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To: Neocon who wrote (150443)	11/2/2004 12:31:37 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Cheney, for example, called the claim of an Atta meeting with an Iraqi official in Prague “pretty well confirmed” in a Dec. 9, 2001, “Meet the Press” interview. LA Times article: In a Sept. 8, 2002, “Meet the Press” appearance, just weeks before the congressional vote on authorizing President Bush to go to war, Cheney again returned to the issue: “We’ve seen in connection with the hijackers, of course, Mohammed Atta, who was the lead hijacker, did apparently travel to Prague on a number of occasions. And on at least one occasion, we have reporting that places him in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence official a few months before the attack on the World Trade Center.” Even after CIA and FBI officials had already concluded the claims of the meeting were almost certainly false, Cheney was still referring to it in a Sept. 14, 2003 “Meet the Press” appearance. “The Czechs alleged that Mohammed Atta, the lead attacker, met in Prague with a senior Iraq intelligence official five months before the attack, but we’ve never been able to develop anymore of that yet either in terms of confirming it or discrediting it. We just don’t know.” In his "Mission Accomplished" speech aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, the President boasted, "We have removed an ally of Al Qaeda." (despite no proof either were allies -- this is like declaring Lichtenstein is no longer an ally of Al Qaeda) "There's overwhelming evidence there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government," Cheney said in an interview on National Public Radio. "I am very confident that there was an established relationship there." VP Cheney, January 2004 Asked by a TV interviewer if he was privy to information about Iraq's links to Al Qaeda that the 9-11 Commission did not have, Cheney replied, "Probably." This led the heads of the commission to say to Cheney politely, through the press, that it would be nice if the vice president would come forward with any new information he has. (Summer 2004) September 2003: Cheney called Iraq "the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9-11." September 2003 "Meet the Press": Cheney said "it's not surprising" the public would believe Saddam was involved in the attacks, blamed on the al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden, who has repeatedly praised the attacks. [of course its not surprising, Cheney kept leaving the door open. People believe what they want to believe especially if given a nudge.] ** “I have not suggested there’s a connection between Iraq and 9/11.” VP Cheney - Cheney/Edwards Debate 2004 LOL