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WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan denied that the White House had a role in keeping a gruesome video of atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein's regime from the media. When asked by Talon News on Thursday to explain the virtual news blackout of the horrific images of Iraqis being beheaded, tongues being cut out, and fingers being chopped off, McClellan said that he'd "leave it to the media to address those issues." McClellan pointed out that Saddam Hussein has a long history of brutal crimes against his own people and his neighbors. "It is important to...

Foreign Affairs NewsSource: New York TimesPublished: 1/22/01 Author: STEVEN LEE MYERS and ERIC SCHMITTPosted on 01/22/2001 06:17:09 PST by Antiwar Republican Iraq Rebuilt Weapons Factories, Officials Say By STEVEN LEE MYERS and ERIC SCHMITT Agence France-Presse Allied jets still patrol zones in Iraq, striking if fired on. Iraqis cleared debris near the Saudi border on Sunday. Related Articles• No Honeymoon Likely for New President's Foreign Policy Team (Jan. 20, 2001) • Iraq Is Focal Point as Bush Meets With Joint Chiefs (Jan. 11, 2001) • From His New Perch, Powell Scans the World (Jan. 3, 2001)• A Higher Threshold for...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Putting Words in the President's MouthNotra TrulockThursday, Nov. 6, 2003 Congressional Democrats and their friends in the media continue to distort President Bush’s case for war on Iraq. The controversy that erupted over the president’s reference to Iraq’s quest for uranium is one example of how his opponents have misrepresented what the president has actually said. Recall that in his State of the Union address, the president said the British told us that Iraq had been seeking to purchase uranium in Africa. A British parliamentary investigation recently validated that conclusion. David Kay’s interim report on the search...