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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (638668)	10/5/2004 5:34:33 PM
From: SeachRE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>Use of Iraq Oil Revenues<< Now we are talking substance...money makes the world go 'round...

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (638668)	10/5/2004 5:37:38 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Professor Sues U.S. for Coffin Photos Tue Oct 5,12:18 AM ET WASHINGTON - A journalism professor sued the government Monday to force the Defense Department to release pictures of flag-draped coffins of soldiers arriving in the United States from wars overseas. Ralph Begleiter, a professor at the University of Delaware and a former world affairs correspondent for CNN, filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act for the release of government photos and video of coffins arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The Pentagon (news - web sites) has refused to release those photos, saying it has begun enforcing a policy installed in 1991 intended to respect the privacy of the families of the dead soldiers. Critics counter the government is trying to hide the human cost of the war from the public. "They're public records," Begleiter's attorney, Daniel Mach, said in a telephone interview. "This is about the public's right to know the implications of U.S. foreign policy and to assess the price of war." Begleiter's lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, lists the Defense Department and the Air Force as defendants. A Pentagon spokeswoman declined comment on the lawsuit. Last April, the Air Force released scores of photos taken at Dover in response to a FOIA request. The pictures includes shots of the some of the coffins of the astronauts who died last year on the space shuttle Columbia. The Pentagon later called that release a mistake. Begleiter filed a FOIA request and the Pentagon has acknowledged receiving it but has not responded further, Mach said. The lack of response enables Begleiter to sue, he said. ___

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (638668)	10/5/2004 5:40:16 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Failure to release the information, said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., would appear hypocritical and arrogant, and "reinforce the image that our primary goal (in Iraq) was to seize control of the oil." In view of the fact a simple audit of revenue from oil produced in Iraq vs the billions America is spending would show any fool who suggests, "that our primary goal (in Iraq) was to seize control of the oil" is an idiot. The "Panel to Probe Use of Iraq Oil Revenues" is just one more partisan bullshit and wastes of time and money. The oil for food scandal shows saddam corrupting the UN and that the real reason Ameirca was not supported is because of the corruption of France, Germany and Russia. Just one more reason PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH was correct in kicking saddam ass into a spider hole.