samclemens Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCo...=1734490&page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Conservative media bias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samclemens Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 07:11 PM) looks like you would have preferred the US to side with Iran in the Iran-Iraq war. why is that? your point is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 So it's never been any sort of secret at all that there were contacts between Iraq and Al Qaeda in the mid 90's. The 9/11 commission said so bluntly. But nothing at all ever came of those contacts, and none of the documents there say anything beyond that. The staff report said that bin Laden "explored possible cooperation with Iraq" while in Sudan through 1996, but that "Iraq apparently never responded" to a bin Laden request for help in 1994. The commission cited reports of contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda after bin Laden went to Afghanistan in 1996, adding, "but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship. Two senior bin Laden associates have adamantly denied that any ties existed between al Qaeda and Iraq. We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States." In fact, the last document ABC cites sure seems to me to suggest that Iraq was actually concerned in 2002 that Al Qaeda folks had entered their country, and were trying to track them down (i.e. searching hotels, etc.) Not the sort of stuff you do if you have a friendly relationship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I think the point the Cheat was trying to make is that if these documents are supposed to be the basis for attacking Iraq, since some sort of Iraqi Gov't functionary met with some lieutenant of Bin Laden's, maybe we should have attacked ourselves, since a US Gov't functionary met with Saddam. These documents prove little, if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 as hawk would say.... "Stretch!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 QUOTE(samclemens @ Mar 23, 2006 -> 06:22 PM) looks like you would have preferred the US to side with Iran in the Iran-Iraq war. why is that? your point is... You are aware that, despite our official claim of neutrality, we did in fact send arms to Iran as well as Iraq during the conflict? Specifically 1985-1986. Got Reagan in some hot water. . . not ringing any bells? Guess Reagan isn't the only one who can claim, "I don't recall." :rolly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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