May – August 2003           The great public unraveling of administration pre-war claims continues. Purported weapons of mass destruction cached by Saddam continue not to be found. Intelligence and news reports gradually verify that indeed Saddam was not in league with Islamist fundamentalists, including Al-Qaeda, the only terrorist network that most U.S. journalists feel the public will recognize. No evidence supports the claim that Saddam was connected to 9/11. Meanwhile, as the destruction of Iraqi civil infrastructure and disbanding of army and police forces, along with uncontrolled looting of enormous caches of unsecured conventional weapons, give rise to violence in ...   more »