Scoop: UQ Wire: War Plans, Deals, Leverage and Strategy

Securing What's Left of the Planet's Oil Is and Has Always Been the Bottom Line

"The official story on Iraq has never made sense," Bookman wrote. "The connection that the Bush administration has tried to draw between Iraq and al-Qaida has always seemed contrived and artificial. In fact, it was hard to believe that smart people in the Bush administration would start a major war based on such flimsy evidence."