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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (103686)	7/22/2007 5:34:26 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

.... in October 2002, six months before the American invasion of Iraq, he (Tenet) wrote a letter to Bob Graham, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. It stated (emphasis added throughout): We have solid reporting of senior level contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda going back a decade. Credible information indicates that Iraq and al Qaeda have discussed safe haven and reciprocal non-aggression. Since Operation Enduring Freedom [the military operations that commenced shortly after September 11, 2001], we have solid evidence of the presence in Iraq of al-Qaeda members, including some that have been in Baghdad. We have credible reporting that al-Qaeda leaders sought contacts in Iraq who could help them acquire WMD capabilities. The reporting also stated that Iraq has provided training to al-Qaeda members in the areas of poisons and gases and making conventional bombs. Iraq’s increasing support to extremist Palestinians, coupled with growing indications of a relationship with al Qaeda, suggest that Baghdad’s links to terrorists will increase, even absent U.S. military action. ........... commentarymagazine.com In addition to Zarqawi and his group who were in Iraq prior to the war, we know that among the wanted terrorists given haven in Iraq was Abdul Rahman Yasin, who made the explosive used in the 1993 attempt to bring down the WTC. That attack was planned by Ramzi Yousef and his cousin, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. KSM was also a planner of the 911 attack.