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Prez Iraq team fought to squelch war critics
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Oct 19, 2005 11:57pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Daily News |
| News Date | Thursday, October 20, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It was called the White House Iraq Group and its job was to make the case that Saddam Hussein had nuclear and biochemical weapons.
So determined was the ring of top officials to win its argument that it morphed into a virtual hit squad that took aim at critics who questioned its claims, sources told the Daily News.
One of those critics was ex-Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who debunked a key claim in a speech by President Bush that Iraq sought nuclear materials in Africa. His punishment was the media outing of his wife, CIA spy Valerie Plame, an affair that became a "side show" for the White House Iraq Group, the sources said. |
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