The War Against Iraq Plato once said, "When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader." ... In a dossier presented by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in December of 2002, Saddam is said to have masterminded "the widespread and systematic torture of his political opponents and other citizens to hold on to power". The dossier lists intelligence material, firsthand accounts of Iraqi victims of torture and oppression, and reports by...

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Whatever the name, the violent network of terrorist led by bin Laden is a grasping target for U.S. intelligence. ... He helped fund the Islamic foreign legion, and he learned how to guerrilla fight in wars. ... In 1998, Bush wrote " A World Transformed", a book written for foreign policy as president. ...

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