"Iraqi secret police were sent to assassinate Allawi in London in 1978, bursting into his bedroom and hacking him with an ax. He suffered serious injuries and spent nearly a year in a hospital. He continues to walk with a limp because of injuries to his leg suffered in the attack."
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ayad_Allawi

"Baghdad, As-Sabah, Sep7 , p.1
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in front of the Iraqi government headquarters to demonstrate against violence and show support to Dr. Ayad Alawi government.The demonstrators urged the international community to demand the neighboring countries not to interfere in the Iraqi affairs.A record fifty civil society organizations, trade unions and women organizations took part in the demonstration."
"Baghdad, As-Sabah, Sep7 , p.3
German Company Heidelberg has expressed readiness to supply Baghdad University with a modern printing machine as a gift, sources at the university announced.In a statement to As-Sabah, Coordination and Follow-up Director General at the University Dr. Mohammed Al-Etabi said the German government will bear the costs of sending and installing the printing machine, pointing out that final touches for implementing this project have been put during contacts held with the said company.He said that the machine is a very developed one that could produce twenty million books annually, adding that the university is in need of such machine to print curriculum books, the student's guide and books in all fields. "
http://www.alsabaah.com/20040907/english.htm

"She came to Cleveland Wednesday, she said, to do what she can to ensure Americans see her view of the war.
For the first time, drinkable water flows from the kitchen faucet, her three children attend a decent school, and market bins brim with products she'd never seen: cell phones, bananas and Pepsi.
I say to the U.S. Army, Thank you very much,' " said al-Fadhal, a bubbly, round-faced woman with a shy smile. "For they put their lives on the line to give us this."
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1096537051218231.xml

"Al-Fadhal and Baban insisted that much of the unrest in Iraq today is being instigated by outsiders, including al-Qaida operatives.
Al-Fadhal lamented that much of what the world sees are her country's continuing problems.
"You don't see the good," she said. "Yes, there is terrorism, violence and bombs, but we can send our children to school. A teacher who was paid $5 a month under Saddam gets $400 a month. A child care worker who got $1 a month is paid $50 a month. ... People can go to work. Their lives are going on.
"The security situation is a big problem, but if we can find an answer to it, there will be a lot of good."
In the meantime, she's thankful for U.S. troops.
"We want them to stay. ... I pray to God to return them all safely," Al-Fadhal said."
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/newssummary/s_256300.html

"A wedding boom is under way as salaries rise and the old restrictions no longer apply.
By Dhiya Rasan in Baghdad (ICR No. 82, 06-Sep-04)
"Today I am free, and I will marry the woman I love," declared 28-year-old Baghdad baker Mohammed Abdullah.
Soon came signs that the wedding had taken place: the zaghrouta the traditional ululation of joy sounded from the courtroom, and a shower of chocolates was tossed into the street by Abdullah's relatives.
Abdullah is one of the many Iraqis who have got married in what officials say is a post-war wedding boom brought on by rising salaries and the end of restrictions on marriage imposed by the former regime."
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/irq/irq_82_3_eng.txt

"A document discovered by Iraq's interim government details a meeting between the man behind the September 11 attacks and Abu Nidal, the Palestinian terrorist, at his Baghdad training camp. Con Coughlin reports"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/14/wterr114.xml

We have a lot of work to do to dispell this pack of lies.

Old Guy