Posted on 05/21/2004 1:41:23 AM PDT by John Fitzgerald
- For those of you who need a little 'ammo' to convince your libearl friends who are still in a 'get Bush' coma as to the connection between Al Qaeda and Iraq here are some reports from various sources you might want to consider. There are many more. You won't read about them in most newspapers, and the last place in the world you'll find such info is in any of the television news forums.
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Blair claims 'definite links' between al-Qa'eda and Baghdad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$VCMKUVTZFK2GRQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2003/02/06/nirq06.xml
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Al-Qaeda fighting with Iraqis, British claim
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/28/1048653833092.html
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IRAQ-AL-QAEDA CONNECTIONS
http://www.calpundit.com/archives/002652.html
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The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/378fmxyz.asp
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Radical Islamic Leader Denies Powell's Link Between Al Qaeda and Iraq
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/ansar030205_krekar.html
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The Iraq -- Al Qaeda Connections
http://www.techcentralstation.com/092503F.html
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Here are a couple of reports that don't pertain so much to the Saddam / Al Qaeda connection per se but emphasize more the likley possibility that they had every reason to form alliances with him, given all the WMD Saddam never accounted for.
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Officials: Chemical Attacks Thwarted in Jordan
Sunday, April 18, 2004
AMMAN, Jordan _ An Al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell recently dismantled in Jordan was plotting to detonate a chemical bomb capable of killing thousands of people and to attack the U.S. Embassy and prime minister's office with poison gas, officials said Saturday.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117414,00.html
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Foiled al-Qaida Attackers Caught Red-Handed With WMDs
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Two members of an al-Qaida cell connected to top terror master Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have been caught in Jordan with chemical weapons and poisonous gas for a planned attack that Jordanian officials say would have killed up to 20,000 people.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/4/17/112546.shtml
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1999 ABC News documentary: Bin Laden ties to Saddam Hussein
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1840395/posts?page=1
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