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The Downing Street Memo :: The most undereported story in years:
To those who troll the globes various papers and blogs none of this stuff is new, per se. But for those making the case that America has really become more odacious in its global criminal activities, the evidence has never been more succinct.

Excerpt: "The Defence Secretary said that the US had already begun 'spikes of activity' to put pressure on the regime. No decisions had been taken, but he thought the most likely timing in US minds for military action to begin was January, with the timeline beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections.
The Foreign Secretary said he would discuss this with Colin Powell this week. It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force."

Read the whole thing and then wonder how free is that freedom must be shielded from the truth by this ever-sickening, ever-thickening veil of propaganda.