Saddam's Al Qaeda Connection

The Weekly Standard ^ | 09/01/03 | Stephen F. Hayes

[hoosiermama]

BUMP FOR LATER READ!

[Samwise]

the case for linkage is so devastating that when they eventually unveil it, the critics will be embarrassed and their arguments will collapse.

The problem with this logic is that absolutely nothing will embarrass a Liberal. They are without shame.

Being a Democrat means never letting let facts or logic get in the way.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Some administration officials argue privately that the case for linkage is so devastating that when they eventually unveil it, the critics will be embarrassed and their arguments will collapse.

IMHO, this is the current strategy.....slowly building an airtight case.

The only one doubting the Atta-al Ani meet was Tenet--who, after September 11, should have been called into the Oval Office, spanked, and replaced with Woolsey.

I agree, replacing Tenet with Woolsey, a good man at the helm, would be a good thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I read that we captured the Iraqi agent that met with Atta.

[alrea]

THE MEDIA is the criminal!

would socialist's all over the world and the media tend to sell the need for democrats to conduct war in iraq?

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[Peach]

You may want to use your ping lists to this article. One of the best I've seen that lays out the evidence of AQ/Iraqi connections.

[Howlin]

For reference.

[Consort]

[MizSterious]

"Contrary to the claims of its critics, the Bush administration has consistently underplayed the connections between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. Evidence of these links existed before the war."

This is exactly what many of us have been saying all along. It's good to see it in print.

[Peach]

Thanks, Howlin!

[prairiebreeze]

Thanks for ping Howlin. Bumping up for later read

Prairie

[Right_in_Virginia]

BTTT and bookmarked.

[Jhoffa_]

I don't even care if he wasn't related to Osama or terror in any way, shape or form.

Hussein made a deal to end GW1 and then he broke it..

He deserved to be taken out for that and frankly should have been "removed" under Clinton.

Any "terror" links and stuff are mere icing on the cake.

IMVHO.

[wayoverontheright]

On February 18, 1998, after the Iraqis repeatedly refused to permit U.N. weapons inspectors into sensitive sites, President Bill Clinton went to the Pentagon and delivered a hawkish speech ...

You know this is getting really interesting. When you think about it, al-Qaeda's goal was to bring our country to chaos by attacking our ECONOMY, thus the twin towers hit. One more hit on aviation and they might have accomplished their goal. But only Saddam would have had an axe to grind with the Pentagon.

Also, I think we'll find evidence that the Anthrax came from Iraq, Atta's meeting in Prague could have been to coordinate the Anthrax portion of the attack. Looks to me like a possible quid pro quo was the Anthrax in exchange for a hit on the Pentagon and the White House.

[mass55th]

Appreciate the PING! Howlin.

[eureka!]

bump for later

[Scott from the Left Coast]

We live in the age of Demagogue.

Demagoguery comes natural for Democrats, who believe in nothing but themselves anyway.

The Administration would probably be foolhardy to fight the masters at their own game. So they attempt to change the game...with massive, official iron-clad reports later (after the cement has hardened) that demonstrate incontrovertably that the demagogues were entirely wrong.

The problem is that this is a "patient" process for an unnervingly patient man (Bush) leading an impatient nation with a short attention span. And the interim is a killer.

And the Democrats never quail at being proved wrong, they merely move onto the next thing and demagogue that. For they don't need facts or proofs, they merely try to create an overall impression of chaos and lack of control and controversy. In other words, they only need to make the political environment nasty to turn people off and leave the field to their sycophants.

Fighting them in this society will not be easy and overcoming them is not a sure thing, even if everything they say and claim is wrong (as it most likely is).

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping

[GOPJ]

Or maybe the time isn't right, yet:

The administration, spooked by the media feeding frenzy surrounding yellowcake from Niger, is exercising extreme caution in rolling out the growing evidence of collaboration between al Qaeda and Baathist Iraq. As the critics continue their assault on a prewar "pattern of deception," the administration remains silent.

This impulse is understandable. It is also dangerous.

[arasina]

Very, very interesting article. One thing I found fascinating was this statement by bin Laden:

"The best proof of this is their eagerness to destroy Iraq, the strongest neighboring Arab state, and their endeavor to fragment all the states of the region such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Sudan into paper statelets and through their disunion and weakness to guarantee Israel's survival and the continuation of the brutal crusade occupation of the Peninsula."

Take out the italicized (finaticized) portion and it sounds like the Roadmap to Peace...or at least a roadmap to modern civilization. Israel is the pearl of civilization (brought about by their hard work, intelligent thought, ingenuity and sacrifice) surrounded by a huge clamshell of archaic countries.