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To: Sully- who wrote (52966)	11/4/2006 6:53:13 PM
From: Cogito	of 90947

Sully - Again, from the SIC report, on the subject of a relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda. This section is mostly censored, not surprisingly. Here's one of the few intact paragraphs. "(U) Conclusion 93. The Central Intelligence Agency reasonably assessed that there were likely several instances of contacts between Iraq and al-Qaida throughout the 1990s, but that these contacts did not add up to an established formal relationship." In other words, not only did the raw data support the idea that there was no working relationship between Iraq and "al-Qaida" (as they spell it here), but that the NIE for once had gotten it right and told the Bush Administration so. Again, this agrees with the conclusion drawn by the 9/11 commission. This report also speaks of Saddam "reaching out" to terrorist groups like Hamas, with the intention of seeking their support in the event of a U.S. invasion of Iraq. That's not anywhere near the same as offering them chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons (which he didn't have anyway) to do with as they pleased. Once again, thanks for providing the link to that report. I'd seen it before, but it's great to take a stroll down memory lane. - Allen

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