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Pravda: Iraq: The Truth, The Whole Truth:

Dominican Sister Sharine, Iraqi, lives in Baghad. She went to the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where she was heard by Pravda.Ru contacts, among them Joao Pedro Stedille, who sent us this report. We thank Senhor Stedille most sincerely for this chilling report.


Viruses and mice dropped by parachute against Iraqi agriculture

“One of the main causes of the hunger which afflicts the Iraqi people is the policy adopted by the USA, for more than eight years now, of sending viruses against Iraqi crops and the policy of dropping thousands of mice by parachute to destroy what little we have”.


Chemical weaponry deployed by the United States of America


Bombardeamentos com armas químicas feitas pelos EUA


“The United States of America used chemical weapons in their systematic bombings. There is hardly any drinking water left in Iraq, specially in Baghdad, a result of these bombing raids with chemical weapons which have contaminated the water”,[...]

Good lord. Now, you and I don't believe this for one second, but what's sad is, to the Chomsky-left, this is mother's milk. I mean, it's in Pravda, it's GOT to be true.


And it's not just the whacko-left that this fools, it becomes part of the debate. The meme of this stuff oozes out, slightly filtered by the whackos who swallow it whole, and moves out into the well-meaning middle of the road. You know, like the people who hear A and B and figure the truth lies somewhere in between? So, if you have this crap as 'B,' where does that leave you?