State Dept. lied about terrorism figures to make shrub look good..

No2W2004

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Thu Jun-10-04 10:57 PM
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State Dept. lied about terrorism figures to make shrub look good..

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=718&e=2&u=/ap/20040611/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/powell_terror_report

WASHINGTON - The State Department acknowledged Thursday it was wrong in reporting terrorism declined worldwide last year, a finding used to boost one of President Bush's chief foreign policy claims � success in countering terror.

Instead, both the number of incidents and the toll in victims increased sharply, the department said. Statements by senior administration officials claiming success were based "on the facts as we had them at the time. The facts that we had were wrong," department spokesman Richard Boucher said.

Another thing to remember when Shrub claims he's winning the war on terra.

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whistle

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Thu Jun-10-04 11:04 PM
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1. dupe, can we keep these together?

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jun-11-04 12:53 AM
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2. "The facts that we had were wrong"

"" quotes were missing around the facts, lol

The State Dept were fooled? If they were fooled and this is not the first time, then no wonder the publics view this Administration cannot be trusted.

65% feel the Bush is heading for the bushes.

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