***The Signs Are There: War With Iraq Is Coming SOON***

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[cubreporter]

Thank you for that wonderful article.

[justshe]

I honestly believe that if NO television news coverage was available, this war would go on, regardless.

[cubreporter]

Thank you for that wonderful article.

[The Wizard]

except it's been coming since September 11th 2001

[freemama]

Thanks for the wise words.

May the battle be swift and remove Saddam and his kind.

[The Wizard]

and if Bush had been in the White House we would have been in the day after the inspectors were thrown out.

[Teacher317]

the next New Moon is October 6, 2002.

October surprise?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

If the administration is coordinating a military strike on Iraq with the news media I will never vote for GW Bush or anyone on his team again.

I don't buy your arguement. JMHO.

[The Wizard]

I don't know if they're wise, it just looked like a pettern, and sometimes I can see patterns......

remember, I could be very wrong.......

[carton253]

I don't think wizard was saying that....

[wildbill]

I think the signs are there--but not until after the election. Bush promised Daschle and Gebheardt that he could not pull an "October surprise" by starting the war just before the election. I don't think he'd go back on his word, absent some crucial change in the equasion.

However, the Wesnesday after the Tuesday election...

[The Wizard]

the administration ISN'T corordinating with the media, the media is just seeing things that are tipping them off "to be ready"

[tip of the sword]

Saddam did call a meeting of his high counsel today suspiciously..

[BillCompton]

No way. Bush has made it clear there will bo no October surprise. It would be bad politics. That's not to say there could not be some sort of incident which may accelerate the time table to before the election. If Iraq were to launch pre-emptively against Israel, Qatar, Kiwait or Saudi, we would respond quickly.

Something else explains the Dems behavoir: they know they are losing as of right now and they want to change the picture. Six weeks is a long, long time in politics.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

You may very well be right, but I think it's a little too early. It may be that they intend to start small by attacking airbases, Scuds, radar sites, etc. from the air and with specials ops. If so we can move now, with what is in place, but it's too early for an invasion.

[Austin Willard Wright]

War will boast the economy? Keynesian clap-trap! Wars depress, not "boast," the economy. Bush I's Gulf War is the most recent example but there are many others.

[cmsgop]

I agree ......By Oct 22.

[The Wizard]

I wondered about that too, but if I read it right, playing by clinton's rules, if he calls them in ahead of time, it won't be a surprize, right.....

he gives the go code, then meets with the leaders of congress, and announces a TV address for that night.....

and for the record, breaking a promise to dasshole, who might use the information for political reasons, is justifiable and doesn't upset me

[kjam22]

I don't think we'll hit Saddam anytime soon. I think he'll hit us again before we hit him.

[Reborn]

HERE IS MORE:

Journalists flocking to Baghdad a bad omen

From the International Desk
Published 9/26/2002 1:09 PM

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Foreign journalists have begun to flock to Baghdad, a bad omen for Iraqis who see it as a sign that war is coming while the government sees it as an opportunity to put across its side of the story.

For many Iraqis, the influx of news media-types is reminiscent of the 1991 Gulf War that drew a horde of newsmen to the Iraqi capital.

But Iraqi authorities have seized the opportunity to take visiting journalists on tours to show them places where the government insists there are no weapons of mass destruction though the United States and Britain suspect otherwise.

A big event coming up on Oct. 15 for journalists to cover is the referendum on approving a further term in office for President Saddam Hussein. At the same time, reporters are monitoring the reactions of the Iraqi people and leaders to developments in the United States as the Bush administration continues to prepare for a military strike to depose Saddam while politicians and pundits argue over whether going to war is a good idea.

Exceptionally, CNN, the American television news channel that won itself a starring position with its coverage of the 1991 Persian Gulf War from Baghdad, has stayed on here ever since.

Now other U.S. news channels, including Fox News, ABC News and NBC, are asking for entry visas for their correspondents.

So many media types are expected that the Information Ministry has felt obliged to enlarge its media center.

Copyright © 2002 United Press International

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