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To: Win Smith who wrote (123154)1/13/2004 3:11:41 PM
From: Sully-  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Remarks to the United Nations Security Council
Secretary Colin L. Powell

Baghdad has an agent in the most senior levels of the radical organization Ansar al-Islam
state.gov

Specifically, Powell discussed Saddam's ties to Ansar al-Islam, an al Qaeda affiliate active in northern Iraq since September 2001.
frontpagemag.com

Official: Saddam confidant linked to terrorist group
WASHINGTON (AP)
usatoday.com

ANSAR AL-ISLAM: Iraq's Al-Qaeda Connection
Links to Saddam
ifapray.org

Powell presented evidence for a “sinister nexus between Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network,” explaining that “Baghdad has an agent at the most senior levels of the radical organization [Ansar],” and this individual offered safe haven to Qaeda members in 2000.
mafhoum.com



To: Win Smith who wrote (123154)1/13/2004 7:32:55 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 281500
 
<<Not to get into a "facts and logic" debate or anything,>>

No, thats exactly what you're trying to get into.