BUSH KNOWINGLY USED TORTURE-INDUCED LIES TO JUSTIFY WAR!

Key dates and facts:

In February 2002 Bush received a Defense Intelligence Agency briefing informing him that the torture-induced admission of Ibn al-Shaykh which supposedly established a link between Iraq and al Qaida was "intentionally misleading":

"This is the first report from Ibn al-Shaykh in which he claims Iraq assisted al-Qaida CBRN (i.e., Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear) efforts. However, he lacks specific details on the Iraqis involved, the CBRN materials associated with the assistance, and the location where training occurred. It is possible he does not know any further details; it is more likely this individual is intentionally misleading the debriefers. Ibn al-Shaykh has been undergoing debriefs for several weeks and may be describing scenarios to the debriefers that he knows will retain their interest."

See the document: <http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/supporting/2005/DIAletter.102605.pdf>

In July 2002 the Downing Street Memo confirms that Bush was manipulating intelligence to justify the war in Iraq:

"Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

See the document: <http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/docs/memotext.pdf>

In October 2002 Bush gave a major pre-war speech in Cincinnati where he told America and the world that war against Iraq was justified because a high level al Qaeda leader (al-Libi) told us "that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases" despite the fact that Bush knew that al-Libi's torture-induced statements were "intentionally misleading":

"We know that Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back a decade. Some al Qaeda leaders who fled Afghanistan went to Iraq. These include one very senior al Qaeda leader who received medical treatment in Baghdad this year, and who has been associated with planning for chemical and biological attacks. We've learned that Iraq has trained al Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases."

See the document: <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021007-8.html>

In February 2003 Bush twice repeated this lie:

See the documents: <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030208.html>, <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030206-17.html>

In March 2003 America invaded Iraq resulting in tens of thousands of innocent civilian casualties in addition to well over 2000 US military deaths.

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