Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden (NY Times Documents Iraq/Al Qaeda on Page 1)

NY Times ^ | 6/25/2004 | THOM SHANKER

[cgk]

More.

[cgk]

One man can simply not have such bad timing, luck and presence absent divine intervention.

Love it.

[hobson]

LOL! Gore has been in a hole since 2000 and he's still digging.

[JennysCool]

Great job! Well-written and incisive. I'm guessing it hit home around the newsroom. Well, I can hope it did at least.

[rwfromkansas]

ditto

[Zeppo]

Excellent letter - a damning indictment of the bias that pervades the NY Times.

[AF68]

If I was a democrat, I'd hide my head in shame over the buffoonery of this demented assclown. Some responsible people in the DNC need to grab Algore as he teeters on edge of the abyss of madness and return him to his faux White House in Tennessee to seek professional help. I hope they don't, though. Watching Algore plumb the depths of dementia is the best reality TV imaginable.

[caspera]

I am convinced Al Gore is doing what he's doing to make Kerry seem centrist. No, really. Imagine, Kerry is the perhaps the second most liberal Senator. The DNC says to Gore, go out and raise hell, and fake far left and our guy will seem reasonable by comparison. Do that, and when we have the presidency, we'll give you some sinecure, like ambassador to Aruba or something.

[Republican Wildcat]

Amazing. It was predicted something like this would happen when Gore made his planned statement. LOL.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Fantastic and well written letter!

Nail their A****!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping, Gore looks like a fool again!

[conservative in nyc]

The new document, which appears to have circulated only since April, was provided to The New York Times several weeks ago, before the commission's report was released.

You mean to tell me that the New York Times has been sitting on a document that links Saddam Hussein to Al Queda, while at the same time publishing irresponsible front-page headlines claiming no link?

Simply amazing.

I'm not convinced the Times' public editor will come out on our side, though.

[thoughtomator]

public@nytimes.com

Have at it - this could be an opportunity to bust up the Marxist cabal.

[thoughtomator]

You know, this also means they put out the "Show us the proof" editorial when they were sitting on it.

[InfraRed]

It is not known whether some on the task force held dissenting opinions about the document's veracity.

Translation: Being a member of the democrat propaganda machine, we want you to have doubts about the credibility of this report, despite the fact that we have absolutely no corroborating evidence whatsoever.

[Maelstrom]

First identify the bias:

"The document states that Iraq agreed to rebroadcast anti-Saudi propaganda, and that a request from Mr. bin Laden to begin joint operations against foreign forces in Saudi Arabia went unanswered. There is no further indication of collaboration. "

"The commission concluded that the contacts had not demonstrated "a collaborative relationship" between Iraq and Al Qaeda."

"The new document, which appears to have circulated only since April, was provided to The New York Times several weeks ago"

This thing is ONLY 10 weeks OLD! THEY KNEW!

"Some of the intelligence provided by the group is now wholly discredited, although officials have called some of the documents it helped to obtain useful."

"It is not known whether some on the task force held dissenting opinions about the document's veracity. "

"But the document contains no statement of response by the Iraqi leadership under Mr. Hussein to the request for joint operations, and there is no indication of discussions about attacks on the United States or the use of unconventional weapons. "

"Members of the Pentagon task force that reviewed the document said it described no formal alliance being reached between Mr. bin Laden and Iraqi intelligence."

"It is not clear whether the commission knew of this document. After its report was released, Mr. Cheney said he might have been privy to more information than the commission had; it is not known whether any further information has changed hands. "

This thing is ONLY 10 weeks OLD! THEY KNEW!

[Drango]

The damage to Bush is already done on this. No way are the Wash Post, LATimes, Seattle Times, Detroit News etc. gonna go back and retract their erroneous bold headlines...

[Vigilantcitizen]

For later.

[blanknoone]

before Al Qaeda had become a full-fledged terrorist organization.

I am curious exactly when the Slimes thinks Al Qaeda 'became' a 'full-fledged' terrorist organization. Are they OK with Saddam trying to work with a half-fledged terrorist organization?

[The G Man]

Al Gore ... worst ... timing ... ever.

(or as the brilliant James Taranto puts it ... Al Gore "jumps the shark" yet again)

LOL!