people. > > UPDATE: Paul Krugman is ecstatic about O'Neill's allegations, and views > them as vindicating his three years of over-the-top Bush hatred. > Needless to say, Krugman has nothing to say about O'Neill's and > Suskind's fraudulent misrepresentation of the documents on which their > claims are based. The battle is joined: the New York Times propagates > lies, the blogosphere points out undeniable facts that are inconvenient > for the left. Spread the word. > > This piece originally appeared on PowerLineBlog.com and appears here > with permission. Please let us stay on topic and be civil.-Home Page- www.cia-drugs.org OM Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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