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Introduction Joanna Silva Narrator


Reason For War George Bush 03/06/03
MSNBC Presidential News Conference
Helen Thomas: Is This About Oil? Helen Thomas 02/06/03 12:23A ET MSNBC WH Press conference
Weapons Mass Destruction




On Reasons For Campaign Tony Blair 03/26/03 7:07A ET CNN
There Is No Doubt Tommy Franks 03/21/03 9:44A ET CNN CentCom Press Conference
No Question About Wmd Ari Fleischer 03/21/03 10:43PM MSNBC
I Think The Question Is Rather Simple Rep. Robert Andrews 03/23/03 9:31A ET FOX
WMD Exists For Sure Tommy Franks 03/21/03 9:45 A ET CNN
Redline Around Baghdad David Martin 03/24/03 7:30P CBS
I Think As We Approach Baghdad David Kay 03/25/03
MSNBC
We Were All Wrong David Kay 01/28/04 7:29P C-SPAN
Better Saddam Killed Henry Kissinger 03/26/03 9:31P FOX
War Started 7 Hrs Early Carol Costello 03/23/03 5:02A CNN HEADLINE
What Happened To The Family? Alan George 03/19/03 3:15A BBC
Shock & Awe




Terrifying State Wolf Blizer 03/21/03 1:07P CNN
People Of Baghdad Peter Arnett 03/27/03 3:43P MSNBC
How Well Advised That Would Be Brian Williams 03/20/03 1:38P MSNBC
Meanwhile Fear And Terror Natasha Kaplinsky 03/26/03 1:15A BBC
Baghdad Newspaper Salesman Bianca Solorzano 03/27/03 9:23A MSNBC
Expected to Surrender




Good Question Iraqi-American Caller 03/30/03
C-SPAN
Mass Surrender
03/20/03 2:15A FOX
Surrender Gleefully George Bush 03/23/03 1:12P MSNBC
Surrender Don't Tear Up Your Country Senator Lugar 03/24/03 2:30A KCET Charley Rose
We Dropped 25 Million Leaflets Robert Pape 03/24/03 5:30P FOX
Defending Their Country Arnaud De Borchgrave, UPI Editor at Large 03/21/03 10:34P FOX
Surprised By Resist In Basra Brit Hume; 03/21/03 1:21A FOX
Putting Guns To Peoples Heads General Richard Myers 03/27/03
C-SPAN
Going Home From Jordan Sheila Macvicar 03/30/03
CNN
Not Going Back Because Threaten Mike Taibbi 03/27/03 12:23A MSNBC
Patriots




We Are Aways Confident Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf 03/25/03
BBC
What Many People Tell Us Here Nick Robertson 03/19/03
CNN
So Many Civilians Fight Rick Folbaum 03/28/03 5:33P FOX
Almost Armed Towns People Brian Williams 03/28/03 2:17P MSNBC
Hard Fighters Rick Leventhal 03/28/03 1:25A FOX
Could Be Iraq Patriots Terry Moran, Ari Fleisher 03/28/03 12:47A MSNBC WH Press conference
Posture Plus 4-8Hr Days Staff Sgt. Nick Lermer Platoon Leader, 15th MEU; David Boden; 03/23/03 4:38A CNN HEADLINE
People Fighting For Their Country Chris Matthews 03/27/03
MSNBC
Someoneelses Land Maj Jim Barren 2nd Brigade, 3 ID 03/24/03 10:22P FOX
Take Out Ocuppiers Pete McCloskey, former CA congressman 03/26/03 9:45P FOX
You Took My Only Son Michael Waters-Bey 03/20/03 12:01P CNN
Not Seem As Liberators Chris Jansing 03/23/03
MSNBC
He Doesnt Know Its A Show Chris, Jansing; Col. Ken Allard (ret) 03/29/03
MSNBC
Got Oil?




Oil Safely In American Hands Steve Centanni w/ special ops in Kuwait 03/21/03 7:41P FOX
Oil Fields Are Secure George Bush 03/23/03 1:12P MSNBC
That Spells Oil Jay Leno 03/24/03 2:05A NBC
Control Of The Oil Fields Jonathan Hunt 03/27/03 10:42P FOX
60% Oil Safe Senator Lugar 03/24/03 2:30A KCET Charley Rose
Who Will Control The Oil? Terry Moran; Ari Fleisher 02/06/03 12:23A MSNBC WH Press conference
Special Forces Secure Oil Fields George Bush 03/26/03 10:42A ABC CentCom HQ Tampa
Such A Busy Day Lorrie Do 03/20/03 2:02A FOX
Very Profitable Belt Geraldo Rivera, David Anson 03/21/03 10:15P FOX
We're Good They Are Evil Gore Vidal 03/24/03
CNBC
Iraqi People May Own Oil But Bill Wolman, Business Week 03/21/03
MSNBC
Smart Bombs




Market Bombing-Missile Dont Mis Major Garrett 03/28/03 11:37A FOX
Tomahawk Fell In Water Becky Diamond aboard USS Milius 03/19/03
CNN
Cruise Missile Failures Jamie Nelson, aboard USS Truman 03/29/03 10:55P FOX
3 Missiles Hit Turkey Hoda Kotb 03/29/03 6:35A MSNBC
Cruise Missile Hits Saudi Arab
03/29/03 12:28A FOX
Missle Hits Syrian Bus Alex Witt 03/23/03 3:42A MSNBC
Any Death Belongs To Saddam Victoria Clarke 03/26/03 11:27A FOX Pentagon Briefing
Terror Connection




No Bin Laden Connection Peter Bergen 03/24/03 12:28P CNBS
Imperialist War




Not The First Time Preemption James Baker, Former Secretary of State 03/30/03
ABC
War Not Legit Mohammed Javad Zarf, Iranian Ambassador to the U.N. 03/30/03
C-SPAN
Imperialistic Action George Galloway, British politician 03/27/03
MSNBC
Are There Plans Helen Thomas 03/21/03 2:31P MSNBC
Similar To Blizcreg Gen. Montgomery Meigs 03/23/03 3:03P MSNBC
They Call Us Invadaders Martha Brant, Newsweek 03/30/03
CNN
Occuping Forces Dennis Ross 03/26/03 2:47P FOX
Were Trying To Fight A War Here Monica Crowley 03/27/03 6:17P FOX
Brit Expert In Counter-Insurgen Col. Chris Vernon, British Military Spokesman 03/26/03
CNN
Ellesberg & Krystol Daniel Ellesberg 03/28/03
C-SPAN
Gaming The Media




Depleted Uranium Luke Herman 03/26/03 8:41A CNN CentCom Press Conference
Target Militarily Significant Hidi Farro, Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks 03/26/03 11:27P CNN CentCom Press Conference
Reality vs PC Terry McCarthy 03/27/03
CNN
Media Didn't Cover Anti-War Andrea Mitchell 03/23/03 11:00A NBC Meet The Press
We Have A Monopoly Of News Dick Morris 03/26/03 5:50P FOX O'Reilly Factor
British Soldiers Kidnapped Micheal McGinty 03/28/03 11:53P BBC
Eye Of The Beholder Tommy Franks 03/30/03 7:15A C-SPAN CentCom Press Conference
Umm Qasr In Our Hands Donald Rumsfeld 03/21/03
CNN Pentagon Briefing
Umm Qasr Liberated 9 Times Jonathan Hunt 03/29/03 11:34 am FOX
Have To Careful Not Be Fed Natasha Kaplinsky 03/19/03 12:10P BBC
POWs




No Embarass POW Donald Rumsfeld 03/24/03
CBS Face The Nation
Question-Pows Not Executed Adam Ingram, British Minister of the Armed Forces 03/28/01 9:30A C-SPAN British Ministry of Defense PC
Pows Executed George Bush 03/28/01
MSNBC
Daily Mirror-No Execution
03/28/03 10:16P BBC
So Sorry




Al Jazeera Bombed In Afghan 2 Sheila Macvicar 04/07/03 3:46A CNN
Palestine Hotel Attacked Michael Holmes 04/07/03 4:40A CNN
Unfriendly Fire




Patriot Shoots Down Brit Long David Shuster 03/21/03
MSNBC
He Killed One Of My Friends LCoH Gerrard 03/30/03 11:05P BBC
Russian Convoy Attacked Sheila Macvicar 04/07/03 12:41P CNN
You Must Let Us Help You




Basra Water Supply Bombed Bianca Solorzano 03/23/03
MSNBC
Coalition Knocked Out Basra Water Paul Workman 03/24/03
CBC
Mines Stopping Aid Ari Fleischer 03/25/03 2:37P CNN
No Mines In The Water Becky Diamond, Aaron Brown 03/26/03
CNN NewsNight
Coalition Bombs Food Warehouse Sarwar Munir Rao, PTV Correspondent 03/30/03
PTV - PAKISTAN
The Killing




7Th Calvary Kills 200
03/26/03
CNN
Somila Comm. Harlan Omen (ret), Col. W. Patrick Lang(ret) 03/28/03 9:00P KCET Nightly News
Long Way From Carpet Bombing Tom Ricks, The Washington Post 03/27/03
MSNBC
Trying To Dind A New War Plan Peter Arnet 03/30/03
CNN
Howizers Not Terribly Precise Chris Cooper, Wall Street Journal 03/28/03
MSNBC
Level Karballa Forrest Tucker, Lt. Gen. Michael Short, Ret. 03/25/03
CNBC
Level The City To Save It Lawrence Korb 03/27/03 5:46A CNBC
War Has Been Shifted In A Way Bason Alwadalla, Jordanian Minister

CNN
Upgrade In The Bombing Peter Arnett 03/27/03
MSNBC
Sort Of Like Hitting Chevy Chase Chris Dickey, Newsweek 04/07/03 2:10A CNN
25K Iraqi Casulities Captain Christain 03/28/03 03:34 am FOX
For Every Person That Dies Gen. Wesley Clark, Ret. 03/28/03 10:55P CNN
Marines Slash Tires Brit Hume 03/24/03 6:15P FOX
1200 Killed Running Checkpoint Martin Savage 03/29/03 12:07P MSNBC
Collateral Damage Short John Van Dan 03/24/03 2:45A ABC NightLine
Shoot First Ask Later Gen. Richard Myers 03/30/03 12:29P CNN
Like Ants Out Of An Ant Hill
03/28/03 10:21A FOX
To Overcome Them We Have To Kill Them Col. Walter Boyne (ret) 03/24/03 11:45A FOX
Did Bush Plan To Nuke Iraq?




Nukes Considered Sen. Edward Kennedy 02/05/03
C-SPAN
Do You Fear That U.S. Troops? Mohammed Javad Zarf, Iranian Ambassador to the U.N. 03/30/03
C-SPAN
We're Glad They're Fighting Back Beautiful Woman 03/24/03
BBC
Not That Easy To Conquer Sgt. Jimmy Paiz, U.S. Marine Corps. 03/28/03 9:45P ABC ABC News
What About Palestine? Alan George 03/19/03 12:16P BBC







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