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September 29, 2022

Truthout Columnist and Antiwar Activist William Rivers Pitt Dies at 51
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Longtime progressive journalist and antiwar activist William Rivers Pitt
has died of a heart attack at the age of 51. For nearly two decades,
Pitt served as managing editor and senior writer for the news site
Truthout.org. In 2002, he co-authored the book "War on Iraq: What Team
Bush Doesn't Want You to Know" with former weapons inspector Scott
Ritter. Pitt spoke out repeatedly against false claims by then-President
George W. Bush that Saddam Hussein had acquired weapons of mass
destruction.

William Rivers Pitt: "Well, in the State of the Union address in 2003,
Mr. Bush said that there were - what was it? - 26,000 liters of anthrax;
38,000 liters of botulinum toxin; 500 tons, which is 1 million pounds,
of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent; 30,000 munitions capable of
delivering the stuff; mobile biological weapons labs; and uranium from
Niger for use in nuclear bombs. By the way, the page describing all of
this is still up on the White House website today. It's called 'Disarm
Saddam Hussein.' You can go find it yourself. I said that's a pretty big
lie."

William Rivers Pitt memorial fundraiser for his daughter Lola.


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