[Mb-civic] Iraqi Prime Minister Parrots Bush Talking Points

[The Daily Mislead]

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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 Fullujah 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,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=57885.
2. "Mission Still Not Accomplished," Time Magazine, 9/20/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=57886.
3. "Iraq: A Quantitative Assessment," Brookings Institution, 9/17/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=57887.
4. "Green Zone is 'no longer totally secure'," Financial Times, 9/15/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=57894.
5. "Iraq Power Grid Shows U.S. Flaws," Los Angeles Times, 9/12/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=57889.
6. "Bush puts Iraqi leader forward," International Herald Tribune, 9/22/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1136375&l=57890.


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