Cool...goes right along with the PRETEND WMD's and PRETEND connections to Al Qaeda.
Nothing "pretend" about the WMDs. Some did exist. Just not in the quantities that previous UN inspections led most intelligence agencies to believe possibly existed. All the way up to March, 2003, UNMOVIC inspectors had 175 pages of questions regarding non-compliance on Iraq's part to FULLY disclose its WMD and long-range rocket status, including the status of over 6,000 unaccounted for Chemical warheads (which remain unaccounted for). And although the Iraq Survey Group is "no mas", the search continues although at a far lower tempo.
As for Al-Qaeda, what I can opine is that links apparently did exist, apparently with Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda's number #2.
And when Saddam was on the run, some believe he was apparently receiving assistance from Islamic militants in Iraq. Some opine that other Iraqi Ba'athists may have been actually trying to find Saddam (to kill him), and believed these groups were giving him sanctuary.
There may be some evidence to suggest that the Iraqi Intelligence Service was hiring Al-Qaeda personnel as agents. But for what purpose, we don't know..
Ansar Al-Islam also was able to find safe-haven along the Iranian-Iraqi border.. There is a strong linkage between the goals of Al-Qaeda and themselves, namely Sunni/Wahhabist Jihad.
As for terrorism.. there is evidence that IIS supported terrorist actions against neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia.
And one could also opine that there were some IIS ties with Islamic Jihad (Abd Al-Rahman's group in Egypt around the same time as the first WTC bombing).
The links existed, but there is nothing conclusive that IIS was behind the WTC bombing.. But it DOES show that they had contact, and thus, interests in common.
How do I know this?
Well, of course, I must have searched and found it on the internet, right?.. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge... ;0)
jihadwatch.org
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