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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (31209)	6/17/2004 10:55:18 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Respond to of 81568

US 9/11 panel sees no Iraq al-Qaeda link By Thomas Catán in Washington Published: June 16 2004 17:14 \| Last Updated: June 17 2004 0:14 news.ft.com The blue-ribbon commission investigating the September 11 attacks said on Wednesday that Iraq had no history of collaborating with the al-Qaeda terrorist network - undermining one of the main arguments used by the Bush administration to justify the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime. A report by a bi-partisan panel found "no credible evidence" linking Iraq to the planning or financing of the assault. Although Osama bin Laden made overtures to Iraq in 1994, apparently requesting space for training camps and help in obtaining weapons, Iraq "apparently never responded". "There have been reports that contacts between Iraq and al-Qaeda also occurred after bin Laden had returned to Afghanistan, but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship," the report said. "Two senior bin Laden associates have adamantly denied that any ties existed between al-Qaeda and Iraq." <MORE IN ARTICLE>

To: longnshort who wrote (31209)	6/17/2004 1:17:19 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

From your article: Still, President Bush realized — as John Kerry, the Democrats and the Kean commission clearly do not — that the war on terrorism is not just about seeking revenge against the perpetrators of 9/11. It's about neutralizing radical Islam's fundamental challenge to Western civilization — fighting to win a war that was imposed on the West by evil men in the service of a depraved ideology. The path to victory is not clear, but the alternative is one, two, many 9/11's — each more horrific than its predecessor. Why is that so hard to understand? So what you are saying is that the war in Iraq is part of a crusade against fundamentalist Islamists? Funny...Iraq was a not a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism. In fact it was run by a secular ruler. A guy that was totally against the Islamists, and who rebuffed requests by Ossama to cooperate with Al Qaeda. That couldn't be the reason for the war in Iraq. The reason, as outlined by Powell at the UN and Condi Rice and Cheney on the stump was imminent threat, mushroom clouds, WMDs and alleged connections with Al Qaeda...just for spice. The Iraq - Al Qaeda connection doesn't wash. The 9-11 commission ended that discussion. And the WMD's and mushroom clouds of imminent threat? They proved to be completely over blown. The right continues to re-invent reasons for the invasion of Iraq. Orca