...the Washington Post has again and again tried to rewrite history--claiming that Saddam Hussein expelled the U.N. inspectors from Iraq. Despite repeated attempts by its readers to set the record straight in letters to the editor, the Post has persisted in reporting this fiction.

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What follows is a chronology of the Washington Post's 14-month reign of error. On at least five separate occasions, the Post falsely reported that Saddam Hussein expelled the U.N. weapons inspectors in December 1998. In three of these instances, the gaffe was made by foreign affairs columnist Fred Hiatt or by the Post editorial page, which Hiatt now edits.

Of course, the Post is not alone. The New York Times made the same mistake seven times (1/8/99, 4/16/99, 8/20/99, 10/28/99, 11/18/99, 12/17/99, 2/1/00) before finally printing a correction on February 2, 2000. The Chicago Tribune (12/18/99), Boston Globe (10/21/99), Washington Times (11/5/99), AP (12/2/99), NewsweekM (8/30/99), USA Today (12/9/99) and NBC News (12/19/99) have all made the same error.

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FAIR action alert

See also: Salon magazine debate on UN inspectors for a different perspective.

It's not entirely accurate, I think, to state that Saddam kicked out the UN weapons inspectors.

Additionally, in veiw of the fact that Iraq waged a long, bloody war with Iran, we should not be surprised to find mass graves.

Was Saddam a murderous tyrant? No doubt. Did that give the United States the right to invade.

No.

The United States of America cannot just go around deposing regimes it doesn't like.

Thanks for your comments.
S