We're ALL WORSE OFF NOW, thanks to BUSH.

[LynnTheDem]

Iraqis;

Iraq Worse Off Than When Saddam Was in Power
http://democracyrising.us/content/view/144/151/

Blix: Iraq Worse Off Now Than With Saddam
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0406-01.htm

“Better off under Saddam”- The Iraqis admit
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_id=9804

A woman's place is in the struggle: Iraqi women worse off under US-led Occupation
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/619/619p8b.htm

Iraqis: Worse Off Than Before the War?
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/008868.html

Dean: Iraqi standard of living worse now
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-01-25-dean-iraq-today_x.htm

War left Iraqis worse off, says Short
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1178376,00.html

Iraq: The situation is worse than ever; Amnesty International
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE140582004

"Our Lives Are Worse Now"
http://www.awakenedwoman.com/marshall_yanar.htm

child malnutrition rate doubled since bush's invasion
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-03-30-un-iraq-malnutrition_x.htm

Iraqis 58 times more likely to die since bush's invasion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3962969.stm

less oil & electricity since bush's invasion
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/30/AR2005043001121.html

less clean drinking water, sanitation, since bush's invasion
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/reconstruct/2005/0410waste.htm

Iraqis Endure Worse Conditions Than Under Saddam
http://www.health-now.org/site/article.php?menuId=14&articleId=446

Iraq is Worse Off Than Before the War Began, GAO Reports
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0629-10.htm

”We have a stronger jihadi presence in Iraq today than in March 2003,” noted Roger Cressey, the former director for Transnational Threats in Bush's National Security Council at a briefing at the libertarian Cato Institute earlier this week.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0911-01.htm

Americans & everyone else;

Terrorism threat worse in wake of Iraq war
http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200601/1543486.htm?sydney

Iraq now terrorist central: analyst
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17761512%5E1702,00.html

Worldwide terrorism-related deaths on the rise
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5889435%20 /

US Losing the War on Terror in Iraq; The invasion of Iraq has increased, not decreased, the threat of terrorist attack
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article2629.html

Occupation Made World Less Safe, Pro-War Institute Says
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/terrorwar/analysis/2004/0526iissreport.htm

Iraq Invasion Hurt War on Terror
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0719-10.htm

Musharraf: World more dangerous because of Iraq War
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/25/03544/7945

Blix Says Iraq War May Have Worsened Terror Threat
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0319-02.htm

Poll: Aussies, Brits, Italians say Iraq war increased terrorism
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1576/5027215.html

Iraq intervention increased threat of terrorism
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/archive/scoop/stories/c7/9d/200409100845.68f9c878.html

UK Government; Iraq war 'increased terror threat'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3451239.stm

Iraq war has swollen ranks of al Qaeda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1063717,00.html

US State Department Corrects Report to Show Rise in Terrorism
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5264512 /

Iraq has become a terrorist spawning ground, CIA admits
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Iraq-a-terrorist-spawning-ground-CIA-admits/2005/02/17/1108609349394.html?oneclick=true

Iraq Conflict Feeds International Terror Threat
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050216/us_nm/security_usa_dc_9

Iraq now a terror training center
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/canada_security_canada_iraq_col

They TOLD YA SO, stupid rightwingnut MFers;

"Stand tall and publicly tell the America people the truth about another bad war that could well lead to another died-in-vain black wall. Or even worse."
-Col. David Hackworth
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29786

"Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."
-President GHW Bush, 1998;
http://www.rense.com/general43/quote.htm

"Do we really want to occupy Iraq for the next 30 years? …In Japan, American occupation forces quickly became 50,000 friends. In Iraq, they would quickly become 50,000 terrorist targets…. Nations such as China can only view the prospect of an American military consumed for the next generation by the turmoil of the Middle East as a glorious windfall."
-James Webb, former Sec. of Navy under Ronald Reagan, Decorated Marine Veteran
http://www.sftt.org/article09302002a.html

"We are about to do something that will ignite a fuse in this region that we will rue the day we ever started."
-Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, former Head of Central Command for U.S.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/17/zinni

"A billion bitter enemies will rise out of this war."
- Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2003, Full page ad in Wall Street Journal by major GOP contributors
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/001444.html

"Right now, the course we're on, we're achieving Bin Laden's ends…. I've never seen it so bad between the office of the secretary of defense and the military. There's a significant majority believing this is a disaster.

The two parties whose interests have been advanced have been the Iranians and al-Qaeda. Bin Laden could argue with some cogency that our going into Iraq was the equivalent of the Germans in Stalingrad. They defeated themselves by pouring more in there. Tragic."
-Gen. William Odom, former head of the National Security Agency
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/091704Y.shtml

"The idea that this is going to go the way these guys planned is ludicrous. There are no good options."
-General Joseph Hoare, the former marine commandant and head of US Central Command
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/091704Y.shtml

"No, I don't think we're winning. We're in trouble, we're in deep trouble in Iraq."
-Republican senator Chuck Hagel, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
http://www.iht.com/articles/539563.htm

[Crazy Dave]

1. Good work LynnTheDem

Thanks for the ammo, oops, I meant links ;-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Great list!

[ellenfl]

3. great job! this needs to be saved for future reference.

does this board have an archive for posts like this?

ellen fl

[LynnTheDem]

4. Thanks! You can save the post to your bookmarks.

Or someone can add this post to the DUpedia (I dunno how, lol!)

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Why doesn't anyone report the GOOD news from Iraq?

1: The schools are open.

2: uhhhh....I guess that's about it.

[ellenfl]

10. you forgot the new paint job on the schools! eom

[TheBaldyMan]

6. and thats not even mentioning the economic fallout n/t

[Karenina]

9. What's a trillion bucks here or there?

:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x72145

[Marleyb]

7. They will stay as long as they can, as long as we let them

it is sick! People are dying in the most horrible way imaginable every day! Over 100,000 Iraqis killed! Their land is poisoned with depleted uranium FOREVER. Think how bad it is for our soldiers, the Iraqis don't get to go home. THAT is their home.

That is why we must demand an end to this miserable war and the Bush reign of terror and not stop until we get what we want.

Help PDA answer Rep. Conyers' call by participating in our National Call for Accountability Day on January 9th
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x80228


http://benfrank.net/blog/f/sotu-mlk.pdf

[lebkuchen]

8. Nice source of instant info

Thanks for your efforts.

[mcscajun]

11. This belongs in the Research Forum, for sure!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=358

[dogday]

12. By their own actions, they have made us less safe

Great work as usual Lynn! How is your husband doing? My son is in Tikrit at Camp Virginia, so far all is well. Thanks for the information and all the hard work you do.....

[bigtree]

13. heh

good one Lynn