20051212
'Insurgents' denounce elections as a 'satanic project'... Five Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaida in Iraq, denounced the Iraqi elections as a "satanic project" that violates God's law and vowed to continue their war to establish an Islamic government in the country.
George WMD Bush offered encouragement to war-weary Iraqis on Monday but acknowledged they have paid a heavy price _ 30,000 dead _ as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and its bloody aftermath!
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/12/D8EES8I02.html
Another questioner challenged the administration's linkage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with the Iraq war. Bush said that Saddam Hussein was a threat and he was widely believed to have weapons of mass destruction _ a belief that later proved false.
Bush Says Iraq's Path to Democracy Like That of United States ?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=azsl8ofoRdXY&refer=top_world_news
The invasion of Iraq has helped reduce the threat of another terrorist attack in the U.S., though ``I don't think we're safe,'' he said in response to another question?
As our moment of truth in Vietnam came in the Tet Offensive of 1968 that broke Lyndon Johnson, Bush's "Tet moment" is coming in Iraq, almost surely in 2006, when the insurgency appears to be growing in strength and confidence, and the new government appears shaky.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47821
If his generals come to him, then, and say: Mr. President, we have to stop the withdrawals and may need more troops to stave off a collapse – what does Bush do? Almost certainly, we shall find out in the new year.
Riots Erupt in Australia
http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=3012
Tensions between youths of Arabic descent and white Australians have been rising in recent years, largely because of anti-Muslim sentiment fueled by the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States and deadly bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians, in October 2002.
The Syrian Gambit Unravels
The effort to demonize Syria and, in effect, Saddamize its ruler, Bashar al-Assad, has run up against a brick wall: the recantation of the prime witness, who says he was bribed, intimidated, and tortured into going along with the narrative being sold by UN prosecutor Mehlis – that Syrian intelligence pulled off the Feb. 14 assassination of Lebanese entrepreneur and politician Rafik Hariri in Beirut.
The effort to demonize Syria and, in effect, Saddamize its ruler, Bashar al-Assad, has run up against a brick wall: the recantation of the prime witness, who says he was bribed, intimidated, and tortured into going along with the narrative being sold by UN prosecutor Mehlis – that Syrian intelligence pulled off the Feb. 14 assassination of Lebanese entrepreneur and politician Rafik Hariri in Beirut.
New Hariri report 'blames Syria'
Even though the main witness has gone public that he was bribed and tortured into accusing Syria, and has recanted the testimony he gave Mehlis.
Beirut blast kills anti-Syria MP
The last frame-up was falling apart, so here is the replacement.
Dollar Tumbles Against Major Currencies Ahead Of Fed
Pope says materialism pollutes Christmas spirit
It would be easier to think him sincere if he were not living in the greatest imperial palace on the planet.
www.whatreallyhappened.com ¶ 12.12.05
