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*Jim Lobe, [http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=19255 "Key Officials Used 9/11 As Pretext for Iraq War,"] Inter Press Service, July 15, 2003: "A close examination of the public record indicates that all of these individuals -- both in and outside the administration -- were actively preparing the ground within days, even hours, after the 9/11 attacks, for an eventual attack on Iraq, whether or not it had any role in the attacks or any connection to al Qaeda. The challenge, in their view, was to persuade the public that such links either did indeed exist or were sufficiently likely to exist that a preventive strike against Iraq was warranted. Their success in that respect was stunning, although, in order to pull it off, they also had to distort and exaggerate the evidence being collected by U.S. intelligence agencies." See [[cooked intelligence]].

*Richard M. Bennett, [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF20Ak02.html "US wages war from within Iran,"] ''Asia Times'', June 20, 2003.

*Ed Crane and William Niskanen, [http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-09-03.html "Upholding Liberty in America,"] [[CATO Institute]], July 9, 2003.

*[http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/neo-conned.htm "Neo-conned,"] Congressman [[Ron Paul]] addresses the U.S. House of Representatives, July 10, 2003.