".......Duhhhhhhhhhh, ...the Demoncrat DemoCreeps like Bickerin' Joe Biden, Hairy BS (the KETCHUP KLOWN) Kerry, and ol' Taudry Teddy "Chappaquiddick" Kennedy are probably still 'absolutely convinced' that there's no Iraq-al Qaeda connection -- regardless of all the evidence to the contrary...........
Report: Iraq Document Details Bin Laden Contacts Fri Jun 25, 2004 02:21 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iraqi intelligence agents contacted Osama bin Laden when he was in Sudan in the mid-1990s as part of an effort by Baghdad to work with foes of the Saudi ruling family, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing a newly disclosed document.
U.S. officials described the document as an internal Iraqi intelligence report detailing efforts to seek cooperation with several Saudi opposition groups, the newspaper said.
The contacts described in the report came before bin Laden's al Qaeda organization had become a full-fledged terrorist group, the Times said.
The document states that Iraq agreed to rebroadcast anti-Saudi propaganda, and that a request from bin Laden to begin joint operations against foreign forces in Saudi Arabia went unanswered, the newspaper said. There was no further indication of collaboration, the Times said.
President Bush insists that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had a dangerous relationship with al Qaeda.
But the bipartisan commission probing the Sept. 11 attacks has said there was no evidence of a "collaborative relationship" even though there were contacts between Iraqis and al Qaeda, including a Sudan meeting between bin Laden and Iraqi intelligence officers.
The newspaper said the newly released document was obtained from the Iraqi National Congress as part of a trove that the exile group gathered after Saddam was toppled last year. Some of the intelligence provided by the group has been discredited.
A U.S. government task force studied the document and concluded it appeared authentic, the newspaper said.
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