Justice Dept's stats on terrorism prosecutions are largely lies| CLICK HEADLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
The lie:
US DoJ statistics showed a huge jump in terrorism-related prosecutions after Sept. 11, 2001. But three of every four cases listed as 'terrorism-related' were bogus. And the exagerated reports haven't stopped. |
The liars:
US Department of Justice
John Ashcroft, US Attorney General
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Promise to investigate war bombing
of Baghdad market was a lie| CLICK HEADLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
The lie:
"The air component in this case is completing his review. We think that will be complete within the next day or so. And as soon as ... the review is completed, we'll make that available."
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The liars:
Major General Victor Renuart,
of Central Command
Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, Deputy Director of Operations for Central Command
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Rice and Rumsfeld lied about occupied Germany
to make occupied Iraq seem less a quagmire| CLICK HEADLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
The lie:
"SS officers — called 'werewolves' — engaged in sabotage and attacked both coalition forces and those locals cooperating with them — much like today's Baathist and Fedayeen remnants."
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The liars:
Condoleezza Rice,
US National Security Adviser
Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense
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US officials are lying about
suicide attempts at Guantanamo prison| CLICK HEADLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
The lie:
Usually, when something happens over and over again, the total number of times it's happened increases. But with suicide attempts by prisoners at Guantanamo, the total just sits there at 30, then somehow decreases a little, and then bounces back where it was a year ago — even as we're told that most of the suicide attempts occurred this year.
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The liars:
Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Johnson, a spokesman for the Camp Delta prison
Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Burfeind, a Pentagon spokeswoman
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US official said it was "patently false"
but US forces did use napalm in Iraq| CLICK HEADLINE FOR MORE INFORMATION |
The lie:
"Your story claiming US forces are using napalm in Iraq, is patently false. The US took napalm out of service in the early 1970s. We completed destruction of our last batch of napalm on April 4, 2001, and no longer maintain any stocks of napalm."
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The liars:
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff A. Davis,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
Air Force website, at www.af.mil
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