In the year 2013, Michael Moore will release the film entitled, Fahrenheit 911 Revisited - The Aftermath of an Illegal American War

Hussein told Rather that Iraq was permitted to have missiles of a limited range under existing United Nations resolutions. As for weapons of mass destruction, Hussein offered a clear response:

RATHER: Saddam also rejected Bush administration allegations that besides the missile delivery system, he still has weapons of mass destruction.

HUSSEIN: I think America and the world also knows that Iraq no longer has the weapons. And I believe the mobilization that's been done was, in fact, done partly to cover the huge lie that was being waged against Iraq about chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. That is why, when you talk about such missiles, these missiles have been destroyed. There are no missiles that are contrary to the prescription of the United Nations in Iraq. They are no longer there.

Hussein explained that Iraq "was empty, was void of any such weapons," but that his government accepted U.N. resolutions "in order to make the case absolutely clear that Iraq was no longer in possession of any such...weapons." U.S. reporters treated such statements as patently false.

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January 30th, 2008 7:32 pmMore than one million Iraqis dead since 2003 invasion: study
LONDON (AFP) - More than one million Iraqis have died because of the war in Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003, according to a study published Wednesday.
A fifth of Iraqi households lost at least one family member between March 2003 and August 2007 due to the conflict, said data compiled by London-based Opinion Research Business (ORB) and its research partner in Iraq, the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACSS).
The study based its findings on survey work involving the face-to-face questioning of 2,414 Iraqi adults aged 18 or above, and the last complete census in Iraq in 1997, which indicated a total of 4.05 million households.
Respondents were asked how many members of their household, if any, had died as a result of the violence in the country since 2003, and not because of natural causes.

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40% of Baghdad households have lost a family member
Find Out How Some of Them Died:
'Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan'
Thursday March 13 to Sunday March 16
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan
Iraq Veterans Against the War:WINTER SOLDIER FACT SHEET
WHAT: Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan will feature testimony from U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, who will tell the hard truth about what is really happening, day in and day out, in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The four-day event will bring together veterans from across the country to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan - and present video and photographic evidence. In addition, there will be panels of scholars, veterans, journalists, and other specialists to give context to the testimony. These panels will cover everything from the history of the GI resistance movement to the fight for veterans' health benefits and support.
WHEN: Thursday March 13 to Sunday March 16
WHERE: National Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue,
 Silver Spring, MD (just outside of Washington, DC)
WHY: In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

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Thursday March 13th to Sunday March 16th
January 31st, 2008 1:25 pm
Soldier Suicides at Record Level
Increase Linked to Long Wars, Lack of Army Resources
By Dana Priest / Washington Post
Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening. In so doing, the 25-year-old Army reservist joined a record number of soldiers who have committed or tried to commit suicide after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"I'm very disappointed with the Army," Whiteside wrote in a note before swallowing dozens of antidepressants and other pills. "Hopefully this will help other soldiers." She was taken to the emergency room early Tuesday. Whiteside, who is now in stable physical condition, learned yesterday that the charges against her had been dismissed.
Whiteside's personal tragedy is part of an alarming phenomenon in the Army's ranks: Suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980, according to a draft internal study obtained by The Washington Post. Last year, 121 soldiers took their own lives, nearly 20 percent more than in 2006.

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January 31st, 2008 1:29 pm
Fort Carson soldier dies from brain injury
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Fort Carson (Colorado)-based soldier who suffered a brain injury in Baghdad last summer has died at a Maryland hospital.
The Defense Department says 22-year-old Sergeant Mikeal Wayne Miller died Sunday at the National Naval Medical Center.
Pentagon officials say Miller was hurt when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on July 9th.
Miller was a native of Albany, Oregon. He was a member of the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

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January 30th, 2008 5:56 pm
Neenah soldier's death still remains a mystery to family
By Kate McGinty / Post-Crescent
NEENAH, WI — The U.S. Army remains tight-lipped about the November death of a Neenah soldier who was due to be discharged this month.
Sgt. James McDonald, 26, was found dead the morning of Nov. 12 in his barracks at Fort Hood, Texas.
Army officials still are silent about how McDonald, an armor crew member, died.
"That death investigation is still open. To protect the integrity of our investigation, I will not be releasing any details at this time," said Chris Grey, a spokesman for the Army Criminal Investigation Command.
Grey, who said the Criminal Investigation Command investigates all soldiers' deaths regardless of circumstance, declined to say whether he has McDonald's autopsy and toxicology reports.

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January 30th, 2008 5:19 pm
Lawmakers: Authority to use Guard troops in Iraq has expired
By Lisa Rathke / Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Fed up that Washington hasn't done more to end the war, a group of Vermont lawmakers said Tuesday that the president no longer has the authority to use Guard troops in Iraq.
State Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, said the authority to call up Guard members for Iraq duty has expired because that country no longer poses a threat to U.S. national security.
"The mission authorized in 2002 does not exist," said Fisher, who plans to introduce a bill backed by 30 colleagues Wednesday that calls on Gov. Jim Douglas to join the effort. "Unless Congress grants a new authorization, the Vermont Guard should revert back to state control."
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin said the Senate would take up similar legislation.

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