Actually Pacifier, this camp WAS alluded to as "evidence" that Saddam was harboring terrorists.
Rumsfeld:
There's an organization called Ansar al-Islam, which was in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was there, it was functioning, and Saddam Hussein knew all about it. (This statement implies that Saddam either actively approved or had the ability to do anything about the camp.)
And another Rumsfeld statement:
Quote:
Rumsfeld: Well, we've let them (Iran + Syria) know that we're notably unhappy about the fact that terrorists come across their borders into Iraq and further complicate the problem.
Stephanopoulos: Do we think they're condoning it?
Rumsfeld: Well, we know in some instances they have condoned it. Whether in every instance, I can't say, because the borders are long, the borders are porous. But clearly, take the terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam. It was in Iraq. Saddam Hussein knew it was in Iraq. It was functioning. It left when we invaded Iraq, went to Iran, found a hospitable environment, apparently, and now has returned to Iraq.
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcrip...ecdef0836.html
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So not only did this administration make the decision not to take out this known terrorist camp which was manufacturing chemical weapons, but they used its location "in Iraq" as a means of falsely connecting it to Saddam in order to further bolster their argument for going to war.