Comments on: Saddam and al Qaeda

By: Director Mitch

Director Mitch — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I also noticed the nuance: "ties to 9/11" versus "ties to Al Queda" are two different things. Is anyone disputing that Al Queda had bases in Iraq before the war or is operating in a big way there now?

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I would agree with Taylor as Saddam was letting in Al Quada members for medical help and meeting with them before and after 9/11. Whether or not Osama was rebuffed in 1994 seems irrelevent to me and it seems selective of the news media to focus on that one item rather than the whole. However, if they weren't so selective, they wouldn't have a story would they.

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Director Mitch has noticed that Al Quada is operating in a big way now in Iraq. I wonder who let them in???

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Director Mitch has noticed that Al Quada is operating in a big way now in Iraq. I wonder who let them in??? Considering that Salman Pak was an Al Qaeda terrorist training camp just outside Baghdad long before 9/11, and considering that Director Mitch's comment refers to al Qaeda being in Iraq "before the war", I'd say the answer would be Saddam. Was that the answer you were looking for, Barry?

By: Bog

Bog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Terrorists were training for sept 11 in the United States too, McGehee.

Does that mean the US and/or Cheney have "long established ties with Al Qaueda" too?

Proximity alone is apparently not much of a "connection".

By: Hellblazer

Hellblazer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

A case study in Right Wing thought patterns
This is another interesting contrast between the right and left wing of American politics. Panel Says No Signs of Iraq, Qaeda Link Here's the response by the right wing loons on FreeRepublic and Lucianne. Note the thought patterns and complete...

By: QandO

QandO — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Connections....
The 9/11 Commission has released a report on the evidence of ties - and lack thereof - between Iraq and 9/11. To save you some time around the blogosphere today, I'll summarize what you're going to read..... The antiwar crowd...

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