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To: russwinter who wrote (20669)	10/25/2004 4:15:09 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

From the annals of botched pre-war planning, by far the most devastating allegation that's been raised against the Bush administration is that it deliberately avoided striking Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before the war because doing so would undermine their deeply dishonest effort to use Zarqawi's presence in Kurdistan as a justification for war. NBC News filed a credible report alleging just that back in March to which the administration has never really issued a firm denial. Today via David Sirota I see that The Wall Street Journal has finally done some followup. The story's not online but here's the key bit: -------- In addition, by late 2002, while the White House still was deliberating over attacking the camp, Mr. Zarqawi was known to have been behind the October 2002 assassination of a senior American diplomat in Amman, Jordan. prospect.org Simply shameful. They held off on taking out a terrorist because it would've ruined their case for war. This terrorist has now killed thousands of people.