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Half of U.S. Still Believes Iraq Had WMD
AP news ^ | 08/06/2006 | CHARLES J. HANLEY

Posted on 08/06/2006 10:17:42 AM PDT by cyberdasher

Unable to link directly to AP. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at wikistan.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqiwmds; polls; pollsoniraq; prequel; saddam; wmd
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To: papertyger
The dinosaur media must be prepping to make another drive at how "uninformed" vast segments of the American people are since the advent of "new media."

That would be THEIR customers that are uninformed.

21 posted on 08/06/2006 10:30:49 AM PDT by SouthTexas (It's summer, of course it's hot.)
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To: cyberdasher
Half of U.S. Still Believes Iraq Had WMD

Look at the above headline. Now look at the sentence below that was pulled from the article

Despite this, a Harris Poll released July 21 found that a full 50 percent of U.S. respondents - up from 36 percent last year - said they believe Iraq did have the forbidden arms when U.S. troops invaded in March 2003

How can 50% (HALF) STILL believe if the number who believe has gone UP 14% since last year? A truthful headline would have been "More Americans now believe Iraq had WMD" The rapidly failing media is getting more and more obvious as their desperation to remain relevant reaches critical mass.

22 posted on 08/06/2006 10:31:07 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: Turbopilot

...in the same article where he belittles people who are aware of the fact that we found hundreds of WMDs.
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The left, especially the MSM, will foreever continue to rewrite reality to suit their agenda. It does not matter what is real or important to anyone other than them.


23 posted on 08/06/2006 10:31:16 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: cyberdasher

As far as I know wmd's of various sorts WERE found in Iraq, so why wouldn't 1/2 STILL believe?


24 posted on 08/06/2006 10:32:01 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: cyberdasher

Shouldn't the headline read "Half of U.S. STILL DOESN'T believe Iraq had WMD's?


25 posted on 08/06/2006 10:33:36 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: cyberdasher
Count me in.


26 posted on 08/06/2006 10:34:05 AM PDT by do the dhue (If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Just say 'no' to demorats!)
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To: cyberdasher
With as many reports about the WMD that were found (BBC World News repeatedly), the miracle is that half of the U.S. doesn't believe that WMDs were found.
27 posted on 08/06/2006 10:36:02 AM PDT by Triggerhippie (Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.)
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To: cyberdasher

28 posted on 08/06/2006 10:36:24 AM PDT by woofie
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To: cyberdasher
Some fancy footwork by Charles Hanley:
29 posted on 08/06/2006 10:41:26 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Turbopilot
Am I the only person who remembers the (one) news story about chemicals found in the Euphrates River when our troops took Baghdad?
30 posted on 08/06/2006 10:45:32 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: papertyger

That's funny,because there was a Pew poll just released that showed that listeners of Rush and other talk radio(conservative) were found to be more informed than other Americans.


31 posted on 08/06/2006 10:46:28 AM PDT by mrsmel (Men possess talent. Genius possesses men. Chocolate cravings possess women.)
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To: cyberdasher

UN inspectors: Saddam shipped out WMD before war and after

WorldTribune.com ^ | 6/11/04


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151984/posts


32 posted on 08/06/2006 10:49:28 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: cyberdasher

I think Iran and its proven nuclear weapons program are opening peoples' eyes about what Iraq was capable of. North Korea, too. It's a dangerous world out there, and DESPITE the AP, people are getting a clue about it.


33 posted on 08/06/2006 10:55:23 AM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: cyberdasher
you can't prove a negative, can't prove there weren't any WMDs. I think these Americans who "still" believe just have some common sense. They know who Saddam is, they know he had ambitions to be "The Land Of Jihad".

I think the White House caved on this issue when they didn't have to.

34 posted on 08/06/2006 10:58:04 AM PDT by dangerfield
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To: mrsmel

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1675826/posts


35 posted on 08/06/2006 10:58:50 AM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: Ditter
"Am I the only person who remembers the (one) news story about chemicals found in the Euphrates River when our troops took Baghdad? "

No you are not. Both the Tigris and Euphrates tested positive on the first days of the war.

36 posted on 08/06/2006 10:59:09 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (Teddy is all wet.)
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To: cyberdasher

And yet 55%, according to a poll this past week, think our going into Iraq was a mistake. I think most Americans are morons.


37 posted on 08/06/2006 11:19:54 AM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: HitmanLV

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1678389/posts


38 posted on 08/06/2006 11:21:49 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Mr. Brightside
Remember, you can't spell "crap" or "appeasement" without "AP".
39 posted on 08/06/2006 11:22:17 AM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: Wolverine

Thank you:)


40 posted on 08/06/2006 11:23:25 AM PDT by mrsmel (Men possess talent. Genius possesses men. Chocolate cravings possess women.)
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