Conyers Looks for News in the Wrong Place

[steve2470]

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0515-24.htm

by Sylvester Brown Jr.


Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, is peeved. He can't understand why an explosive story published early this month in England hasn't received more attention here.

On May 1, The Sunday Times of London reported the British government and the United States government secretly conspired to attack Iraq in 2002 - a year before the war started. In one meeting, an official suggested Britain and America "create" conditions to justify the war, the Times reported.

Conyers and 88 fellow congressional members sent a letter to President George W. Bush on May 5 asking about the "troubling allegations." They asked Bush several questions, including whether there was a "coordinated effort to fix intelligence" to justify the invasion.

In the letter sent to colleagues for their support, Conyers took a potshot at the media.

"Unfortunately, the mainstream media in the United States was too busy ... to cover a bombshell report out of the British newspapers," Conyers wrote. "This should not be allowed to fall down the memory hole during wall-to-wall coverage of the Michael Jackson trial and a runaway bride."

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[undeterred]

1. Yeah, I'm peeved too.

I've heard about it on Air America Radio and DU, but nowhere else.

[otohara]

2. We Should Thank This Guy - Here's His E-mail...

[e-mail]

right on Mr. Brown...