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To: GST who wrote (108831)	7/30/2003 10:40:53 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I see you are learning how to "manage truth" by selective quotation: Wolfowitz: Iraq Weapons Not a Priority Tue Jul 22, 3:13 AM ET By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN - Finding the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that President Bush (news - web sites) cited as his main justification for going to war is now a secondary issue, says Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. In an interview Monday night aboard an Air Force jet en route to Washington following a five-day tour of Iraq (news - web sites), Wolfowitz said the task of settling the weapons question is in the hands of U.S. intelligence agencies. "I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction," Wolfowitz told a group of reporters traveling with him. "I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet. I didn't come (to Iraq) on a search for weapons of mass destruction." He also asserted that Iraqis themselves have little concern about the weapons issue. "If you could get in a relaxed conversation with Iraqis on that subject they'd say why on earth are you Americans fussing so much about this historical issue when we have real problems here, when Baathists are killing us and Baathists are threatening us and we don't have electricity and we don't have jobs. Those are the real issues. "I'm not saying that getting to the bottom of this WMD issue isn't important. It is important. But it is not of immediate consequence." ..... story.news.yahoo.com