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Some administration officials expressing misgivings on Iraq
(Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay, Knight-Rider Tribune News, October 8, 2002)
While President Bush marshals congressional and international support for invading Iraq, a growing number of military officers, intelligence professionals and diplomats in his own government privately have deep misgivings about the administration's double-time march toward war. . . . These officials charge that administration hawks have exaggerated evidence of the threat that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein poses -- including distorting his links to the al-Qaida terrorist network -- have overstated the amount of international support for attacking Iraq and have downplayed the potential repercussions of a new war in the Middle East. . . . "Analysts at the working level in the intelligence community are feeling very strong pressure from the Pentagon to cook the intelligence books," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. A dozen other officials echoed his views in interviews. No one who was interviewed disagreed. . . . In fact, the officials said, there's no ironclad evidence that the Iraqi regime and the terrorist network are working together or that Saddam has ever contemplated giving chemical or biological weapons to al-Qaida, with whom he has deep ideological differences. . . . None of the dissenting officials, who work in a number of different agencies, would agree to speak publicly, out of fear of retribution. . . . they say, the U.S. government has no dramatic new knowledge about the Iraqi leader that justifies Bush's urgent call to arms.

[NOTE: Sweden is now offering asylum and financial assistance to U.S. officials (and their families) who are willing to expose the Big Lie that the Bush-Cheney junta is forcing down the throats of the American public. See Sweden offers free speech refuge to U.S. officials for details.]

posted by LoZo 10:02 AM