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

To: American Spirit who wrote (74301)	3/9/2006 1:56:19 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

That would all be fine if in fact there truly weren't credible reports that Saddam and/or Iraqi entities did in fact have something to do with Al Qaeda. But there are. Putin even tells us Iraq was after us on its own. Ahhh, but Putin just MUST be LYING FOR BUSH! LOL....geesh. Dan B.

To: American Spirit who wrote (74301)	3/11/2006 1:34:47 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

What do you think of the fact that long before current President Bush came along, we had numerous reports that SADDAM offered Osama Sanctuary? Say it's all false if you must though you have no evidence to back that up, and then never-the-less you find that Bush did not come up with the idea, rather it was widely accepted as likely long befor his time. This is one reason why your position will forever remain completely unreasonable, in the eyes of history. "Vincent Cannistraro, the CIA's former head of counter-terrorist operations and a respected expert on Middle Eastern terrorism, said the timing, location and method of the attack pointed to Bin Laden's terrorist network, al-Qaeda.....He argued that the sophistication of the bomb - an estimated 272kg of high explosive shaped and placed within a metal container to channel the blast and penetrate the armoured hull of the USS Cole - suggested the involvement of a state. "The Iraqis have wanted to be able to carry out terrorism for some time now," Mr Cannistraro said. "Their military people have had liaison with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, and could well have supplied the training." He said the theory was still speculative but was consistent with the series of recent contacts between Baghdad and the Bin Laden organisation." guardian.co.uk Why you insist on downplaying the cooperation between Iraq and Al Qaeda when your only real clues are that these two entities were indeed talking, is beyond me. Why you try to lay blame on Bush for supposedly lying about such a connection, when it was a long held honest evaluation going way way back, will forever be beyond the bounds of reason. How about Feb. 1999: " "Iraq News" has learned what precipitated the earlier rash of articles about Bin Ladin and Iraq [see "Iraq News," Jan 27]. A senior Iraqi intelligence official, Farouk Hijazi, newly appointed as Iraq's ambassador to Turkey, did visit Osama bin Ladin in Afghanistan in December, as several of those articles reported. There has been more reporting on bin Ladin and Iraq. All of it included the suggestion that Iraq is coordinating with bin Ladin on CBW terrorism. The Italian paper, Corriere della Sera, reported Feb 1, "Terrorist cells belonging to the network organized by Osama bin Laden . . . are ready to go into action in the countries of the Persian Gulf and Europe. According to a confidential report, the list of targets is ready. It was agreed in Kandahar (Afghanistan) 21 December by Osama himself and Farouk Hijazi. . . The new recruits, together with the veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Bosnia, form the secret army that is expected to use its weapons against all those who oppose the rais of Baghdad. In order to make them even more dangerous, traditional training has been supplemented with training in the use of chemical weapons, toxins, and viruses . . ." The New York Post, Feb 1, reported, "Saddam Hussein-battered, humiliated and increasingly isolated-plans to resort to terrorism in revenge for US airstrikes against his country. . . US officials say the CIA has received 'credible and reliable' intelligence reports that Saddam is forging alliances with some of the Middle East's most bloodthirsty terrorists-including Osama Bin Ladin and Abu Nidal-as part of an apparently new campaign to strike American targets and possibly destablise Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. . . . US officials are concerned about the possibility that Saddam could not only help with funding and logistics for Bin Ladin's far-flung network, . . . but he could also help the group acquire chemical and biological weapons." fas.org Dan B.