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I haven’t had a chance to write this week and most likely won’t over the weekend so I’ll just point you towards a bunch of important (and inflammatory!) stories over at Daily Kos:

• Bush knew there was no Iraq-9/11 link – The National Journal is reporting that the September 21, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing informed Bush that “the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein to the attacks and that there was scant credible evidence that Iraq had any significant collaborative ties with Al Qaeda.” The article goes on to say that not only did Saddam not ally himself with Al Qaeda but that he distrusted the organization and considered infiltrating it with his own security operatives.
• Bush wanted to bomb Al Jazeera, the story grows – This one is a bit (but only a bit) harder to believe. A group of international journalists has been claiming for a while that the US Military has purposefully attacked Al Jazeera offices and employees. Now some documents have leaked out in Britain seeming to corroborate these claims. While Downing Street won’t comment, the two people who leaked the documents are being prosecuted under the UK’s Official Secrets Act. [UPDATE:] Juan Cole seems to believe it.
• Willy Pete use classified as “chemical” by pentagon – Finally the White Phosphorous story is starting to get some traction in the mainstream media. This story has been bubbling on the blogs for the past few days and what it comes down to is that it seems that US troops are using WP as a chemical weapon. Now of course the Bushies say that it’s not a crime since WP isn’t considered a chemical weapon in any treaty we’ve signed but Kos rightly points out that our moral standing in the world is not based on legalistic arguments. More at ThinkProgress, AlterNet, and The Wizard. If you didn’t know, WP melts skin right to the bone and was used on civilians during the US invasion of Fallujah.

A war built on lies, the murder of journalists, chemical warfare on civilians, and the utter destruction of the moral highground that our country has always held so dear. This is the legacy of Bush and Cheney. Hopefully at least things are changing here.

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