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   From: OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com   
      
   On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:41:02 -0000, "oO"    
    mysteriously appeared thru the usenet mist to inform us thus...   
      
   >The Lies of Colin Powell   
   >A Tale of Two Generals   
   >By ELI STEPHENS   
   >   
   >There are still a remarkable number of people who maintain illusions in Gen.   
   >Colin Powell, and believe he was really a "good guy" who tried his best to   
   >moderate the evil nature of the Bush administration but failed. As part of   
   >that, they actually give credence to Powell's recent "mea a little bit   
   >culpa" speech in which Powell asserted that his February, 2003 speech to the   
   >U.N. was now "painful" for him and a permanent "blot" on his record. Of   
   >course he hid behind the claim of having "been misled about the accuracy of   
   >the intelligence on which he relied" and didn't take any actual   
   >responsibility for what he said. This despite the fact that reports at the   
   >time (June, 2003) had Powell saying "I'm not reading this. This is   
   >bullshit," and removing "dozens of pages" of alleged evidence.   
   >   
   >Supporters of Powell like to claim that Powell was just being a "good   
   >soldier," but, with apologies to German readers, the proper colloquial term   
   >for Powell's behavior is that of a "good German." A "good soldier" not only   
   >doesn't have to obey illegal orders, it is is obligation to disobey them.   
   >From Powell's role in covering up the My Lai massacre, to his speech at the   
   >U.N. which even he recognized was filled with "bullshit," Powell has acted   
   >to promote illegal actions; in the latter case, he played a key role in   
   >moving American "establishment" opinion to support the illegal invasion of   
   >Iraq, and the subsequent deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis and   
   >Americans. Of particular interest are statements like these which Powell   
   >made in his U.N. presentation:   
   >   
   >  "My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources,   
   >solid sources. These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and   
   >conclusions based on solid intelligence."   
   >   
   >Such a statement takes on even more significance given today's revelation   
   >that reports as early as February, 2002 had indicated that key portions of   
   >the "intelligence" presented by Powell were sourced to a "likely   
   >fabricator."   
   >   
   >Colin Powell is a free man and not only welcomed, but honored by "polite   
   >society." A war crimes trial for his role in selling an illegal war doesn't   
   >seem to be on the horizon. Meanwhile, another General, Iraqi Gen. Amer   
   >al-Saadi, sits in solitary confinement in a prison in Iraq, where he has   
   >been for the last 2 1/2 years. As with most prisoners held by the Americans,   
   >he has neither been convicted, tried, or even charged with any crime. Gen.   
   >al-Saadi, you'll remember, was the Iraqi liason to the weapons inspectors,   
   >the voice of Iraq when Iraq denied having any weapons of mass destruction or   
   >WMD programs. And just what was Gen. al-Saadi's crime? For all intents and   
   >purposes, it was speaking the truth to Powell's lies:   
   >   
   >  "'I have always told the truth about these old programs,' Saddam Hussein's   
   >top scientific adviser said in an interview with German TV last April   
   >[2003]. 'The future will show it.' After surrendering to U.S. forces on   
   >April 12 [2003], al-Saadi was jailed, interrogated by the CIA and declared a   
   >prisoner of war. But his line on WMD never changed, and now -" following   
   >declarations by former weapons inspector David Kay "- it seems that al-Saadi   
   >was indeed telling the truth. 'I'm still vegetating in solitude,' [i.e.,   
   >solitary confinement] al-Saadi wrote to his wife last month [January, 2004].   
   >'[I feel] degraded.'   
   >   
   >And although there was talk this June about the possibility of freeing   
   >al-Saadi (and other Iraqi scientists), it appears it was just talk. Although   
   >the 2004 election has come and gone, and the Duelfer report has long since   
   >proven that al-Saadi was telling the truth to the world, his freedom, and   
   >ability to speak would still be an embarassment to the U.S., and that   
   >outweighs a man's right to freedom in this "might makes right" world.   
   >The intimate connection between Powell and al-Saadi is part of why al-Saadi   
   >is still being imprisoned and silenced. In his U.N. speech, Powell said:   
   >   
   >  "It was Gen. Saadi who last fall publicly pledged that Iraq was prepared   
   >to cooperate unconditionally with inspectors. Quite the contrary, Saadi's   
   >job is not to cooperate, it is to deceive; not to disarm, but to undermine   
   >the inspectors; not to support them, but to frustrate them and to make sure   
   >they learn nothing."   
   >   
   >Al-Saadi shot back at Powell's slander:   
   >   
   >  "Al-Saadi described the report as 'unworthy of a superpower,' and singled   
   >out Powell's charges point by point as being fabrications.   
   >   
   >  "In particular, he derided Powell's assertions that Iraq attempts to hide   
   >secret information by keeping it moving in vehicles driven around the   
   >country.   
   >   
   >  "'All of that is fiction,' he said. 'It is simply not true.'   
   >   
   >  "Saadi described Powell's approach as a 'a deliberate attempt to undermine   
   >the credibility and professionalism of the inspection bodies by making   
   >allegations which directly contradict their assessments or cast doubt on   
   >their credibility.'"   
   >   
   >History has proven that every word al-Saadi spoke was true, and every   
   >accusation made by Colin Powell ("We know that Iraq has at least seven of   
   >these mobile biological agent factories...There can be no doubt that Saddam   
   >Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more,   
   >many more...Saddam Hussein has chemical weapons.") was false. And still   
   >Al-Saadi rots in prison. At least we think so. As a reflection of both the   
   >way the U.S. government conceals information about the people it is holding,   
   >and the lack of curiousity on the part of the media, it's interesting to   
   >consider what we know about the status of al-Saadi's imprisonment. Newsweek   
   >actually ran a story in June with a picture captioned "Was el-Saadi [sic]   
   >released?", and reported that "Former U.N. inspector David Albright said   
   >he'd recently heard credible reports that al-Saadi...might have been freed   
   >from custody," while in this exchange which took place in the British House   
   >of Parliament in February, it is asserted rather specifically that Dr.   
   >Al-Saadi "was released by the US on 18 January 2005." Yet the Newsweek   
   >article also reports that a "State Department official...denied al-Saadi had   
   >been freed from custody," while in July, 2005 (i.e., well after January),   
   >Dr. Rod Barton, an Australian scientist who was a key deputy to Dr. Charles   
   >Duelfer, made a strong plea for the release of Dr. al-Saadi, which would   
   >certainly indicate that someone in a position to know still believed him to   
   >be held. Given all this, and the fact that if Gen. al-Saadi had been   
      
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