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

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (490465)	11/10/2003 7:06:06 PM
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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (490465)	11/11/2003 10:36:39 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Two Parts on Cheney from today's NYT: Cheney Theme of Qaeda Ties to Iraq Bombings Are Questioned by Some By ERIC SCHMITT Published: November 11, 2003 WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 — Vice President Dick Cheney has in recent speeches mentioned the major bombings in Iraq this past summer in the same breath as the deadly strikes in Bali, Casablanca and Riyadh, which authorities say were carried out by Al Qaeda or groups affiliated with it. The clear implication is that militants linked to Al Qaeda were responsible for the Iraq bombings, too. The attacks in Baghdad last month would appear to lend credence to that claim except for this: senior military, intelligence and law enforcement officials say there is no conclusive evidence pointing to a particular group — Al Qaeda or not — as the mastermind behind any of the major attacks in Iraq. "At this point it isn't clear who's responsible for those bombings," a senior American official said. Indicating who is behind the bombings — militants linked to Al Qaeda or homegrown loyalists to Saddam Hussein — is important politically for Mr. Cheney and his boss, President Bush, terrorism experts say. Mr. Cheney has repeatedly sought to cast the Iraq war and its aftermath as part of the broader campaign against terrorism. Administration officials say that linking the bombings in Iraq to Al Qaeda and the broader war on terrorism puts the attacks in a better political light than if they are viewed as guerrilla strikes by Baathist die-hards. But critics have accused Mr. Cheney of far exceeding what other administration figures have asserted about Qaeda links to Iraq. Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have defined the American antiterror efforts very broadly. Just last Friday, Mr. Cheney said at fund-raisers in Houston and Austin, Tex., that Mr. Hussein had "an established relationship with Al Qaeda," an assertion some intelligence say is overstated. "Freedom still has enemies in Iraq," Mr. Cheney added. "These terrorists are targeting the very success and the freedom that we're providing to the Iraqi people." ** CONTINUED **