Insight On The News: WMD's have been found in Iraq.

Insight On The News has a bombshell of a story in their latest issue:

New evidence out of Iraq suggests that the U.S. effort to track down Saddam Hussein's missing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is having better success than is being reported. Key assertions by the intelligence community that were widely judged in the media and by critics of President George W. Bush as having been false are turning out to have been true after all. But this stunning news has received little attention from the major media, and the president's critics continue to insist that "no weapons" have been found.

In virtually every case - chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missiles - the United States has found the weapons and the programs that the Iraqi dictator successfully concealed for 12 years from U.N. weapons inspectors. . . . [READ MORE]

Fairly substantial investigation, and worth reading in full.

Related link

• Case Not Closed: Iraq’s WMD Stockpiles, by Victor Davis Hanson. AmericanThinker.Com.

Dungeons & Dragons turns 30!

BBC News celebrates the thirtieth birthday of Dungeons and Dragons:

In the age of the iPod, mp3s, DVDs and online videogames, it is perhaps remarkable that a game based purely on pen, paper and dice remains so popular. . . .

Friends of Saddam

Relevant to an earlier post regarding the U.N., Stephen of the peculiar Politburo Diktat has started a new blog to "to document, in one place, all that I can find about the UN Oil for Food scandal, Saddam's global friends, and (eventually) Saddam's own crimes."

Starting with al-Mada's list of 270 bribees in late January, this story has been slowly building steam. Safire called it the "scandal without any friends." Now, Paul Volcker will head a UN investigation and the US Congress has started one too. This blog will follow those investigations and other reports.

It's about time!

A True American Hero

In my opinion every U.S. soldier killed in the line of duty in the War on Terror is a hero -- here is one that deserves special mention. ABC News reports that U.S. Army Ranger and Ex-NFL Player Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan.

A former member of the Arizona Cardinals, Tillman, along with his brother Kevin, enrolled with the U.S. Army Rangers a year after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

According to a Pentagon source, Tillman was killed in action when his unit's patrol was attacked by small arms and mortar fire during a coordinated ambush in eastern Afghanistan. . . .

Tillman, an unrestricted free agent, traded a $3.6 million, three-year contract with the Cardinals for military service. He made the decision after returning from his honeymoon with his wife, Marie, in May 2002.

Grant them eternal rest, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon them.

bleargh.

Man, I'm stuck at home with a cold and bedridden. It's too bad NYCTOGO.com hasn't expanded into Queens . . . I'd have my breakfast-of-choice (large coffee and sausage, egg and cheese on a roll) delivered right about now from a neighborhood deli. Manhattanites have it so good.

U.S. News on the Oil-For-Food Scandal

U.S. News provides further details on the oil-for-food scandal implicating not only the United Nations, but France and Russia as well:

The prospects of the United Nations taking over the transition in Iraq may now be fatally compromised. The world body is caught up in a welter of allegations and evidence suggesting strongly that a noble effort of humanitarian assistance was tainted by greed, bribery, and the most venal kind of power politics. The U.N. was supposed to oversee the oil-for-food program that allowed Saddam Hussein to sell oil and use the proceeds to buy essential food and medicine for the Iraqi people. At least $10 billion, evidently, went into the pockets of political operators.

It is a tribute to the new American-installed democracy in Iraq that an Iraqi newspaper has been in the forefront of exposing the racket and naming the 270 international power brokers who seem to have had their hands in the till. Here's how the scam allegedly worked: Saddam sold oil to his friends and allies around the world at deep discounts. The buyers resold the oil at huge profits. Saddam then got kickbacks of 10 percent from both the oil traders and the suppliers of humanitarian goods. Iraqi bean counters, fortunately, kept meticulous records.

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Kinda makes one think twice about endorsing "unilateral action" in Iraq.

U.S. Marines request donations to win the media war in Iraq!

It's kind of sad when the U.S. mainstream media coverage isn't enough -- or isn't fair enough -- such that the United States Marines has to raise money for an Iraqi television station to convey fair and balanced news of what's happening in Iraq:

US Marines seek to equip seven (7) television stations serving local communities within Al Anbar Province, Iraq. The Province includes the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. These stations will offer information that is more accurate and balanced than existing alternatives. The goal is to improve understanding between Americans and Iraqis, build trust and reduce tensions.

Current TV news in Iraq often carries negative, highly-biased accounts of the U.S. presence. Unanswered, its effect is to stoke resentment and encourage conflict. The Marines seek to ensure the Iraqi people have access to better, more balanced information. By equipping local television stations and providing the ability to generate news and programming, the Marines will create a viable news alternative - one owned and operated by local Iraqi citizens. . . . READ MORE.

Where is CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox News?

(This is a Spirit of America campaign -- click here for other requests by the U.S. military involved in the rebuilding of Iraq and Afghanistan).

The Onion takes campaign mudslinging to a new level . . .

A controversial 30-second TV spot for Kerry that aired throughout the Midwest Monday blamed the country's ills not on Bush's policies, but on the "sheer stupidity" of America's voters.

"In the past four years, America's national debt has reached an all-time high," the ad's narrator said. "And who's responsible? You are. You're sitting there eating a big bowl of Fritos, watching TV, and getting fatter as the country goes to hell. You ought to be ashamed of yourself."

New Negative Campaign Ads Blast Voters Directly