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Zarqawi, Al Qaeda, and Saddam
Little Green Footballs
Here’s an interesting post from Austin Bay, tying together reports that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been wounded with Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s new information on connections between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein:
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What do we know and when do we know it? Zarqawi, Al Qaeda, and Saddam
Unfortunately a vast swath of the US national media “concluded” in the run up to the 2004 presidential campaign that “Al Qaeda-Saddam connections weren’t proven.” “Not proven” is accurate, at least not proven to support a court case– but we’re in a war and operating inside the fog of war. I use the verb “concluded” instead of “argued": the cynical tone and intensity of the MSM “argument” vis a vis Iraqi-Al Qaeda connections left the impression that these connections didn’t exist at all.
The truth is there were numerous indications of connections and possible collaboration, indications that would have raised eyebrows prior to 9/11 but would not have raised alert levels. But “not proven” echoed “no WMD,” and both worked into the 2004 press template “Bush lied, people died.”
A covert, terrorist organization survives via stealth. It has to cover its tracks. Some information about Al Qaeda, its people, its connections, its intentions, will take years to uncover. King Abdullah and former PM Allawi now offer evidence of Saddam-Al Qaeda connections and Allawi’s suggest potential collaboration. Abdullah’s information implies a tangential conection, but Allawi’s indicates direct dealing.
Where’s the front-page reporting and 24/7 cable chitchat?
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