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War on Iraq consists of a small introduction detailing the recent history of Iraq and Western intervention in the country and then a 50-page interview with ex-weapons inspector Scott Ritter (carried out by William Rivers Pitt). It is a testament to such a small (79 pages) book that after reading it one, in some sense, feels that one has read a full and detailed account of the issues and, perhaps more importantly, a considered refutation of the excuses, exaggerations, misunderstandings and lies that make up far too much of the media froth helping to push us all into a war that Ritter, for one, thinks could be hugely dangerous. Ritter knows more about the recent history of Iraq than most anyone else having for seven years been part of the UN weapons inspectorate team that was charged with finding and destroying weapons of mass destruction inside Saddam's Iraq. This team was kicked out of Iraq when it became clear the US were indeed using the UN teams to gather intelligence.

Ritter makes it perfectly clear that his position concerning Iraq is not ideological--he is a card-carrying Republican after all and an ex-marine which immediately suggests he can not really be described as a liberal pacifist! He simply suggests that the excuses being given for the drive to war have not and can not be corroborated. This is an explosive little book and those who oppose any and all wars or those who support them would do well to see if they can respond to Ritter's challenges. --Mark Thwaite

The Observer Review, September 2002
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Ritter offers an alternative take on the intelligence evidence. This is a brave and important book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book will show some gruesome thruths!, 29 Dec 2002

By	M Downer (London, England) - See all my reviews

This is one of the most intriguing works I have read on the Middle East policies we as the general public have to (or will eventually have to)deal with. It goes deep into the underbelly on the mechanisms that drive foreign policies in US politics and explains clearly why certain facts happen the way they do. The author is an ex US weapons inspector who after seeing all the inconsistencies in the behavior of the US and UN governments has resigned from his position to write about what really goes on behind the scenes of the most powerful institutions of the world.
When you next watch the news it will make a lot more sense however be warned the book reveals some scary topics!

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5.0 out of 5 stars What team Bush dont want you to know, 22 Dec 2002

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I have just finished this book. Ive been following the current situation in Iraq for a very long time and im glad to say that this book is very up-to-date. However its a very very short and small book...74 pages long and almost literally a pocket book.

Plenty of facts; the modern history of Iraq leading up to its current political situation. Just FYI the book wasnt actually written by Scott Ritter himself as he is only used as a source; a recent interview (Q&A session) with him covers 70% of the book.

I would recommend this book to anyone who's been following current events and would like to get some background info on the Iraq Crisis. The book is very informative and does shed alot of light on the poticis of the situation where the global media seems to be lacking. Well worth the [the price].

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tell's us what the majority of the media does not., 26 Jan 2003

By	Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

This book is one that I think everyone should read- whether they buy it or borrow it from a libary. It does not take very long to read, but its content is paramount to the upcoming war in Iraq. Whichever side of the debate you are from (guess where I stand...), this book details facts about Iraq that the majority of the Press & the other forms of media ('News' channels such as BBC24, CNN, FOX, SKY) largely cover with a notion of balance. Perhaps a look at the upcoming Noam Chomsky book will make most realise that the media is in cahoots with the establishment: big business, governments that are meant to represent us...

Ritter has become a bugaboo for the US administration- a man who comes from a HAWK-background, but whose experience has made him detail an inconsistency in US Foreign Policy. The last week or so have found him the subject of C.R.E.E.P.- style character assassanation- with an arrest (but no subsequent charge or verdict)being mysteriously released from sealed documents. Note how the associations of the arrest are meant to weaken Ritter's case here. 21st Century McCarthyism?- anyway, Ritter was arrested once, the case eventually dropped. George W. Bush Jnr. has been arrested THREE times, with the cases dropped- so let's see what character assassantion could be like, if the press looked with any balance at those in power...

As with books like 9/11 & The Day That Shook the World, War on Iraq is a vital book- one that is good value & to the point. It makes clear what the Weapons Inspections are about & how prior inspections have been scuppered by US-spying as much as Hussein's war games. It does not make the case that Sadaam is a nice guy- it offers a rationale look at something that media & politicians largely fail to look at (apologies to Channel 4 News). This is why Ritter has become such an Alger Hiss style target; a book that should be read by at least all Americans & British- as these are the nations currently gearing up for another war on Iraq...

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