Annie
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Originally posted by menewa
Every piece of evidence of WMD found in Iraq has just been some busted old scrap of metal or some microscopic bit from back in the day. There has been no evidence of an active WMD program or of any stockpiles of chemical and bio weapons that the Bush Admin claimed. If they had found them, why isn't Rumsfeld and Co. jumping up and down with glee?
I've read the reports that some people from Saddam's Army met some people from Al Qaeda. But no connection has been made that they devised any schemes together. I admit, they might have, but no proof of this has surfaced.
The president and all his men and woman said over and over that Iraq was an "imminent" threat. They mentioned mushroom clouds occuring in major US cities. If that's not stating Iraq is a threat to the mainland, I don't know what is.
As for connecting Saddam and 9-11. This was connected in a subtle and manipulative manner, beginning with Bush's speech on the one year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. Why else did a majority of American's polled leading up the invasion believed most of the 9-11 hijackers were from Iraq.
Surprise Menewa, look what just popped up, see you are not just being manipulated by the right, but by the left to. Note the NYT basically say they've had the memo for months, so why now? Perchance, the Commission staff reports were 'outed' and we had to listen to Richard Clarke's pomposity? Could be....:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/politics/25TERR.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=
June 25, 2004
THE INTELLIGENCE
Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says
By THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON, June 24 Contacts between Iraqi intelligence agents and Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990's were part of a broad effort by Baghdad to work with organizations opposing the Saudi ruling family, according to a newly disclosed document obtained by the Americans in Iraq.
American officials described the document as an internal report by the Iraqi intelligence service detailing efforts to seek cooperation with several Saudi opposition groups, including Mr. bin Laden's organization, before Al Qaeda had become a full-fledged terrorist organization. He was based in Sudan from 1992 to 1996, when that country forced him to leave and he took refuge in Afghanistan.
The document states that Iraq agreed to rebroadcast anti-Saudi propaganda, and that a request from Mr. bin Laden to begin joint operations against foreign forces in Saudi Arabia went unanswered. There is no further indication of collaboration.
Last week, the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks addressed the known contacts between Iraq and Al Qaeda, which have been cited by the White House as evidence of a close relationship between the two.
The commission concluded that the contacts had not demonstrated "a collaborative relationship" between Iraq and Al Qaeda. The Bush administration responded that there was considerable evidence of ties.
The new document, which appears to have circulated only since April, was provided to The New York Times several weeks ago, before the commission's report was released. Since obtaining the document, The Times has interviewed several military, intelligence and United States government officials in Washington and Baghdad to determine that the government considered it authentic.