So interim Iraqi Prime Minister was in town today to help Bush politically. Addressing a joint meeting of Congress, Allawi talked about how his friends and relatives had suffered at the hands of Saddam... citing murder, torture and rape. But, Mr. Allawi stands accused of committing some of those very same attrocities against his own people.

Back in early August we reported on torture of Iraqi detainees at the hands of Prime Minister Allawi's forces. That event took place on the first day of so-called "sovereignty" after the supposed handover of power. But even before that when Allawi was part of the puppet Iraqi government under Paul Bremmer's supervision, Allawi was accused of personally executing six Iraqi men in a Baghdad police center.

Of course this is nothing new. Before Allawi it was Challabi, another bad guy, that the NeoCons were enamoured with. In fact Challabi is the source of much of the bogus WMD hype that Bush used to scare the American people into supporting the diversion into Iraq. Of course Challabi was the last Iraqi puppet trotted thru Congress on Bush's behalf when he was invited to Bush's 2003 State of the Union address and was aknowledge by Bush during the address.

How many times do we Americans need to be deceived by the Bush team before we wake up and point out that the Emperor is stark naked?