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"Sogobia" |
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11 Jun 2004 07:05:20 PM |
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No wonder Osama wants Bush in the White House. |
Terror report's 'good news' turns bad
Agencies
Friday June 11, 2004
The US state department today retracted a report that claimed terrorist
attacks were on the decline, after it turned out they had actually
increased.
The Bush administration hailed the initial annual assessment as proof of the
success of the war on terror when it was published in April, but officials
have now been forced to concede the revised figures for 2003 will show a
sharp upturn in the number of attacks.
Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, denied the errors were part of
deliberate effort to make the administration look good.
"Nobody has suggested that the war on terrorism has been won," he told
reporters. "The president has made it clear that it is a war that continues
and that we have to redouble our efforts.
"I am very disturbed that there were errors in the report. We're going to
correct it."
The Patterns of Global Terrorism report said terrorist attacks fell to 190
last year, the lowest figure since 1969, from 198 in 2002. It also said the
number of people killed dropped to 307, including 35 US citizens, from 725
in 2002, a total which included 27 Americans.
State department spokesman Richard Boucher said the 2003 figures were likely
to be higher than the report suggested, though the number of deaths may not
exceed the 2002 figures. He explained that the writers of the report
appeared to have made a series of mistakes including failing to count
attacks for the full year and possibly misinterpreting the definition of
such attacks.
One US official, who asked not to be named, told the Reuters news agency
that the report failed to count "international terrorist attacks" after
November 11, 2003.
"The data in the report is incomplete and in some cases incorrect," Mr
Boucher said, admitting his department failed to catch the mistakes. "We got
the wrong data and we didn't check it enough ... That's the simplest
explanation for what happened."
When the report was released, Mr Powell's deputy, Richard Armitage, said it
provided "clear evidence that we are prevailing in the fight" while the
state department's counterterrorism coordinator, Cofer Black, hailed its
"good news".
Mr Boucher said the department learned of the report's errors in the first
week of May and began an investigation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1236520,00.html
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| Title: Re: No wonder Osama wants Bush in the White House. |
12 Jun 2004 02:15:29 AM |
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Terror report's 'good news' turns bad
Agencies
Friday June 11, 2004
The US state department today retracted a report that claimed terrorist
attacks were on the decline, after it turned out they had actually
increased.
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".........No wonder Osama wants Bush in the White House........."
Would that be the same Osama who has repeadedly claimed that he had nothing to do with 9/11.
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The Bush administration hailed the initial annual assessment as proof of the
success of the war on terror when it was published in April, but officials
have now been forced to concede the revised figures for 2003 will show a
sharp upturn in the number of attacks.
Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, denied the errors were part of
deliberate effort to make the administration look good.
"Nobody has suggested that the war on terrorism has been won," he told
reporters. "The president has made it clear that it is a war that continues
and that we have to redouble our efforts.
"I am very disturbed that there were errors in the report. We're going to
correct it."
The Patterns of Global Terrorism report said terrorist attacks fell to 190
last year, the lowest figure since 1969, from 198 in 2002. It also said the
number of people killed dropped to 307, including 35 US citizens, from 725
in 2002, a total which included 27 Americans.
State department spokesman Richard Boucher said the 2003 figures were likely
to be higher than the report suggested, though the number of deaths may not
exceed the 2002 figures. He explained that the writers of the report
appeared to have made a series of mistakes including failing to count
attacks for the full year and possibly misinterpreting the definition of
such attacks.
One US official, who asked not to be named, told the Reuters news agency
that the report failed to count "international terrorist attacks" after
November 11, 2003.
"The data in the report is incomplete and in some cases incorrect," Mr
Boucher said, admitting his department failed to catch the mistakes. "We got
the wrong data and we didn't check it enough ... That's the simplest
explanation for what happened."
When the report was released, Mr Powell's deputy, Richard Armitage, said it
provided "clear evidence that we are prevailing in the fight" while the
state department's counterterrorism coordinator, Cofer Black, hailed its
"good news".
Mr Boucher said the department learned of the report's errors in the first
week of May and began an investigation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1236520,00.html
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| User: "Werner Hetzner" |
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| Title: Re: No wonder Osama wants Bush in the White House. |
11 Jun 2004 09:09:53 PM |
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Sogobia wrote:
Terror report's 'good news' turns bad
Agencies
Friday June 11, 2004
The US state department today retracted a report that claimed terrorist
attacks were on the decline, after it turned out they had actually
increased.
Typical government *****. They'll claim anything they are encouraged to
claim. They'll claim the war on drugs is a success. They'll claim the
War on Poverty is a success. They'll claim SS is a wonderful program.
They'll tell you that Love Canal is now a safe place to be even though
at the cost of hundreds of millions, all the polutants are still there.
http://1marketsquare.com/CapLP/Environment.shtml
They'll claim more taxes are necessary to reform the failures.
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| User: "Dwain" |
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| Title: Re: No wonder Osama wants Bush in the White House. |
12 Jun 2004 09:11:28 AM |
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In article <40CA65F2.1040102@mac.com>, says...
Typical government *****...They'll claim the
War on Poverty is a success.
It is a success. The rich have won every battle and the poor are
defeated and scattered like dry leaves in the wind.
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| User: "Werner Hetzner" |
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12 Jun 2004 10:25:32 AM |
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Dwain wrote:
In article <40CA65F2.1040102@mac.com>, says...
Typical government *****...They'll claim the
War on Poverty is a success.
It is a success. The rich have won every battle and the poor are
defeated and scattered like dry leaves in the wind.
If you want to help the poor, give them your money or give them your
time or give them whatever you think they need. What have you done for
the poorest person closest to you?
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| User: "c-bee1" |
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| Title: Re: No wonder Osama wants Bush in the White House. |
12 Jun 2004 11:32:10 AM |
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"Werner Hetzner" <> wrote in message
news:40CB206E.5050808@mac.com...
Dwain wrote:
In article <40CA65F2.1040102@mac.com>, says...
Typical government *****...They'll claim the
War on Poverty is a success.
It is a success. The rich have won every battle and the poor are
defeated and scattered like dry leaves in the wind.
If you want to help the poor, give them your money or give them your
time or give them whatever you think they need. What have you done for
the poorest person closest to you?
Mote, beam, eye.
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