Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:47 p.m. EDT
Clinton Indictment Cited Iraq-bin Laden Link
Though Democrats and most reporters insist there's no operational link between
al-Qaida and Iraq, the Clinton Justice Department specifically cited such an
alliance when it indicted the 9/11 mastermind six years ago, Weekly Standard
reporter Stephen Hayes said Sunday.
"The Clinton administration, in a sealed indictment of Osama bin Laden in the
spring of 1998, included very prominently, in the fourth paragraph, a
discussion of this agreement," Hayes told WABC Radio's Monica Crowley.
"They called it an understanding between Iraq and al-Qaida, whereby al-Qaida
agreed not to agitate against the Iraqi regime," Hayes said. "In exchange the
Iraqi regime agreed to supply assistance on weapons development."
Since the outbreak of the Iraq war, numerous Clinton administration officials
have argued there was no link between Iraq and al-Qaida.
But in his book "The Connection," Hayes details the portion of the Clinton
administration's bin Laden indictment that contradicts those claims, then
notes:
"The fact remains that six senior Clinton administration national security
officials are on the record defending [the Aug. 20, 1998 strike against Sudan],
citing an Iraqi connection."
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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15 Jun 2004 04:49:19 PM |
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In article <20040615074038.16791.00000003@mb-m20.aol.com>, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:47 p.m. EDT
Clinton Indictment Cited Iraq-bin Laden Link
Though Democrats and most reporters insist there's no operational link between
al-Qaida and Iraq, the Clinton Justice Department specifically cited such an
alliance when it indicted the 9/11 mastermind six years ago, Weekly Standard
reporter Stephen Hayes said Sunday.
Then why did the Bush administration state that there was no proven link between
Al Qaeda and Iraq? Either the above is false, or the Bush administration was
lying or is incompetent.
Woods
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| User: "TonyZ2001" |
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16 Jun 2004 08:56:07 AM |
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woodswun@tepidmail.com
wrote:
tonyz2001@aol.com (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:47 p.m. EDT
Clinton Indictment Cited Iraq-bin Laden Link
Though Democrats and most reporters insist there's no operational link
between
al-Qaida and Iraq, the Clinton Justice Department specifically cited such an
alliance when it indicted the 9/11 mastermind six years ago, Weekly Standard
reporter Stephen Hayes said Sunday.
Then why did the Bush administration >state that there was no proven link
between
Al Qaeda and Iraq? Either the above is >false, or the Bush administration was
lying or is incompetent.
Woods
Wrong.
When this was put out there as one reason to go after Saddam, you Liberals
cried and screamed that there were no such links, now you want to twist it
around to suit your agenda.
Tony
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| User: " John F Lemke" |
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16 Jun 2004 09:27:27 PM |
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"TonyZ2001" <tonyz2001@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040616095607.19122.00000067@mb-m06.aol.com...
woodswun@tepidmail.com
wrote:
Then why did the Bush administration >state that there was no proven link
between
Al Qaeda and Iraq? Either the above is >false, or the Bush
administration was
lying or is incompetent.
Woods
Wrong.
When this was put out there as one reason to go after Saddam, you Liberals
cried and screamed that there were no such links, now you want to twist it
around to suit your agenda.
Tony
The 911 Commission must all be liberals.
From an article at the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3812351.stm
But preliminary statements published by the commission on a range of issues
are building up into a complex picture of missed opportunities and some of
it does not make pleasant reading for the Bush administration, says BBC
diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.
Bin Laden spurned
The report on al-Qaeda, entitled Overview of the Enemy, describes the roots
of the militant network and its activities.
It says Osama Bin Laden had explored the possibility of co-operation with
Iraq, despite his opposition to Saddam Hussein's secular regime.
A senior Iraqi intelligence officer had met Bin Laden in 1994 to hear his
requests for space to establish training camps and assistance in procuring
weapons - but Iraq had not responded.
"There have been reports that contacts between Iraq and al-Qaeda also
occurred after Bin Laden had returned to Afghanistan, but they do not appear
to have resulted in a collaborative relationship," the statement says.
"We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaeda co-operated on attacks
against the United States."
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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16 Jun 2004 07:37:17 PM |
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In article <20040616095607.19122.00000067@mb-m06.aol.com>, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
woodswun@tepidmail.com
wrote:
(TonyZ2001) wrote:
Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:47 p.m. EDT
Clinton Indictment Cited Iraq-bin Laden Link
Though Democrats and most reporters insist there's no operational link
between
al-Qaida and Iraq, the Clinton Justice Department specifically cited such an
alliance when it indicted the 9/11 mastermind six years ago, Weekly Standard
reporter Stephen Hayes said Sunday.
Then why did the Bush administration >state that there was no proven link
between
Al Qaeda and Iraq? Either the above is >false, or the Bush administration was
lying or is incompetent.
Woods
Wrong.
When this was put out there as one reason to go after Saddam, you Liberals
cried and screamed that there were no such links, now you want to twist it
around to suit your agenda.
There has never been any link demonstrated between al qaeda and saddam. Condi
Rice admitted that there was no link shortly after the invasion. You neocons
really need to keep your stories straight - the right hand doesn't know what the
far right hand is doing!
Woods
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| User: "Ex" |
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| Title: Re: Clinton Knew of Iraq/Al Qaida Link |
15 Jun 2004 07:40:34 PM |
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:49:19 GMT, Woodswun wrote:
In article <20040615074038.16791.00000003@mb-m20.aol.com>, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:47 p.m. EDT
Clinton Indictment Cited Iraq-bin Laden Link
Though Democrats and most reporters insist there's no operational link between
al-Qaida and Iraq, the Clinton Justice Department specifically cited such an
alliance when it indicted the 9/11 mastermind six years ago, Weekly Standard
reporter Stephen Hayes said Sunday.
Then why did the Bush administration state that there was no proven link between
Al Qaeda and Iraq? Either the above is false, or the Bush administration was
lying or is incompetent.
Woods
Good point. But since you're apparently not aware of the parallel universe
known as 'NeoConverse', Saddam actually did meet personally with Bin Laden
in downtown L.A. Due to hyperspatial differentiation, this was never
reported by the 'Liberal' ( re: Commie ) media in our own dimension.
HTH,
ex.
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