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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (130746)	4/30/2004 8:28:21 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't think American people really want to know if WMDs were there or whether Al Quaeda was involved. Sep 11 was a great shock. It frightened most people. This kind of enemy attack never hit home so close. There was an instinctive urge to lash out. But US is a good democracy with excellent judicial system. You can't easily get away with a hate crime. Collectively one could find an outlet. Bomb the hell out of another country - pick one or two, it does not matter which. -Arun >Of course, the more cynical opinion would be that Bush is trying to delay the release of the information until he needs an Ace up his sleeve. Nothing better than being able to reveal to the American people that he was right in taking on Saddam.. It would certainly suck the wind from Kerry's sails..>

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (130746)	4/30/2004 8:44:14 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hawk it's my recollection that the information you cite is not reliable. I believe it came from one of the "Chalabi" sources, as did so many of the other "smoking gun 'facts.'" That could be the reason why even though that story is internet friendly, it is not trotted out by those in the Bush Administration whose credibility on such issues is already dismal. There were, of course, contacts between Iraq, the Taliban, Iraq intelligence agents and Al Qaeda. There were, and are, connections between Al Qaeda and almost every nation in the world, including our own U.S. which trained some of Al Qaeda at our flight schools. That doesn't mean that France, England, Germany, the U.S. and other countries supported, or support, Al Qaeda. If you want to find previous support for Al Qaeda, take a look at the Saudis, the Pakistanis and the Sudanese. But time will tell. I'm a little surprised that you don't have more to say about the post to which you responded-or is the other shoe going to drop later?