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Tag Archives ⇒ Private Jessica Lynch

Twenty Lies About the War

July 13, 2003
07/13/200303/21/2016 · Martin Kelley

From the Al-Qaida/Iraq forgery to the Niger/Iraq forgery, from the “res­cue” of Pri­vate Jes­si­ca Lynch to the joke that Iraqis will get the mon­ey from their own oil, the UK Inde­pen­dent tal­lies up the mod­ern hypocrisies of war.

July 13th, 2003 , in Nonviolence Tagged money, Niger Iraq, oil, Private Jessica Lynch, war Leave a comment

Martin Kelley is a Quaker writer, workshop leader, and editor, with a focus on outreach, nonviolence, and the Christian roots of Friends. Sharing stories of Quakers as senior editor of Friends Journal magazine and blogger at Quaker Ranter. Learn more at MartinKelley.com.

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