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A Daily Chronicle of Bush Administration Distortion September 23, 2004

     

Iraqi Prime Minister Parrots Dishonest Bush Talking Points



Today, speaking before a joint session of Congress, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi parroted the Bush administration's talking points: "We are succeeding in Iraq."1 The facts on the ground, however, suggest otherwise.

Over the last year the number of insurgents in Iraq has quadrupled.2 Attacks on U.S. troops are up 100% since last winter.3 Major Iraqi cities such as Fallujah have become havens for insurgents and are completely inaccessible to U.S. troops.4 Security situations have stalled reconstruction - Iraq still has less electricity than they did before the war.5 Even some Bush administration officials have acknowledged that elections planned for January may have to be delayed.6

Sources:
  1. "Allawi Says Elections Will Happen as Scheduled," Washington Post, 9/23/04.
  2. "Mission Still Not Accomplished," Time Magazine, 9/20/04.
  3. "Iraq: A Quantitative Assessment," Brookings Institution, 9/17/04.
  4. "Green Zone is 'no longer totally secure'," Financial Times, 9/15/04.
  5. "Iraq Power Grid Shows U.S. Flaws," Los Angeles Times, 9/12/04.
  6. "Bush puts Iraqi leader forward," International Herald Tribune, 9/22/04.



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