Sounds like the French STILL don't get it....
Chirac sees no proof of link between Qaeda and Iraq
Elaine Sciolino The New York Times
Thursday, October 17, 2002
PARIS Taking on President George W. Bush, President Jacques Chirac of France said in an interview published Wednesday that there was no proof linking Iraq to the terrorist group Al Qaeda.
"As far as I know, no proof has been found, or at least been made official, for a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda," said Chirac in an interview published in editions of a Beirut-based newspaper, L'Orient-Le Jour.
"Even if certain terrorists could have been able to find refuge in Iraq, we must not mix up the issues," he said. "The first objective of action by the international community is Iraq, and that means disarmament."
By contrast, Bush said Monday that President Saddam Hussein of Iraq had links with Al Qaeda and wanted to use it as "a forward army."
For months, the United States has tried to convince the rest of the world that there have been contacts between Al Qaeda operatives and Iraqis and that Al Qaeda operatives have taken refuge in Iraq.
Chirac, who began a trip to the Middle East on Wednesday, also said in the interview that a crisis with Iraq could spark new terrorist attacks around the world. "We cannot rule out the possibility that terrorist groups use the Iraq affair as a pretext for new acts and as a way to make propaganda," he said.
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So, what next? Another oil tanker? Are you gonna blow up the Eiffel Tower or what? OOoops, make that: Is Al-Qaeda gonna blow up.....?
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