Fri Feb 10 2012

New Bush scam: fake letters from Iraq
by Daniel P. Welch
October 12, 2003

Republicans are at it again: New Bush scam--"letters from Iraq" are mass-produced.....will the press give the administration the hounding it deserves?

Newspapers around U.S. get identical missives from Iraq www.theolympian.com/home/news/20031011/frontpage/121390.shtml

"WASHINGTON -- Letters from hometown soldiers describing their successes rebuilding Iraq have been appearing in newspapers across the country as U.S. public opinion on the mission sours. And all the letters are the same. A Gannett News Service search found identical letters from different soldiers with the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Rock," in 11 newspapers, including Snohomish, Wash. "

first saw The Olympian article linked at http://legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

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