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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (290690)	8/27/2002 8:26:05 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 769670

the Czech government has REPEATEDLY said ... The Czech govt. hasn't stood very firmly behind their claim. It seems that there were criticised by Junior for selling missles to Iraq and so demanded they make up some story that would tie 9/11 to Saddam. Even Cheney doesn't bring up that fabrication anymore. arabicnews.com TP

To: JDN who wrote (290690)	8/27/2002 2:54:29 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 769670

No solid link between Al Qaeda and Iraq has been established as this recent (July 29) USA Today article points out: story.news.yahoo.com "John Diamond USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- Bush administration lawyers have concluded that establishing a link between al-Qaeda terrorists and Iraq would provide all the legal justification the administration needs to launch military action against Saddam Hussein's regime, U.S. officials say. An intensive effort by U.S. intelligence to establish such a link is being driven, in part, by a conclusion reached in recent weeks by White House and Pentagon legal and legislative advisers. They believe that connecting Iraq and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would allow the administration to avoid debates at the United Nations and in Congress over what some would call an unprovoked strike. The administration has sought a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda since the first days after Sept. 11. The idea of using that connection as legal grounds for military action has gelled only recently, however, as the administration has developed its military options and confronted the difficulty of gaining support from allies for attacking Iraq. Countries such as Russia and France, both permanent U.N. Security Council members, have been pushing to ease sanctions on Iraq and have raised concerns about an unprovoked attack. ... Many congressional leaders -- including those who support the use of force against Saddam -- worry that the administration needs a clearer justification than the belief that Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction. Only tenuous links have surfaced between Iraq and al-Qaeda. No evidence has been found of close cooperation or of Iraqi involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks." Steve