Reply #31: The 2-3 weeks leading up to October 29, 2001

[The Spirit of JFK]

Comments from the Pentagon leaking out that the Taliban are tougher than suspected.


http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/international/asia/28STRA.html?pagewanted=all


This was the time when all the Anthrax stuff was happening.

The FBI and CIA suspect domestic extremists in the Antrax attacks. No ties to Al Queda seen. The administration HAD been pointing at Iraq and the press was eating it up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56527-2001Oct26.html

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/WTC_Investigation.html


http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A59509-2001Oct26¬Found=true


The US using torure on terror suspects rears it's ugly head.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27748-2001Oct20.html



Stars and Stripes reports that half of the soldiers (in Iraq) questioned described their unit's morale as low and their training as insufficient, and said they do not plan to reenlist. Pentagon claims the "libera media" (Stars and Stripes? Washington Post?) doesn't report on the postive things (like opening schools!).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32521-2003Oct15.html

And THIS lovely quote from Washington congressmen George Nethercutt

"The story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day.”

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/143771_nethercutt14.html (Note: I added this just because I saw it and I thought it was assenine enough to be posted)

And some fake letters of spport (for being in Iraq) sent by a commander in Iraq made it into USA today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-14-letters-usat_x.htm

An ABC/Post poll has that at Bush 46%, Dem Nominee 47%. The Newsweek poll has him at 44% re-elect.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data101403.html

And

http://www.msnbc.com/news/978672.asp

Memebers of the adminstration start to question Bush's control over his Iraq policy because he can't control Cheney and his cabinet. Lot's on in-fighting...lot's of disarray.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17479-2003Oct12.html

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/195vxqyk.asp

The Plame scandal gets covered by the Washingon Post...probably the fist major newpaper to investigate it. (there is some great tidbits in the article, by the way)