Covert Foreign Policy Towards Iraq

2007

 * John F. Burns and Marc Santora, "Rush to Hang Hussein Was Questioned," New York Times, January 1, 2007.
 * Joe Sudbay, "Cell phone turned Saddam's execution in to a public spectacle -- and the angry fallout builds," AMERICAblog, January 1, 2007.
 * Joe Sudbay, "The U.S. was for the Saddam execution before we were against it," AMERICAblog, January 2, 2007.
 * Robert Scheer, "A Monster of Our Creation," Truthdig, January 2, 2007.
 * "U.S. Military Transported Saddam To and From His Execution," The Constant American Blogspot, January 3, 2007. Transcript: "Major General William Caldwell, spokesman for Multi-National Force-Iraq, talked to media in the Green Zone on Jan. 3, including comments about Saddam Hussein’s hanging."
 * John Aravosis, "Uh, there were obviously two videos of Saddam's hanging, not one," AMERICAblog, January 3, 2007.
 * John Aravosis, "Why is Bush more worried about the legal rights of Arab dictators than innocent Americans?" AMERICAblog, January 3, 2007.
 * John Aravosis, "Bush 'wrote' an op ed in today's Wall Street Journal," AMERICAblog, January 3, 2007.
 * "U.S. Wants To Focus On Saddam, Not Hanging. White House Talks Up 'Justice' Of Sentence, Not Execution Missteps," CBS News/Associated Press, January 3, 2007.
 * Will Bunch, "UPDATED: The long strange trip of 'Mow Baker': From spokesman for anti-U.S. terrorists to our man in Saddam's death chamber," Attytood, January 3, 2007. re Mowaffak al-Rubaie
 * Joe Sudbay, "George Bush's Iraq: 'We've substituted one dictatorship for another'," AMERICAblog, January 7, 2007. re Nouri al-Maliki
 * Qassim Abdul-Zahra, "New Video of Saddam's Corpse on Internet. New video showing Saddam's corpse shortly after hanging posted on Internet," Associated Press (CBS News), January 9, 2007.

2003

 * Erik P. Sorenson, "Gore Speech Reveals Saddam was a Bush Sr. Made Man," Republicons.org, March 14, 2003: "In 1992 during the heated campaign for the Whitehouse the mantra for the Bill Clinton/Al Gore team was "it's the economy, stupid", but the assault on (George Herbert Walker Bush) the elder could just have easily been targeted toward his administration's duplicity on Iraq. In September 1992 Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Al Gore addressed the Center for International Policy and articulated a comprehensive dissertation on the inconsistencies, fabrications and collaboration between the Ronald Reagan/Bush I administrations and Saddam Hussein."

2002

 * Robin Wright, "U.S. Halts Aid to Iraqi Opposition," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 5, 2002.

1999

 * Jim Mann, "Clinton Puts Iraq Opposition on Ice," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1999.

1995

 * Charles Blackhurst, "Chance and Friendship Led to Discovery of Iraqi Supergun," the Independent, Nov. 8, 1995.
 * Robert Parry, "Iraqgate: Confession and Coverup" Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, May/June, 1995:

1993

 * Neil Lewis, "New Jersey Concern is Tied to Iraq Arms Network," the New York Times, Feb. 15, 1993.
 * Russ Baker,"The Big One That Almost Got Away," the Columbia Journalism Review, March/April, 1993.
 * Dana Priest, "Rumsfeld was told to placate Saddam," Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), December 20, 2003: "Donald Rumsfeld went to Baghdad in March 1984 with instructions to deliver a private message about weapons of mass destruction: that the United States' public criticism of Iraq for using chemical weapons would not derail Washington's attempts to forge a better relationship, according to newly declassified documents."

1992

 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Bush Had Long History of Support Iraq Aid," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 24, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "U.S.Loans Indirectly Financed Iraq Military," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 25, 1992.
 * Norman Kempster and Murray Waas, "Bush Pround of Role in Secret Iraq Aid Policy," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Despite Ban, U.S. Arms Are Sold to Pakistan," Los Angeles Times, March 6, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "U.S. Knew Arms Sales Broke Law, Pell Charges," Los Angeles Times, March 7, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "U.S. Gave Intelligence Information to Iraq Three Months Before Invasion," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1992:
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Abuses in U.S. Aid to Iraqis Ignored: Bush Administration Pushed Trhough $1 Billion More in Assistance Despite Efforts of Kickbakcs and Evidence That Food May Have Been Traded for Arms," Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1992.
 * Norman Kempster and Murray Waas, "U.S. Paying Off Bad Iraqi Loan," Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1992.
 * Dean Baquet, "Documents Charge Iraqis Made Swap: U.S. Food for Arms," New York Times, April 27
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Bush Tied to `86 Bid To Give Iraq Military Advice," Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas,"Bush Officials Defend Prewar Aid to Iraq," Angeles Times'', May 22, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Officials Investigating Whether U.S. Loans Helped Iraq Buy Arms," Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1992.
 * Elaine Sciolino, "U.S. Reports A Stronger Saddam Hussein," New York Times, June 16, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Testimony on Iraq Export List is Contradicted," Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Special Counsel Sought to Probe U.S. Aid to Iraq,"Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Iraq Got U.S. Technology After CIA Warned Baker," Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1992.
 * Elaine Sciolino, "Arming Iraq: The Ohio Connection," New York Times, July 28, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "CIA Told White House of Iraqi Arms Exports," Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Iraqi Used American-Built Plant to Develop A-Arms," Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Kuwait, Saudis Supnplied Iraq With U.S. Arms," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 12, 1992.
 * David Shaw, Iraqgate: Case Study of A Story with Little Impact,", the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 27, 1992:
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Justification of Iraq Aid Found Flawed in 1990," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 20, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "U.S. Eased Way for Iraqi Supergun," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 27, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Jordan Gave Iraq Broad Military Assistance,"  Los Angeles Times, Nov. 9, 1992.
 * Index of Articles, ""U.S. Military Aid to Iraq," Los Angeles Times, 1992-1994.
 * Index of Articles, "U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Iraq," Los Angeles Times.

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