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Scott Malensek @ The New Media Journal:
How many times have we heard members of the media say, “We know now that there were no ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda”? Typically, people make this claim based on any combination of four sources:
For example, opponents of the war will tell us that Pres Bush constantly tied 9/11 to the war in Iraq and effectively tricked the world into believing the two were related by often using the two subjects in subsequent sentences or paragraphs or at least in the same speech. Then they’ll turn right around and point to a single quote from President Bush as evidence that the Bush Administration knew Saddam wasn’t involved in 9/11.
“We’ve had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th. There’s no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties.” – Pres. Bush 9/17/03
Normally these words would seem to contradict the argument that President Bush was claiming Iraq attacked the US on 9/11 and “There’s no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties” would seem to contradict the claim that there were no ties.
“I have not seen smoking gun, concrete evidence about the connection, but I think the possibility of such connections did exist, and it was prudent to consider them at the time that we did.” [emphasis added] – Sec. Powell 1/8/04
The CIA’s report, “Iraqi Ties to Terrorism” says:
"The CIA assessed that: Regarding the Iraq-al-Qaida relationship, reporting from sources of varying reliability points to a number of contacts, incidents of training, and discussions of Iraqi safe haven for Usama bin Laden and his organization dating from the early 1990's. Iraq's interaction with al-Qaida is impelled by mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family and by bin Ladin's interest in unconventional weapons and relocation sites.
"Simply stated, this second series of reports is designed to point fingers in Washington and at the Administration. The conclusions in the reports were crafted with more partisan bias than we have witnessed in a long time in Congress. The "Phase II” investigation has turned the Senate Intelligence Committee, a committee initially designed to be the most bipartisan committee in the Senate, into a political playground stripped of its bipartisan power, and this fact has not gone unnoticed in the Intelligence Community.” pg146
UNACCEPTABLE: 18% of the docs reviewed equates to a conclusion?
UNACCEPTABLE: based on interrogations of detainees by FBI?
UNACCEPTABLE: based on the word of Saddam, Aziz, al Tikriti, and Hijazi
[Excerpt]
Read more:
The New Media Journal | Those "No Ties" Lies Part 1: Bush Lied by Scott Malensek
How many times have we heard members of the media say, “We know now that there were no ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda”? Typically, people make this claim based on any combination of four sources:
For example, opponents of the war will tell us that Pres Bush constantly tied 9/11 to the war in Iraq and effectively tricked the world into believing the two were related by often using the two subjects in subsequent sentences or paragraphs or at least in the same speech. Then they’ll turn right around and point to a single quote from President Bush as evidence that the Bush Administration knew Saddam wasn’t involved in 9/11.
“We’ve had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th. There’s no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties.” – Pres. Bush 9/17/03
Normally these words would seem to contradict the argument that President Bush was claiming Iraq attacked the US on 9/11 and “There’s no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties” would seem to contradict the claim that there were no ties.
“I have not seen smoking gun, concrete evidence about the connection, but I think the possibility of such connections did exist, and it was prudent to consider them at the time that we did.” [emphasis added] – Sec. Powell 1/8/04
The CIA’s report, “Iraqi Ties to Terrorism” says:
"The CIA assessed that: Regarding the Iraq-al-Qaida relationship, reporting from sources of varying reliability points to a number of contacts, incidents of training, and discussions of Iraqi safe haven for Usama bin Laden and his organization dating from the early 1990's. Iraq's interaction with al-Qaida is impelled by mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family and by bin Ladin's interest in unconventional weapons and relocation sites.
"Simply stated, this second series of reports is designed to point fingers in Washington and at the Administration. The conclusions in the reports were crafted with more partisan bias than we have witnessed in a long time in Congress. The "Phase II” investigation has turned the Senate Intelligence Committee, a committee initially designed to be the most bipartisan committee in the Senate, into a political playground stripped of its bipartisan power, and this fact has not gone unnoticed in the Intelligence Community.” pg146
UNACCEPTABLE: 18% of the docs reviewed equates to a conclusion?
UNACCEPTABLE: based on interrogations of detainees by FBI?
UNACCEPTABLE: based on the word of Saddam, Aziz, al Tikriti, and Hijazi
[Excerpt]
Read more:
The New Media Journal | Those "No Ties" Lies Part 1: Bush Lied by Scott Malensek
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