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Robert Fisk: "The Publication of the Uday and Qusay Photographs will Prove to be Either a Stroke of Genius or a Historic Mistake of Catastrophic Consequences"

As the U.S. releases the bloody and grisly photos of two men identified as the sons of Saddam Hussein we go to Baghdad to hear from London Independent reporter Robert Fisk about the reaction in Iraq.
Jul 25, 2003 | Story
How Bush Sacrificed the War on Al Qaeda for the War on Iraq

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh details how the Bush Administration destroyed U.S.-Syrian relations by attacking a convoy of cars inside Syria last month in an attempt to assassinate Saddam Hussein. It turned out the convoy was made up of dozens smuggling goods out of Iraq. Syria has since stopped sharing intelligence with the U.S.
Jul 24, 2003 | Story
U.S. Army Says Hussein's Two Sons Killed In Firefight With American Troops

The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says his troops yesterday killed Saddam Hussein’s two sons, Uday and Qusay. They were the most wanted men in Iraq besides their father. We speak with London Independent reporter Patrick Cockburn.
Jul 23, 2003 | Story
What Really Happened to Jessica Lynch?

As Private Jessica Lynch arrives in West Virgina Democracy Now! takes a look at the media coverage of her capture and "rescue" in Iraq. We speak with Washington Post ombudsman Michael Getler and listen to an earlier interview with London Times reporter Richard Lloyd Parry.
Jul 23, 2003 | Story
Can You Achieve Democracy Through Undemocratic Means? A Look At Occupation Watch & the New Governing Council in Iraq

We speak with Occupation Watch Center’s Medea Benjamin and Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad and Rev. Patricia Ackerman of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. And we play an interview with the founder of a new women’s shelter in Baghdad Yanar Muhammed.
Jul 22, 2003 | Story
Intelligence Scandal Escalates As Top Bush Aide Blamed For Forcing False Iraq Nuke Claim Into Bush's State of the Union

While Sen. Grahan says Bush could be impeached, Bush and Blair meet in D.C. to defend why they invaded Iraq. We broadcast portions of their press conference and yesterday’s heated White House press briefing and we hear from writer Rahul Mahajan and human rights attorney Michael Ratner.
Jul 18, 2003 | Story
Number of U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq 3X Higher Than Media Reports; Troop Morale Reaches New Lows

As American troops call for Rumsfeld’s resignation and ask to go home, Army Gen. John Abizaid declares that soldiers must silence their criticism. We go to Iraq to hear from Jonathan Steele of the Guardian reporting on the 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad.
Jul 18, 2003 | Story
For the Lucky Few Soldiers Returning Home From Iraq, Another Battle Awaits: Anxiety, Sleepless Nights, Depression.

Democracy Now! speaks with the wife of a deployed soldier and the Christian Science Monitor’s Ann Scott Tyson about the emotional and mental toll of war.
Jul 18, 2003 | Story
Intelligence Agents from the U.S. and Australia & a Top UK Researcher Condemn Gov't Falsehoods that Led to Iraq War

As President Bush says he relied on "darn good" intelligence related to Iraq, questions abound in Washington, London and Australia over whether intelligence was misused. Democracy Now! speaks to former Australian intelligence analyst Andrew Wilkie, Cambridge University’s Glen Rangwala and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
Jul 15, 2003 | Story
Joseph Wilson, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Debunks Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal and Why the U.S. Went to War

Last year the Bush administration sent Wilson to Niger to investigate reports that the African nation sold uranium to Iraq to revamp nuclear program. He found no evidence of the sale, but President Bush cited the "sale" as a reason to invade Iraq.
Jul 10, 2003 | Story

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Robert Fisk: "The Publication of the Uday and Qusay Photographs will Prove to be Either a Stroke of Genius or a Historic Mistake of Catastrophic Consequences"

How Bush Sacrificed the War on Al Qaeda for the War on Iraq

U.S. Army Says Hussein's Two Sons Killed In Firefight With American Troops

What Really Happened to Jessica Lynch?

Can You Achieve Democracy Through Undemocratic Means? A Look At Occupation Watch & the New Governing Council in Iraq

Intelligence Scandal Escalates As Top Bush Aide Blamed For Forcing False Iraq Nuke Claim Into Bush's State of the Union

Number of U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq 3X Higher Than Media Reports; Troop Morale Reaches New Lows

For the Lucky Few Soldiers Returning Home From Iraq, Another Battle Awaits: Anxiety, Sleepless Nights, Depression.

Intelligence Agents from the U.S. and Australia & a Top UK Researcher Condemn Gov't Falsehoods that Led to Iraq War

Joseph Wilson, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Debunks Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal and Why the U.S. Went to War

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