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To: Rick Faurot who wrote (36613)	1/30/2004 2:00:00 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Been to your local library lately? Since I typically arrive at my library with my Amazon parrot perched on my shoulder, I'm already suspect. After all, pirates are terrorists, n'est pas? Whar's me eyepatch? lurqer

To: Rick Faurot who wrote (36613)	1/30/2004 7:01:09 PM
From: Rick Faurot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

CLAIM vs. FACT: Bush Rationale for Invasion CLAIM: "We gave [Saddam] a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore we decided to remove him from power." - George W. Bush, 7/14/03 [Source] CLAIM: “[Iraq] did not let us in.” - George W. Bush, 1/27/04 [Source] CLAIM: “If in fact [Saddam] didn't have them, why on earth didn't he let the U.N. inspectors in and avoid the war?” - Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Pat Roberts, 1/25/04 FACT: According to the U.S. State Department, U.N. weapons inspectors entered Iraq on November 27th, 2002. These inspectors only left when the invasion began, and were then barred from returning by the Bush Administration after the war. - State Department, 11/25/02; CBS News, 3/18/03; Sydney Morning Herald, 4/24/03 commondreams.org