Allied air forces commander confirms secret bombing raids

Lieutenant-General Michael Mosely, commander of the allied air forces during the Iraq war, has now said out loud what was arleady known via a leaked memo--that during the nine months preceding the official "beginning" of the Iraq war, allied aircraft flew 21, 736 sorties, dropping more than 600 bombs on 391 targets in Iraq.

According to Mosely, these raids took place under cover of patrols of the southern no-fly zone.

Paul O'Neill, Richard Clarke, the Downing Street minutes, and now a confirmation of the existence of the secret air strikes. These all reveal plainly that the plan to invade Iraq was on the front burner in 2001 (probably 2000) and was a done deal the next year. Can you say "war criminal"? The news media cannot.