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50 percent of U.S. thinks Iraq had WMDs |
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by Jennifer Harper World Peace Herald Entered into the database on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 @ 16:33:28 MST |
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U.S. public opinion shift detected Half of Americans now say Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded the country in 2003 -- up from 36 percent last year, a Harris poll finds. Pollsters deemed the increase both "substantial" and "surprising" in light of persistent press reports to the contrary in recent years. The survey did not speculate on what caused the shift in opinion, which supports President Bush's original rationale for going to war. Respondents were questioned in early July after the release of a Defense Department intelligence report that revealed coalition forces recovered 500 aging chemical weapons containing mustard or sarin gas nerve agents in Iraq. "Filled and unfilled pre-Gulf War chemical munitions are assessed to still exist," said Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, during a June 21 press conference detailing the newly declassified information. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, who shared the podium, said, "Iraq was not a WMD-free zone." ____________________________ Read from Looking Glass News Most US young people can't find Iraq on map: study Propaganda: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq McGovern Almost Ejected For Confronting Rumsfeld WMD "Lies" Propaganda and the Fear Factor(y) US Propaganda vs. Iraqi Reality Is Rupert Murdoch the Minister of Propaganda for the Bush Administration? Iraq Propaganda trips over itself Inflated Terrorism - Propaganda Lies Behind the White House's Billion-Dollar Propaganda Push Abu al-Masri and the Pentagon’s Iraqi Propaganda War Bought and paid for lies and propaganda masquerading as news Clumsiness of new "Osama" propaganda: sign of increasing Bush administration desperation Bush’s final propaganda card: the staging of an "Osama" capture Al-Zarqawi Video Is A Pentagon Propaganda Psy-Op |