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Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq

The embrace by leading neoconservatives and other war supporters of the most bizarre and deranged conspiracy theories speaks volumes about their credibility and judgment.

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  • Saturday, April 21, 2007 07:10 AM

    The Brits who know her well

    from her rightward lurch, then her dive into neoconnerie, call Phillips 'Mad Mel'.

    She's one of the rarer British examples of a winger who has embraced the whole package of lies, including global warming denialism. And she's been jumping from crank to crank for a while in search of those 'missing' WMDs.

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