[Vision2020] Fwd: Iraq War -- The Quiz
Donovan Arnold
donovanarnold@hotmail.com
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:04:18 -0800
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<DIV></DIV>>Iraq War Quiz
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<DIV></DIV>>by Stephen R. Shalom
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<DIV></DIV>>1. The anti-war movement supports our troops by urging that they be
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<DIV></DIV>>brought home immediately so they neither kill nor get killed in a
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<DIV></DIV>>unjust war. How has the Bush administration shown its support for
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<DIV></DIV>>our troops?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee voted to cut $25
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<DIV></DIV>>billion in veterans benefits over the next 10 years.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. The Bush administration proposed cutting $172 million from impact
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<DIV></DIV>>aid programs which provide school funding for children of military
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<DIV></DIV>>personnel.
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<DIV></DIV>>c. The administration ordered the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to stop
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<DIV></DIV>>publicizing health benefits available to veterans.
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>2. The anti-war movement believes that patriotism means urging our
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<DIV></DIV>>country to do what is right. How do Bush administration officials
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<DIV></DIV>>define patriotism?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. Patriotism means emulating Dick Cheney, who serves as
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<DIV></DIV>>Vice-President while receiving $100,000-$1,000,000 a year from
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<DIV></DIV>>Halliburton, the multi-billion dollar company which is already
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<DIV></DIV>>lining up for major contracts in post-war Iraq.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. Patriotism means emulating Richard Perle, the warhawk who serves
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<DIV></DIV>>as head of the Defense Intelligence Board while at the same time
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<DIV></DIV>>meeting with Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi on behalf of Trireme,
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<DIV></DIV>>a company of which he is a managing partner, involved in security
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<DIV></DIV>>and military technologies, and while agreeing to work as a paid
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<DIV></DIV>>lobbyist for Global Crossing, a telecommunications giant seeking a
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<DIV></DIV>>major Pentagon contract.
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<DIV></DIV>>c. Patriotism means emulating George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul
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<DIV></DIV>>Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, John Bolton, Tom DeLay, John Ashcroft,
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<DIV></DIV>>Lewis Libby, and others who enthusiastically supported the Vietnam
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<DIV></DIV>>War while avoiding serving in it and who now are sending others to
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<DIV></DIV>>kill and be killed in Iraq.
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>3. The Bush administration has accused Saddam Hussein of lying
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<DIV></DIV>>regarding his weapons of mass destruction. Which of the following
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<DIV></DIV>>a. Constant claims by the Bush administration that there was
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<DIV></DIV>>documentary evidence linking Iraq to attempted uranium purchases in
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<DIV></DIV>>Niger, despite the fact that the documents were forgeries and CIA
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<DIV></DIV>>analysts doubted their authenticity.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. A British intelligence report on Iraq's security services that
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<DIV></DIV>>was in fact plagiarized, with selected modifications, from a student
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<DIV></DIV>>c. The frequent citation of the incriminating testimony of Iraqi
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<DIV></DIV>>defector Hussein Kamel, while suppressing that part of the testimony
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<DIV></DIV>>in which Kamel stated that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction had
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<DIV></DIV>>been destroyed following the 1991 Gulf War.
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>4. White House Press Secretary Ari Fleisher stormed out of a press
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<DIV></DIV>>conference when the assembled reporters broke into laughter after he
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<DIV></DIV>>declared that the U.S. would never try to bribe members of the UN.
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<DIV></DIV>>What should Fleisher have said to defend himself?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. It wasn't just bribery; we also ordered the bugging of the home
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<DIV></DIV>>and office phones and emails of the UN ambassadors of Security
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<DIV></DIV>>Council member states that were undecided on war.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. Oh, come on! We've been doing this for years. In 1990 when Yemen
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<DIV></DIV>>voted against authorizing war with Iraq, the U.S. ambassador
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<DIV></DIV>>declared "That will be the most expensive 'no' vote you ever cast."
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<DIV></DIV>>c. Why do you think the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act makes one
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<DIV></DIV>>of the conditions for an African country to receive preferential
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<DIV></DIV>>access to U.S. markets that it "not engage in activities that
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<DIV></DIV>>undermine United States national security or foreign policy
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>5. George Bush has declared that "we have no fight with the Iraqi
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<DIV></DIV>>people." What could he have cited as supporting evidence?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. U.S. maintenance of 12 years of crippling sanctions that
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<DIV></DIV>>strengthened Saddam Hussein while contributing to the death of
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<DIV></DIV>>hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. The fact that "coalition" forces have indicated that they will
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<DIV></DIV>>use cluster bombs in Iraq, despite warnings from human rights groups
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<DIV></DIV>>that "The use of cluster munitions in Iraq will endanger civilians
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<DIV></DIV>>c. By pointing to the analogy of Afghanistan, which the U.S. pledged
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<DIV></DIV>>not to forget about when the war was over, and for which the current
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<DIV></DIV>>Bush administration foreign aid budget request included not one cent
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>6. The Bush administration has touted the many nations that are part
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<DIV></DIV>>a. In most of the coalition countries polls show that a majority,
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<DIV></DIV>>often an overwhelming majority, of the people oppose the war.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. More than ten of the members of the coalition of the willing are
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<DIV></DIV>>actually a coalition of the unwilling - unwilling to reveal their
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<DIV></DIV>>c. Coalition members - most of whose contributions to the war are
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<DIV></DIV>>negligible or even zero - constitute less than a quarter of the
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<DIV></DIV>>countries in the UN and contain less than 20% of the world's
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<DIV></DIV>>population.
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>7. The war on Iraq is said to be part of the "war on terrorism."
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<DIV></DIV>>Which of the following is true?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. A senior American counterintelligence official said: "An American
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<DIV></DIV>>invasion of Iraq is already being used as a recruitment tool by Al
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<DIV></DIV>>Qaeda and other groups....And it is a very effective tool."
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<DIV></DIV>>b. An American official, based in Europe, said Iraq had become "a
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<DIV></DIV>>battle cry, in a way," for Al Qaeda recruiters.
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<DIV></DIV>>c. France's leading counter-terrorism judge said: "Bin Laden's
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<DIV></DIV>>strategy has always been to demonstrate to the Islamic community
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<DIV></DIV>>that the West, and especially the U.S., is starting a global war
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<DIV></DIV>>against Muslims. An attack on Iraq might confirm this vision for
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<DIV></DIV>>many Muslims. I am very worried about the next wave of recruits."
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>8. The Bush administration says it is waging war to stop the spread
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<DIV></DIV>>of weapons of mass destruction. Which of the following is true?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. The United States has refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test
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<DIV></DIV>>Ban Treaty, viewed worldwide as the litmus test for seriousness
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<DIV></DIV>>about nuclear disarmament.
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<DIV></DIV>>b. The United States has insisted on a reservation to the Chemical
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<DIV></DIV>>Weapons Convention allowing the U.S. President the right to refuse
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<DIV></DIV>>an inspection of U.S. facilities on national security grounds, and
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<DIV></DIV>>blocked efforts to improve compliance with the Biological and Toxin
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<DIV></DIV>>Weapons Convention.
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<DIV></DIV>>c. Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, Director of the Defense
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<DIV></DIV>>Intelligence Agency, testified on Feb. 11, 2003, "The long-term
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<DIV></DIV>>trends with respect to WMD and missile proliferation are bleak.
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<DIV></DIV>>States seek these capabilities for regional purposes, or to provide
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<DIV></DIV>>a hedge to deter or offset U.S. military superiority."
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>9. The Bush administration says it wants to bring democracy to Iraq
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<DIV></DIV>>a. If there were democracy in Saudi Arabia today, backing for the
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<DIV></DIV>>U.S. war effort would be the first thing to go, given the country's
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<DIV></DIV>>"increasingly anti-American population deeply opposed to the war."
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<DIV></DIV>>b. The United States subverted some of the few democratic
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<DIV></DIV>>governments in the Middle East (Syria in 1949, Iran in 1953), and
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<DIV></DIV>>has backed undemocratic regimes in the region ever since.
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<DIV></DIV>>c. The United States supported the crushing of anti-Saddam Hussein
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<DIV></DIV>>revolts in Iraq in 1991.
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>10. Colin Powell cited as evidence of an Iraq-Al Qaeda link an
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<DIV></DIV>>audiotape from bin Laden in which he called Saddam Hussein and his
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<DIV></DIV>>Baath Party regime "infidels." Which of the following is more
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<DIV></DIV>>compelling evidence?
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<DIV></DIV>>a. An FBI official told the New York Times: "We've been looking at
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<DIV></DIV>>this hard for more than a year and you know what, we just don't
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<DIV></DIV>>b. According to a classified British intelligence report seen by BBC
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<DIV></DIV>>News, "There are no current links between the Iraqi regime and the
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<DIV></DIV>>c. According to Rohan Gunaratna, author of Inside Al Qaeda: Global
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<DIV></DIV>>Network of Terror, "Since U.S. intervention in Afghanistan in
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<DIV></DIV>>October 2001, I have examined several tens of thousands of documents
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<DIV></DIV>>recovered from Al Qaeda and Taliban sources. In addition to
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<DIV></DIV>>listening to 240 tapes taken from Al Qaeda's central registry, I
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<DIV></DIV>>debriefed several Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees. I could find no
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<DIV></DIV>>evidence of links between Iraq and Al Qaeda."
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<DIV></DIV>>d. All of the above.
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<DIV></DIV>>Answers and Sources
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<DIV></DIV>>1. d (a) Cong. Lane Evans, "Veterans Programs Slashed by House
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<DIV></DIV>>Republicans," Press Release, 3/13/03,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.veterans.house.gov/democratic/press/108th/3-13-03budget.htm.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) Brian Faler, "Educators Angry Over Proposed Cut in Aid; Many
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<DIV></DIV>>Children in Military Families Would Feel Impact," Washington Post,
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<DIV></DIV>>3/19/03, p. A29. (c) See Veterans' for Common Sense, letter to
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<DIV></DIV>>George W. Bush, 3/20/03
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/print.asp?id=563; Melissa B.
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<DIV></DIV>>Robinson, "Hospitals Face Budget Crunch," Associated Press, 7/31/02;
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<DIV></DIV>>Jason Tait, "Veterans angered by marketing ban," Eagle-Tribune
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<DIV></DIV>>(Lawrence, MA), 8/2/02,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20020802/FP_003.htm
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<DIV></DIV>>2. d (a) Warren Vieth and Elizabeth Douglass, " Ousting Hussein
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<DIV></DIV>>could open the door for U.S. and British firms. French, Russian and
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<DIV></DIV>>Chinese rivals would lose their edge," Los Angeles Times, 3/12/03,
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<DIV></DIV>>p. I:1; Robert Bryce and Julian Borger, "Halliburton: Cheney is
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<DIV></DIV>>still paid by Pentagon contractor, Bush deputy gets Dollars 1m from
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<DIV></DIV>>firm with Iraq oil deal," Guardian (London), 3/12/03, p. 5 (which
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<DIV></DIV>>notes that Halliburton "would not say how much the payments are; the
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<DIV></DIV>>obligatory disclosure statement filled by all top government
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<DIV></DIV>>officials says only that they are in the range of" $100,000 and $1
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<DIV></DIV>>million.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) Seymour M. Hersh, "Lunch with the Chairman," New Yorker,
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<DIV></DIV>>3/16/03; Stephen Labaton, "Pentagon Adviser Is Also Advising Global
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<DIV></DIV>>Crossing," NYT, 3/21/03, p. C1. Perle is to be paid $725,000 for his
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<DIV></DIV>>lobbying effort, including $600,000 if his lobbying is successful.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) New Hampshire Gazette, "The Chickenhawks,"
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<DIV></DIV>>http://nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html.
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<DIV></DIV>>3. d (a) See the evidence collected in Cong. Henry Waxman's letter
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<DIV></DIV>>to George W. Bush, 3/17/03
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.house.gov/waxman/text/admin_iraq_march_17_let.htm.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) See Glen Rangwala's report,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://traprockpeace.org/britishdossier.html.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) See Glen Rangwala's report, http://traprockpeace.org/kamel.html.
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<DIV></DIV>>4. d (a) Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy, and Peter Beaumont, The
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<DIV></DIV>>Observer (London), 3/2/03.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) Quoted in Phyllis Bennis, Calling the Shots: How Washington
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<DIV></DIV>>Dominates Today's UN, New York: Olive Branch, 1996, p. 33.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) Sarah Anderson, Phyllis Bennis, and John Cavanagh, Coalition of
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<DIV></DIV>>the Willing or Coalition of the Coerced?: How The Bush
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<DIV></DIV>>Administration Influences Allies in Its War on Iraq, Washington, DC:
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<DIV></DIV>>Institute for Policy Studies, 2/26/03, p. 4.
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<DIV></DIV>>5. d (a) For background, see Anthony Arnove, ed., Iraq Under Siege:
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<DIV></DIV>>The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War, Cambridge: South End Press,
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<DIV></DIV>>updated ed. 2003.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) Paul Waugh, "Labour MPs Attack Hoon After He Reveals That
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<DIV></DIV>>British Forces Will Use Cluster Bombs," Independent, 3/21/03, p. 4;
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<DIV></DIV>>Human Rights Watch, Press Release, 3/18/03: "Persian Gulf: U.S.
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<DIV></DIV>>Cluster Bomb Duds A Threat; Warning Against Use of Cluster Bombs in
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<DIV></DIV>>Iraq."
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) Zvi Bar'el, "Flaws in the Afghan Model," Ha'aretz,
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<DIV></DIV>>3/14/03,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=272884.
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<DIV></DIV>>6. d (a) See, for example, the revealing comment of Secretary of
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<DIV></DIV>>State Powell: "We need to knock down this idea that nobody is on our
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<DIV></DIV>>side. So many nations recognize this danger [of Iraq's weapons]. And
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<DIV></DIV>>they do it in the face of public opposition." Quoted in Steven R.
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<DIV></DIV>>Weisman With Felicity Barringer, "Urgent Diplomacy Fails To Gain
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<DIV></DIV>>U.S. 9 Votes In The U.N." NYT, 3/10/03, p. A1)
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) U.S. Dept. of State, Daily Press Briefing, Richard Boucher,
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<DIV></DIV>>Washington, DC, 3/18/03. (c) Country list: White House, Statement of
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<DIV></DIV>>Support from Coalition, 3/25/03,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/print/20030325-8.html;
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<DIV></DIV>>population calculated from Statistical Abstract of the United
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<DIV></DIV>>States, 2001, Washington, DC: 2001, table 1327. Total includes USA.
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<DIV></DIV>>The White House list includes countries whose leaders have done no
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<DIV></DIV>>more than state their support for the United States, and the listing
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<DIV></DIV>>changes from day to day, with some countries being added and some
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<DIV></DIV>>7. d (a) Don Van Natta Jr. and Desmond Butler, "Anger On Iraq Seen
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<DIV></DIV>>As New Qaeda Recruiting Tool," NYT, 3/16/03, p. I:1.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) Van Natta and Butler, NYT, 3/16/03.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) Van Natta and Butler, NYT, 3/16/03.
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<DIV></DIV>>8. d (a) Colum Lynch, "U.S. Boycotts Nuclear Test Ban Meeting; Some
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<DIV></DIV>>Delegates at U.N. Session Upset at Latest Snub of Pact Bush Won't
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<DIV></DIV>>Back," Washington Post, 11/12/02, p. A6.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) Amy E. Smithson, "U.S. Implementation of the CWC," in Jonathan
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<DIV></DIV>>B. Tucker, The Chemical Weapons Convention: Implementation
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<DIV></DIV>>Challenges and Solutions, Monterey Institute, April 2001, pp. 23-29,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/tuckcwc.htm; Jonathan Tucker, "The
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<DIV></DIV>>Fifth Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons
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<DIV></DIV>>Convention," Feb. 2002, http://www.nti.org/e_research/e3_7b.html.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) Testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
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<DIV></DIV>>excerpted at
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<DIV></DIV>>http://traprockpeace.org/usefulquotesoniraq.html.
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<DIV></DIV>>9. d (a) Craig S. Smith, "Saudi Arabia Seems Calm But, Many Say, Is
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<DIV></DIV>>Seething," NYT, 3/24/03, p. B13. In fact, "Though the Saudi
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<DIV></DIV>>government officially denies it, the bombing campaign is being
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<DIV></DIV>>directed from Saudi Arabia - something that few Saudis realize."
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) On Syria, see Douglas Little, A Cold War and Covert Action: The
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<DIV></DIV>>United States and Syria, 1945 1958,@ Middle East Journal, vol. 44,
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<DIV></DIV>>no. 1, Winter 1990, pp. 55 57. On Iran, see Mark J. Gasiorowski,
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<DIV></DIV>>"The 1953 Coup D'Etat in Iran," International Journal of Middle East
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<DIV></DIV>>Studies, vol. 19, Aug. 1987, pp. 261-86.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, Out of the Ashes: The
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<DIV></DIV>>Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, New York: HarperPerennial. 1999,
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<DIV></DIV>>chap. 1.
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<DIV></DIV>>10. d (re audiotape, see David Johnston, "Top U.S. Officials Press
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<DIV></DIV>>Case Linking Iraq To Al Qaeda," NYT, 2/12/03, p. A1; Mohamad Bazzi,
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<DIV></DIV>>"U.S. says bin Laden tape urging Iraqis to attack appears real,"
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<DIV></DIV>>Newsday, 2/12/03, p. A5.
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<DIV></DIV>>(a) James Risen and David Johnston, "Split at C.I.A. and F.B.I. On
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<DIV></DIV>>Iraqi Ties to Al Qaeda," NYT, 2/2/03, p. I:13.
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<DIV></DIV>>(b) "Leaked Report Rejects Iraqi al-Qaeda Link," BBC News, 2/5/03.
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<DIV></DIV>>(c) Rohan Gunaratna, "Iraq and Al Qaeda: No Evidence of Alliance,"
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<DIV></DIV>>International Herald Tribune, 2/19/03.
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<DIV></DIV>>Interpreting Your Score
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<DIV></DIV>>9-10 Correct: Excellent. Contact United for Peace and Justice,
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<DIV></DIV>>http://www.unitedforpeace.org/, and work to fight the war and the
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<DIV></DIV>>6-8 Correct: Fair. You've been watching a few too many former
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<DIV></DIV>>generals and government officials who provide the "expert"
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<DIV></DIV>>commentary for the mainstream media. Read the alternative media!
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<DIV></DIV>>3-5 Correct: Poor. Don't feel bad. George W. Bush only got a C- in
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<DIV></DIV>>International Relations at College. You could be a politician or
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<DIV></DIV>>0-2 Correct: Failing. You have a bright future as an "embedded"
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