Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam, al Qaida

YMIHERE · Mar 11, 2008

WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080310/wl_mcclatchy/2875005;_ylt=As13hJgq7tE6F6Dal4_WelgDW7oF

There are still many people who believe there was a connection. About 25% of the people who voted for Bush in 2004 believed Hussein was behind 9/11. I'll bet this won't change their mind.

negator · Mar 11, 2008

the fact that people working for the pentagon were willing to do this work, and that it be published, gives me hope for the future.

that sounded way too corny and dramatic, didn't it?

AFA · Mar 11, 2008

Of course this is exactly what journalists and documentaries with reliable credentials have been saying from 9/12 and after, that they had no reason to invade Iraq on any basis of a threat. That we were being sold made up garbage by Rumsfeld, Rice, Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz and their puppets.

Blink · Mar 11, 2008

There was a connection. Bush et. al. knew that if we invaded Iraq, we'd get terrorists in Iraq. So, since they're there now, obviously they were always there.

Bush Logic 101. Seems obvious to me. :dunno:

AFA · Mar 11, 2008

Insurgents I think they're called. Which include people formerly happy to see the US, but now out in the street, who were sent home after being dismissed from their jobs by the US forces, that have now really had enough, watching the, (temporary), forces build the world's largest permanent base.

Blink · Mar 11, 2008

I know; my post was tongue-in-cheek.

I hope that our next President pulls us out of there for monetary reasons, but it could get ugly with all of those new enemies we've made.

AverageAllStar · Mar 11, 2008

So Bush lied to push his evil agenda, they are just lies people, just little white lies that cost thousands of American soldiers their lives, and a number of innocent Iraqis theirs. We are spreading democracy here people.

::Stands and sings:: "Proud to be an American" ::Regrets decision and sits back down::

Friday on my mind · Mar 11, 2008

Where is Christmas ape with his patented "how much did they pay for that study" response? There was nothing pointing to a link between Iraq and Al Queda ever and lots of reasons why there would not be,but the pentagon I guess were hoping they could find something there so lets have a review!!:eek:

Legzman · Mar 11, 2008

This doesn't surprise me. So much for the war on terror. Though taking out Iraq probably scared Al Qaida because they realized that the US or at least the president really is fuckin nuts!

negator · Mar 11, 2008

Legzman said:
This doesn't surprise me. So much for the war on terror. Though taking out Iraq probably scared Al Qaida because they realized that the US or at least the president really is fuckin nuts!

the bush circle is the best thing that ever happened to al qaida.
i think the wolfowitz agenda, to the bushes, looked like a great, innovative policy, in the image of "cowboy diplomacy".

looks more like custer, to me.

Friday on my mind · Mar 11, 2008

Legzman said:
This doesn't surprise me. So much for the war on terror. Though taking out Iraq probably scared Al Qaida because they realized that the US or at least the president really is fuckin nuts!

I have heard that Bin Laden hoped and counted on us doing something militarily in response to 9/11.He knows his radical agenda can only come to pass in turbulent times.He thought our response would bring on those times,so far in Iraq its worked pretty well.

negator · Mar 11, 2008

Friday on my mi said:
I have heard that Bin Laden hoped and counted on us doing something militarily in response to 9/11.He knows his radical agenda can only come to pass in turbulent times.He thought our response would bring on those times,so far in Iraq its worked pretty well.

after thoroughly researching terrorism in general, it's methods and motives, it becomes clear that all suicide-terrorism has it it's root this cause:
occupation of land by a (perceived) foreign power.

and it's goal is:
to cause the foreign power to lash out, disproportionately.

this energizes the terrorists' base.

a very good book on this subject:
dying to win by pape

there was no al qaida presense in iraq before the war, and i think we all knew that. now there is.
al qaida and the neocons. what would they do without each other?

bodie54 · Mar 11, 2008

Didn't the Bush administration come out and admit as much a couple of years ago?

negator said:
the bush circle is the best thing that ever happened to al qaida.
i think the wolfowitz agenda, to the bushes, looked like a great, innovative policy, in the image of "cowboy diplomacy".

looks more like custer, to me.

Friday on my mi said:
I have heard that Bin Laden hoped and counted on us doing something militarily in response to 9/11.He knows his radical agenda can only come to pass in turbulent times.He thought our response would bring on those times,so far in Iraq its worked pretty well.

negator said:
after thoroughly researching terrorism in general, it's methods and motives, it becomes clear that all suicide-terrorism has it it's root this cause:
occupation of land by a (perceived) foreign power.

and it's goal is:
to cause the foreign power to lash out, disproportionately.

this energizes the terrorists' base.

a very good book on this subject:
dying to win by pape

there was no al qaida presense in iraq before the war, and i think we all knew that. now there is.
al qaida and the neocons. what would they do without each other?

Yes, yes and yes - and all worthy of being reposted :hatsoff:

AFA · Mar 11, 2008

negator said:
the bush circle is the best thing that ever happened to al qaida.
i think the wolfowitz agenda, to the bushes, looked like a great, innovative policy, in the image of "cowboy diplomacy".

looks more like custer, to me.

Yes, I've heard that many times.
As far as the agenda goes, they had that in place in 2000 before 9/11.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1221.htm

Ohh! Ohhh! Frontline tonight I think on PBS!

YMIHERE · Mar 13, 2008

The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report’s release and will no longer make the report available online.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/rapidreport/2008/03/pentagon-report.html

Friday on my mind · Mar 13, 2008

YMIHERE said:
The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report’s release and will no longer make the report available online.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/rapidreport/2008/03/pentagon-report.html

Govt suppresion of information isn't it.When the truth isn't to your liking ignore it as much as possible and try to hide it. is their normal pattern.Whats shocking is they get away with it.But you know whats even scarier is these CLOWNS are so incompetent that they are seemingly caught so blindsided by a study from the pentagon that they are stuck looking silly now trying to stonewall on it after it's release.

meesterperfect · Mar 13, 2008

If he was such a good man and undeserving of what he got,then why did his own people hang him?

YMIHERE · Mar 13, 2008

meesterperfect said:
If he was such a good man and undeserving of what he got,then why did his own people hang him?

That's irrelevant. The point is Bush took his eye off the ball (al Qaida) to go after Saddam using 9/11 as an excuse. Now al Qaida is in Pakistan getting stronger every day. Saddam was a monster, but no relation to the War on Terror.

bodie54 · Mar 13, 2008

Wolfowitz, August 3rd, 2003

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4372.htm

bodie54 said:
Didn't the Bush administration come out and admit as much a couple of years ago?

YMIHERE · Mar 13, 2008

bodie54 said:
Wolfowitz, August 3rd, 2003

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4372.htm

So even after they admit it they still want to bury the report. It's bad PR for the Republicans.

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