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| Bush considering attack on suspected al Qaeda chemical and biological weapons test facility in Iraq |
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| Posted by jern On Aug 19 5:39 PM with 1 comment CNN ^ | Aug 19, 2002 White House considering attack on suspected al Qaeda chemical and biological weapons test facility in Iraq, U.S. officials tell CNN. Details soon. For the latest news, watch CNN or log on to AOL Keyword: CNN |
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| Traitor William Cohen gets foot stuffed in mouth by CNN "news alert"! |
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| Posted by Batman94 On Aug 19 5:37 PM CNN ^ | 8-19-02 | cnn.com |
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Iraq Mission Aborted
President Bush Calls Off Operation to Take Out Al Qaeda Poison Gas LaboratoryW A S H I N G T O N, Aug. 19 — The CIA and the Pentagon began planning a covert operation into Northern Iraq to destroy what appeared to be a budding chemical weapons laboratory several years ago, but late last week, the president called it off, sources told ABCNEWS.
U.S. forces had been monitoring a small group of al Qaeda operatives for weeks as they experimented with poison gas and deadly toxins — killing barnyard animals and at least one human, sources told ABCNEWS.
Intelligence sources say the al Qaeda operatives were under the protection of a small radical Kurdish group called Ansar al Islam. Officials say there is no evidence Saddam Hussein's government had any knowledge of their activities.
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