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To: zonder who wrote (5595)	1/12/2004 1:27:39 PM
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"As for your links, please be reminded that both Bush AND now Powell have said there is no proof to a Saddam/Al-Qaeda connection." Aye, there's the rub. Your article distorted what Powell said. I used Powell's own words on the subject. Show me where Bush or Powell actually said there is no "proof" to a Saddam/Al Qaeda connection. Powell clearly made a direct connection between Iraq & Al Qaeda in his UN speech. Are you saying that Powell's dicsuccion of Zawahiri was not made? <font size=4> "My presentation on the 5th of February when I talked to this issue made it clear that we had seen some links and connections to terrorist organizations over time, and I focused on one particular case, Zawahiri, and I think that was a pretty solid case."<font size=3> state.gov You are using biased media reporting as your evidence. How about going right to the source & use Bush or Powell's own words in proper context? You will find that media biased reporting & factual reality are two different things. And keep in mind that both Bush & Powell (or anyone in the Bush Admin) cannot publicly discuss the classified papers that were leaked to the public, but have been affirmed by the CIA as genuine. "I assume they know more than you do and won't waste time reading those links." I can understand why. They provide irrefutable "proof" from the CIA of multiple connections between Saddam & Al Qaeda over more than 10 years. Cling to your perception of reality if you wish. Keep using biased, distorted media reports as your version of truth & reality. And by all means, do not read what Bush Admin officials actually say, in their own words & in proper context. It might change your mind & allow you to make reality based conclusions rather than reinforce your inflexible ideological POV that has no basis in reality. The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Message 19506425 The Saddam-Osama Memo (cont.) A close examination of the Defense Department's latest statement Message 19524655 Two blockbuster magazine articles last week revealed evidence that Saddam's spy agency and top Qaeda operatives certainly were in frequent contact for a decade, and that there is renewed reason to suspect an Iraqi spymaster in Prague may have helped finance the 9/11 attacks. Message 19534084 An Intelligent Democrat . . . Message 19569702 The Clinton View of Iraq-al Qaeda Ties From the December 29, 2003 / January 5, 2004 issue: Connecting the dots in 1998, but not in 2003. Message 19619772 Short-Term Memo-ry? Message 19524519 THIS STORY MUSTN'T DIE: Message 19509006 The evidence of an Iraq/al-Qaida connection hasn't gone away. Prague Revisited Message 19534201 THE VISIBLE HAND The Iraqi Connection Message 19540240