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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
23 Jun 2004 02:03:54 PM |
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No WMD. No al Qaeda/Iraq connection. Nothing but over 840 dead Americans. |
From The Los Angeles Times, 6/22/04:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fedayeen22jun22,1,2460796.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Al Qaeda Link to Iraqi Militia Doubted
U.S. intelligence official disputes a claim that a terror operative
served in Fedayeen Saddam.
By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON --
A U.S. intelligence official expressed skepticism Monday that a member
of Al Qaeda had served as an officer in Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen
militia, contradicting a claim made the day before by a member of the
commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks.
The intelligence official said the CIA had investigated the matter
this year after documents recovered in Iraq listed an officer in the
Fedayeen Saddam militia whose name was similar to that of a known Al
Qaeda operative.
The agency determined that the militia member and the terrorist
operative were not the same person, the official said.
"We think that it is not the same guy," said the intelligence
official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The CIA's conclusion undercuts an assertion made by John F. Lehman, a
Republican member of the Sept. 11 commission, who said in a television
interview Sunday that new intelligence indicated that "there is at
least one officer of Saddam's Fedayeen, a lieutenant colonel, who was
a very prominent member of Al Qaeda."
Lehman made the comment on NBC's "Meet the Press."
He could not be reached for comment late Monday.
Lehman's claim has become the latest point of friction in the ongoing
debate over the extent of Al Qaeda's ties to the former Iraqi
government.
The Bush administration frequently cited Iraq's alleged ties to Al
Qaeda while building the case for war.
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What's their next phony excuse?
Harry
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