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At one time, the vast majority of Americans believed that Iraq was behind 9/11. Where did they get that idea and are there any that still do?
DefenseLink News Transcript: Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview with The Laura Ingraham Show
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says there was never any evidence that Saddam Husseins Iraq played any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
On the question of whether or not Iraq was involved in 9/11, there was never any evidence to prove that, Cheney said during an interview Monday night with Fox News Greta Van Susteren.
Cheney: No 'evidence' of Iraq, 9/11 link - Yahoo! News
Two months earlier, in a speech aimed at mustering public support for a pre-emptive strike against Iraq, Bush said, "The attacks of September 11th, 2001, showed what the enemies of America did with four airplanes. We will not wait to see what terrorists or terrorist states could do with weapons of mass destruction."
Critics have said the steady drumbeat of that message has tied Saddam to the attacks in the mind of the public. A recent poll by The Washington Post found that nearly seven Americans out of 10 believe Saddam played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, a notion the administration has done little to tamp down.
Bush: No Iraq link to 9/11 found
One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror," Mr. Bush said.
Bush: 'We Don't Torture' - CBS Evening News - CBS News
Critics argue that such juxtapositions encouraged people to tie Hussein to Sept. 11. "It was the close association in the same thought, the same sentence, that led to that incorrect conclusion," said Greg Thielmann, a former senior intelligence official at the State Department who retired last year. "And I think it was done with great skill and deliberation."
The administration also seized on shards of evidence that seemed to suggest Iraqi complicity in the attacks, evidence that has since come into serious question. In perhaps the most important example, Cheney has repeatedly cited the allegation that the ringleader of the Sept. 11 hijackers, Mohamed Atta, met with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague several months before the attacks. "It's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April," Cheney said in an appearance on "Meet the Press" three months after the attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
The CIA says it can find no evidence that such a meeting took place. The FBI says that financial and other records indicate that Atta was in Florida when the meeting allegedly took place. Nor has the account been supported by information from the Iraqi agent, who has been in U.S. custody for several months. "If we had gotten confirmation that there was such a meeting, I think you would know," a U.S. official said Wednesday.
No Proof Connects Iraq to 9/11, Bush Says
DefenseLink News Transcript: Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview with The Laura Ingraham Show
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says there was never any evidence that Saddam Husseins Iraq played any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
On the question of whether or not Iraq was involved in 9/11, there was never any evidence to prove that, Cheney said during an interview Monday night with Fox News Greta Van Susteren.
Cheney: No 'evidence' of Iraq, 9/11 link - Yahoo! News
Two months earlier, in a speech aimed at mustering public support for a pre-emptive strike against Iraq, Bush said, "The attacks of September 11th, 2001, showed what the enemies of America did with four airplanes. We will not wait to see what terrorists or terrorist states could do with weapons of mass destruction."
Critics have said the steady drumbeat of that message has tied Saddam to the attacks in the mind of the public. A recent poll by The Washington Post found that nearly seven Americans out of 10 believe Saddam played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, a notion the administration has done little to tamp down.
Bush: No Iraq link to 9/11 found
One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror," Mr. Bush said.
Bush: 'We Don't Torture' - CBS Evening News - CBS News
Critics argue that such juxtapositions encouraged people to tie Hussein to Sept. 11. "It was the close association in the same thought, the same sentence, that led to that incorrect conclusion," said Greg Thielmann, a former senior intelligence official at the State Department who retired last year. "And I think it was done with great skill and deliberation."
The administration also seized on shards of evidence that seemed to suggest Iraqi complicity in the attacks, evidence that has since come into serious question. In perhaps the most important example, Cheney has repeatedly cited the allegation that the ringleader of the Sept. 11 hijackers, Mohamed Atta, met with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague several months before the attacks. "It's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to Prague and he did meet with a senior official of the Iraqi intelligence service in Czechoslovakia last April," Cheney said in an appearance on "Meet the Press" three months after the attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
The CIA says it can find no evidence that such a meeting took place. The FBI says that financial and other records indicate that Atta was in Florida when the meeting allegedly took place. Nor has the account been supported by information from the Iraqi agent, who has been in U.S. custody for several months. "If we had gotten confirmation that there was such a meeting, I think you would know," a U.S. official said Wednesday.
No Proof Connects Iraq to 9/11, Bush Says
