State Dept. Sets Up Site To Publish Material For DU To Argue About

http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Sep/13-527977.html
U.S. Forces Not Using Chemical Weapons in Tall Afar, Iraq
Terrorist leader Zarqawi makes false claim
On September 11, 2005, Abu-Mus’ab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, falsely accused U.S. forces of using “poisonous gases” in a battle in the Iraqi city of Tall Afar. Zarqawi’s false accusation has been widely reported in world media.

http://usinfo.state.gov/media/Archive/2005/Jan/24-107572.html
False Allegations Regarding Depleted Uranium
Rumors of adverse health effects proved inaccurate

There is a great deal of misinformation and unwarranted fears about depleted uranium (DU), which U.S. armed forces use in several types of ammunition to take advantage of its unsurpassed ability to penetrate armored vehicles.

Depleted uranium is a derivative of natural uranium, a very common element in our environment. Many people don't realize that our environment contains small amounts of natural uranium, which we breathe, eat, and drink every day.

Extremist groups, such as splinter communist parties, often publish disinformation. This can be especially difficult to identify if the false allegations are published by front groups. Front groups purport to be independent, non-partisan organizations but actually controlled by political parties or groups. Some examples of front groups are:

* The International Action Center, which is a front group for a splinter communist party called the Workers World Party

* The Free Arab Voice, a website that serves as a front for Arab communist Muhammad Abu Nasr and his colleagues.

CD: I know you can't name names, but are there any government agencies in particular that you can single out as being more corrupt or more involved with the substance of your allegations?

SE: The Department of State.

CD: What, the most corrupt?

SE: The Department of State is easily the most corrupted of the major government agencies.

"On March 9, 2005, the Saudi newspaper Al-Medina reported allegations that Saddam Hussein's capture had been faked. The allegations were made by Nadim Abou Rabeh, who was identified as an ex-U.S. soldier who had personally taken part in the capture of Saddam. Mr. Nadim made the following allegations, some of which have been repeated in other media:

* Saddam was captured on December 12, 2003, not December 13, as reported.
* Saddam was not found in a "spider hole," but in a house.
* Saddam resisted heroically, firing more than 20 shots at his captors.
* A U.S. military film crew staged the "spider hole" capture story.
* A U.S. soldier of Sudanese origin was killed in the operation.

The allegations are a total fabrication. The facts are as follows:

o Two U.S. soldiers were killed on December 12, 2003: Private First Class Jeffrey Braun and Sergeant Jarrod Black. Neither has a Sudanese-sounding name. These facts can be verified at the Web site http://icasualties.org/oif/BY_DOD.aspx, which lists all U.S. forces killed in Iraq."
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