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USA Today-POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN RICIN TERROR SUSPECTS AND IRAQI GOVERNMENT
USA Today 'The Nations Newspaper' ^
| January 16, 2003
| Wire Report
Posted on 01/16/2003 6:59:48 AM PST by ewing
The United States Government has indications that the men arrested in Great Britian with a traces of the poison Ricin are linked to a terorist group in Northern Iraq, a senior Bush administration official said early Thursday.
The offical, speaking on condition of anonymity, refused to elaborate on evidence linking the men to Ansar al-Islam, a group which other US officials have said is linked to both al Qaeda and possibly Saddam Husseins government in Iraq.
The United States says the threat of Saddam delivering chemical or biological weapons to terrorists is the main reason for threating war against Iraq if Saddam refuses to give up weapons of mass destruction.
(Excerpt) Read more at usatoday.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: iraq; link; london; ricin; toast
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Remember, this is the paper that the White House prefers to drop little nuggets to here and there..
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posted on
01/16/2003 6:59:48 AM PST
by
ewing
To: All
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:01:03 AM PST
by
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To: ewing
examples please?
To: ewing
This is just another "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy"
Calling Chris Matthews, Calling Chris Matthews,
We need your unbiased assesment,,,
/Sarcasm OFF
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:03:10 AM PST
by
Falcon4.0
To: kassie; Mo1
Ping!
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:07:35 AM PST
by
Dog
To: Falcon4.0
How will the anti war nutjobs spin this one?
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:08:12 AM PST
by
ewing
To: patton; IGOTMINE
Flag
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:08:53 AM PST
by
Coop
To: ewing
Remember, this is the paper that the White House prefers to drop little nuggets to here and there.. Perhaps not.
This is an just AP report.
Do a search on Goggle news and you'll see the same thing word for word in:
Bath Chronicle, UK
Lincolnshire Echo, UK
KFOR-TV, OK
WLOX, MS
WPMI, AL
Etc.
To: ewing
How will the anti war nutjobs spin this one? They'll just hold hands and keep singing "Give Peace A Chance"
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:12:27 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Join the DC Chapter at the Patriots Rally III on 1/18/03)
To: ewing
"This is no smoking gun". Hans Blix
"While this is troubling, the administration has shown us no PROOF of Iraqi involvement, and that is obscene. It is the wrong clue, from the wrong messenger at the wrong time." Tom Daschle.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:17:00 AM PST
by
BOBTHENAILER
(Oppose all Environmental Groups)
To: ewing
Actually the only real value of this left wing rag is to use it to cover your floors if you have a new puppy or to put on the bottom of your bird cage.
Then they can leave their appropriate nuggets on it.
Often the so called free copy that we get in motels and hotels is not free. Regardless, when I check in to a motel, I tell the clerk that I don't want even a free copy, and I will not pay for a copy.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:19:02 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: Grampa Dave
Which hotel makes you pay for the paper?
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:21:16 AM PST
by
ewing
To: Dog
Thanks for getting me over here. I'll be interested to know how the RATS plan on spinning this.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:22:14 AM PST
by
kassie
(God Bless and Protect Our Military)
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To: kassie
Oh, that's easy - we should have build more daycares and hospitals in Northern Iraq...
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:24:33 AM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)
To: ewing
Exactly. This is one of many parts to the smoking gun. Just look at how methodical the President was in stating his case against Iraq to the UN.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:25:32 AM PST
by
rintense
To: BillinDenver
No, there is an assemblage of Arabs who fled Afghanistan that have taken up residence in Northern Iraq and are mounting attacks against the Kurds.
To: Grampa Dave
I'll admit I do look over USA Today - usually because it has the best national sports coverage, and good entertainment coverage, too.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:26:38 AM PST
by
hchutch
("Last suckers crossed, Syndicate shot'em up" - Ice-T, "I'm Your Pusher")
To: BillinDenver
There are all kinds of Kurds. Commie Kurds, regular impartial Kurds, Pro-Iranian Kurds, and so on. But this seems to make things a bit clearer:
The offical, speaking on condition of anonymity, refused to elaborate on evidence linking the men to Ansar al-Islam, a group which other US officials have said is linked to both al Qaeda and possibly Saddam Husseins government in Iraq.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:26:49 AM PST
by
piasa
To: BillinDenver
The northern part of Iraq is Kurdish. Are they saying that the Kurds are the ones with links to bioterror? There is a theory that the terorist camps that were closed down in Afghanistan were reopened in remote parts of Northern Iraq...not necessarily involved with the Kurds.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:27:58 AM PST
by
copycat
(Arbeit macht frei.)
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