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Saddam's luxury train to return to service

AP — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:11:57 +0000

Iraqi railway officials say Saddam Hussein’s personal luxury train will return to service next month.

CIA officials deny fake Iraq-al-Qaida link letter

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:41:10 +0000

Two former CIA officers Tuesday denied that they or the spy agency faked an Iraqi intelligence document purporting to link Saddam Hussein with 9/11 bomber Mohammed Atta, as they are quoted as saying in a new...

CIA officials named in book deny faking letter

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:36:44 +0000

White House denies fake Iraq-al-Qaida link letter

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:16:21 +0000

The White House and the CIA on Tuesday adamantly denied a report that the Bush administration concocted a fake letter purporting to show a link between Saddam Hussein’s regime and al-Qaida as a justification for the Iraq...

Report: Empty prison in Iraq a $40M 'failure'

AP — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:36:32 +0000

In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misguided planning and construction shortcuts costing $40 million and stretching back to the American overseers who...

Fugitive Saddam aide sees US troops gone by 2008

AP — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:06:21 +0000

A fugitive former deputy to Saddam Hussein predicts U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of next year, according to an audio recording broadcast Tuesday by Al-Arabiya television.A voice purported to be Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri speaking in Arabic...

More About That 550 Tons Of Yellow Cake and Lying Democrats! by John Lillpop

Hans Gruen — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:05:57 +0000

My column titled, “Bush Lied? What About That 550 Metric Tons of Yellow Cake, Lefty?” has been widely distributed and commented on over the past several days. Comments received have been predictably partisan: Conservatives generally agree with...

AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq

AP — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:04:54 +0000

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program _ a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium _ reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship...

Iraqi officials say Jordan's king plans visit

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:25:40 +0000

Jordan’s King Abdullah II plans to visit Iraq soon in the first trip by an Arab head of state since Saddam Hussein was deposed in 2003, Iraqi officials said Thursday.Abdullah’s visit would be a significant step in Iraq’s quest for...

Jordan's king to visit Iraq

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:38:28 +0000

Iraqi officials say Jordan’s King Abdullah II plans to visit Iraq next week in the first trip by an Arab head of state since Saddam Hussein was deposed in 2003.Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh says Abdullah will hold talks with Prime...