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Originally Posted by Ustwo
And you don't want to believe. I only go with what seems logical and we know Abu Musab Zarqaw is currently in Iraq, and we know Saddam would pay the family of homicide bombers in Israel. Now maybe you would trust what Osama Bin Laden said, I'm sure he would have no reason to lie about relations, but oddly I don't. Perhaps its a character flaw that I don't trust mass murderers.
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http://www.intellectualconservative....ticle2471.html
That's a conservative web-site by the way.
Allow me to quote
"Following 9-11, neo-conservatives in the Bush Administration tried to create the illusion of a connection between Iraq, a secular socialist state, and Al Queda, an Islamist extremist terrorist group. This effort was unsuccessful."
"The Administration’s attempt at nation-building and indeed empire-building in Iraq constitutes the very antithesis of conservatism and is doomed to ultimate failure. If continued, it will further provoke an increasingly visible global backlash of anti-Americanism which will likely culminate in further catastrophic terrorist attacks against the US homeland, resulting in the deaths of hundreds and perhaps thousands more Americans. The prompt withdrawal of our forces from Iraq is absolutely necessary to minimize further loss of life among our heroic and selflessly-serving military servicemen. It is also essential to do so in order to conserve our military strength and save untold billions of dollars in taxpayer funds for winnable missions that clearly advance, rather than jeopardize the US national security interest."
The article was written by David T. Pyne, Esq. a national security expert who serves as President of the Center for the National Security Interest, a national security think-tank based in Arlington, VA.
Moving on, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks determined that Iraq and Osama bin Laden did not collaborate on the attacks. Allow me to quote Statement 15 (REF:
http://www.9-11commission.gov/hearin...atement_15.pdf)
"Bin Laden also explored possible cooperation with Iraq during his time in Sudan, despite his opposition to Hussein's secular regime. Bin Laden had in fact at one time sponsored anti-Saddam Islamists in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Sudanese, to protect their own ties with Iraq, reportedly persuaded Bin Laden to cease this support and arranged for contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda. A senior Iraqi intelligence officer reportedly made three visits to Sudan, finally meeting Bin Laden in 1994. Bin Laden is said to have requested space to establish training camps, as well as assistance in procuring weapons, but Iraq apparently never responded. There have been reports that contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda also occurred after Bin Laden returned to Afghanistan, but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship. Two senior Bin Laden associates have adamantly denied that any ties existed between al Qaeda and Iraq. We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States."
Finally, a news story from the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...nguage=printer
But I guess you know better?
Mr Mephisto