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[08/09/2006] Half of U.S. Still Believes Iraq Had WMD
Half of America apparently still thinks so, a new poll finds, and experts see a raft of reasons why: a drumbeat of voices from talk radio to die-hard bloggers to the Oval Office, a surprise headline here or there, a rallying around a partisan flag, and a growing need for people, in their own minds, to justify the war in Iraq.\n » More

[03/27/2006] NY Times obtains secret memo of Bush, Blair meeting before Iraq war
The New York Times reports that a secret memo from January 2003 reveals that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair agreed to invade Iraq even without U.N. backing, RAW STORY has learned. » More

[03/21/2006] Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details
In the period before the Iraq war, the CIA and the Bush administration erroneously believed that Saddam Hussein was hiding major programs for weapons of mass destruction. Now NBC News has learned that for a short time the CIA had contact with a secret source at the highest levels within Saddam Hussein’s government, who gave them information far more accurate than what they believed. It is a spy story that has never been told before, and raises new questions about prewar intelligence. » More

[02/27/2006] Germany admits it gave Iraq intelligence to Washington
German intelligence officials provided the United States with information about developments in Iraq during the US-led invasion to which the Berlin government was officially opposed, according to a government dossier. » More

[11/22/2005] How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of \'Curveball\'
The Iraqi informant\'s German handlers say they had told U.S. officials that his information was \'not proven,\' and were shocked when President Bush and Colin L. Powell used it in key prewar speeches. » More

[11/22/2005] Pentagon probes \'unlawful\' activities
The Pentagon\'s inspector general yesterday said it has begun an investigation into charges that an office run by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld\'s former policy chief, Douglas J. Feith, engaged in illegal or inappropriate intelligence activities before the Iraq war. » More

[11/16/2005] Rediscovered testimony given by CIA director in 2001 suggests manipulation of pre-war intelligence
President George W. Bush’s attempt Friday to silence critics who say his administration manipulated prewar intelligence on Iraq is undercut by congressional testimony given in February 2001 by former CIA Director George Tenet, who said that Iraq posed no immediate threat to the United States or other countries in the Middle East, RAW STORY has found. » More

[11/04/2005] White House disputes Italy role in Iraq claim
The White House on Tuesday disputed accusations that Italian intelligence in a 2002 meeting passed off fake documents, showing Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger, that formed part of U.S. President George W. Bush President George W. Bush‘s case for war against Saddam Hussein . » More

[11/02/2005] Milwaukee Paper Apologizes for Accepting \'Cooked\' WMD Evidence
The most important newspaper in its region finally apologized to readers for accepting \"cooked\" evidence about WMD in Iraq that helped lead to war in 2003. No, it was not The New York Times. » More