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09-28-2005, 04:51 PM
Rumsfeld "Goes Massive"
On 9/11/01, barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraqeven though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks.
On 9/11, according to CBS correspondent David Martin (9/5/02), "Rumsfeld ordered the military to begin working on strike plans (against Iraq). And at 2:40 p.m., the notes quote Rumsfeld as saying he wanted 'best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H.'meaning Saddam Hussein'at same time. Not only UBL'the initials used to identify Osama bin Laden.
"'Go massive,' the notes quote him as saying. 'Sweep it all up. Things related and not.' Now, nearly one year later, there is still no evidence Iraq was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. But if these notes are accurate, that didn't matter to Rumsfeld."
In an August 11, 2002, New York Times article, the sinister Rumsfeld stated with callousness, "Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if Iraq were similar to Afghanistan, if a bad regime was thrown out, people were liberated, food could come in, borders could be opened, repression could stop, prisons could be opened? I mean, wouldn't it be fabulous?"
Rumsfeld, a long-time supporter of the Iraqi National Congress, as Middle East envoy during the Reagan presidency was also directly responsible for the arming of Saddam Hussein. Journalist Jeremy Scahill reported that "in 1984, Donald Rumsfeld was in a position to draw the world's attention to Saddam's chemical threat. He was in Baghdad as the UN concluded that chemical weapons had been used against Iran. He was armed with a fresh communication from the State Department that it had available evidence Iraq was using chemical weapons. But Rumsfeld said nothing."
On 9/11/01, barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraqeven though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks.
On 9/11, according to CBS correspondent David Martin (9/5/02), "Rumsfeld ordered the military to begin working on strike plans (against Iraq). And at 2:40 p.m., the notes quote Rumsfeld as saying he wanted 'best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H.'meaning Saddam Hussein'at same time. Not only UBL'the initials used to identify Osama bin Laden.
"'Go massive,' the notes quote him as saying. 'Sweep it all up. Things related and not.' Now, nearly one year later, there is still no evidence Iraq was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. But if these notes are accurate, that didn't matter to Rumsfeld."
In an August 11, 2002, New York Times article, the sinister Rumsfeld stated with callousness, "Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if Iraq were similar to Afghanistan, if a bad regime was thrown out, people were liberated, food could come in, borders could be opened, repression could stop, prisons could be opened? I mean, wouldn't it be fabulous?"
Rumsfeld, a long-time supporter of the Iraqi National Congress, as Middle East envoy during the Reagan presidency was also directly responsible for the arming of Saddam Hussein. Journalist Jeremy Scahill reported that "in 1984, Donald Rumsfeld was in a position to draw the world's attention to Saddam's chemical threat. He was in Baghdad as the UN concluded that chemical weapons had been used against Iran. He was armed with a fresh communication from the State Department that it had available evidence Iraq was using chemical weapons. But Rumsfeld said nothing."