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White House Claims: A Pattern of Deceit (Institute for Public Accuracy). Read.

Listen to CNN's Kevin Sites' audio blog from Kalar, Iraq. Kurdish people are fleeing the front lines now.

The Long Road to War (Frontline). Watch this PBS documentary that aired last night on national TV. History of U.S. and Saddam. The Survival of Saddam (Frontline): "How has Saddam Hussein survived so long and what explains his hold on the Iraqi people?"

Democracy Domino Theory 'Not Credible' (LA Times):

"A classified State Department report [Iraq, the Middle East and Change: No Dominoes] expresses doubt that installing a new regime in Iraq will foster the spread of democracy in the Middle East, a claim President Bush has made in trying to build support for a war, according to intelligence officials familiar with the document....

The report, which has been distributed to a small group of top government officials but not publicly disclosed, says that daunting economic and social problems are likely to undermine basic stability in the region for years, let alone prospects for democratic reform.

Even if some version of democracy took root -- an event the report casts as unlikely -- anti-American sentiment is so pervasive that elections in the short term could lead to the rise of Islamic-controlled governments hostile to the United States."

Anger on Iraq Seen as New Qaeda Recruiting Tool (NY Times): "On three continents, Al Qaeda and other terror organizations have intensified their efforts to recruit young Muslim men, tapping into rising anger about the American campaign for war in Iraq, according to intelligence and law enforcement officials. In recent weeks, officials in the United States, Europe and Africa say they had seen evidence that militants within Muslim communities are seeking to identify and groom a new generation of terrorist operatives. An invasion of Iraq, the officials worry, is almost certain to produce a groundswell of recruitment for groups committed to attacks in the United States, Europe and Israel.

...more women are being attracted to Al Qaeda, albeit in secondary roles, officials say."