Geez, AFP, I always give you guys credit when I report on your stories! 😉
Anyway, glad they finally picked up on it and tossed it onto the AFP/Yahoo wires. Their report is filed here: “Iraq coalition vanishes from White House website”
(NOTE: That’s two credits I’ve now given AFP in the same story! Oops, make that three!)
Oh, well, we’re not looking for credit here, but we are glad that some of our work on the White House Website Scrub is finally breaking out of the Blogosphere (where the stories have been linked far and wide of late — according to Technorati.com last night, one of our items had made it to #10 in all of Political Blogistan, and #6 with a bullet amongst the Liberal/Pinko Sector at the time someone had alerted me to it…But linked, so far, to none of the major Old School “News” Sites that I know of.)
Hey, CNN and MSNBC (won’t even bother with Fox) it’s your turn to start reporting now!
The specific information from the AFP (Oops…four) report filed today, on the disappearing “Coalition List” was originally reported here on 10/6/04 and then followed up on 10/17/04.
More to report on this whole story by the way. I’ve been doing a lot of research, and following up as many leads from you guys that I can. So, stay tuned. Thanks to all who have sent in stuff. Apologies for slow email replies, but I’m trying to get to them all.
More thanks though for spreading the information far and wide! We’ll get those bastards, yet.
(Special props to reader “pamindurham” for catching the AFP story on the wire and letting us know! Oops…that’s five!)
UPDATE 10/29/04: BRAD BLOG SUCCESS! WH restores Audio/Video! Though much still missing…
🙂 Congratulations, Brad Blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Props brad!!
We are not worthy.
Brad, It does suck that AFP (oops, six) didn’t credit you. Ah, one day the "legitimate" (and I use that term loosely) news outlets will admit the blogosphere is doing kick-ass research it relies upon.
It is so ridiculous that the White House thinks it can just scrub away without someone noticing. Perhaps they don’t know how to work "the Internets" there.
Pam’s House Blend
"Perhaps they don’t know how to work "the Internets" there."…Aint that the Truth, sister
Just search on "Who are the Coalition Members" and a link comes up. Now click on the little word in parentheses – (cached) Voila!!
Darned Internets!!!!
http://66.218.71.225/search/cac...%22&csz=A lameda%2C+CA&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=www.whitehouse.gov/news/rele ases/2003/03/20030320-11.html&w=%22are+the+coalition+members%22&d=A30332171E&icp =1&.intl=us
Coalition Members
Who are the current coalition members?
President Bush is assembling a Coalition that has already begun military operations to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, and enforce 17 UNSC resolutions.
The Coalition will also liberate the Iraqi people from one of the worst tyrants and most brutal regimes on earth.
Contributions from Coalition member nations range from: direct military participation, logistical and intelligence support, specialized chemical/biological response teams, over-flight rights, humanitarian and reconstruction aid, to political support.
Forty-six countries are publicly committed to the Coalition, including:
Afghanistan
Albania
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
This number is still growing, and it is no accident that many member nations of the Coalition recently escaped from the boot of a tyrant or have felt the scourge of terrorism. All Coalition member nations understand the threat Saddam Hussein’s weapons pose to the world and the devastation his regime has wreaked on the Iraqi people.
The population of Coalition countries is approximately 1.17 billion people.
Coalition countries have a combined GDP of approximately $21.8 trillion.
Every major race, religion, ethnicity in the world is represented.
The Coalition includes nations from every continent on the globe.
Congrats!! 😀