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Stories from 2003-07-22

Anti-War Groups Say Ire Over Iraq Claims Increasing

Evelyn Nieves | Washington Post | July 22, 2003

"For organizations that opposed the war, these are busy days. Not since hundreds of thousands of people across the country marched in antiwar rallies in the weeks before the U.S.-led invasion has the rationale for the preemptive war come under such fire." [more]

Cartoon Prompts Inquiry by Secret Service

STAFF | Los Angeles Times | July 22, 2003

"Goller said she met with the Secret Service agent, Peter J. Damos, in the newspaper's security office and told him he could not speak to Ramirez. After some discussion, Damos left." [more]

CIA Memos Show Senior Officials Knew Falseness of Africa Claim

Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus | Washington Post | July 22, 2003

"The information ... significantly alters the explanation previously offered by the White House. The CIA warned the White House early on that the charge, based on an allegation that Iraq sought 500 tons of uranium in Niger, relied on weak evidence." [more]

Guerrilla War in Iraq Out of Control

Robert Fisk | New Zealand Herald | July 22, 2003

"But the message of all this information — most of it unreported by the media — is that the Americans are no longer safe anywhere in Iraq: not at Baghdad airport, which they captured with so much fanfare in early April, not at their military bases nor in the streets of central Baghdad, nor in their helicopters nor on the country roads." [more]

House Repeals Secret Searches

Andrew Clark | Reuters | July 22, 2003

"The move would block the Justice Department from using any funds to take advantage of the section of the act that allows it to secretly search the homes of suspects and only inform them later that a warrant had been issued to do so." [more]

Analysis: Truth Behind 'Sexed Up' Claims

Claire Cozens | Guardian | July 22, 2003

"[Andrew] Gilligan never actually uttered the phrase he has become famous for — in fact, the first mention came from John Humphrys." [more]

UN Debates Iraqi Self-Rule Resolution

STAFF | British Broadcasting Corporation | July 22, 2003

"A report prepared by the UN special representative in Iraq calls for a clear timetable for the return of sovereignty to the Iraqi people. It also says that UN involvement will be essential in any process intended to give legitimacy to a new government." [more]

Wolfowitz: Weapons Issue Secondary In Iraq

Robert Burns | Associated Press | July 22, 2003

" 'I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction,' Wolfowitz told a group of reporters traveling with him. 'I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet. I didn't come [to Iraq] on a search for weapons of mass destruction.' " [more]

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