An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein’s regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden’s al Qaida terrorist network.
The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam’s regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East, U.S. officials told McClatchy. However, his security services were directed primarily against Iraqi exiles, Shiite Muslims, Kurds and others he considered enemies of his regime.
President Bush and his aides used Saddam’s alleged relationship with al Qaida, along with Iraq’s supposed weapons of mass destruction, as arguments for invading Iraq after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Read on…
And you know if they had found anything remotely resembling cooperation between Saddam and AQ, it would have run 24/7 on FOXNews. Of course, we DO know about operational links between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein, but the AQ connection was always sketchy at best. We can only hope that more lies will be uncovered once we have a Democrat in the White House — provided the Bushies don’t destroy ALL the evidence.
No Trackbacks To “Pentagon Makes It Official: No Link Between Saddam & Al Qaeda“
Let the unbombing and de-invasion begin.
Still, the threat that Saddam posed was a serious one. Very, very serious. Threat.
Nothing of news here. I think we can all pretty well rest assured the invasion and overthrowing of Saddam Hussein’s rule was orchestrated for oil and a hollow threat of WMD’s.
Yep. It’s a train wreck.
I’ve been saying that for years. Why didn’t they just ask me?
A democrat will not make one iota of difference in terms of information and fact finding. If it had it would already have been done by now.
I wonder how much manpower and money they put into that investigation.
When can we take back the country again?
Crooks are the same @ 6:
It’s a step out of the mire.
What other options do we have?
Side note: I’ve seen the word “iota” far too often as of late.
Oh yes this little article will undo years of neocon propaganda.The return to reason is at hand.
hahahaha!
Will they stop saying they were linked now? Please. No, ok.
Pentagon Makes It Official: Bush will be remembered as an asshole.
BushCo created their boogey man Saddam to gain support for the attack on Iraq. Many people knew this all along.
Wow. 6 years late. 4,000 dead U.S. soldiers. 500,000+ dead Iraqis. U.S. reputation destroyed. $3 trillion spent. Trillions more debt. Stuck there for 100 years. Al Qaeda stronger. Taliban stronger. Afghanistan completely unstable. Whoops! Disgusting.
Huh? Wha………? No Link!? Whodathunkit?
Not even a hot link……..’cause muslims don’t do pork.
Don’t you guys read Hitchens? There was an al-Qaeda guy in Iraq one time. So, war totally justified.
(that was sarcasm, so de-twist your panties)
Can this be used as evidence in a class action civil suit? I want my friggin money back.
But at least we’ve made it safe for the president of Iran to walk around sans body armor in broad daylight. You’ll let me know as soon as any American official can do that, won’t you?
David Lewis @ 10:
Faux won’t.
what i find amazing bout all of this, is that the media always misses point. its not that the “evidence” we had linking Saddam to Al Qaeda was wrong. There WAS NO EVIDENCE linking them other than heresay from liars or people with no track record, which is the weakest evidence there is.
and for that, we are in a 3 trillion dollar war, 40,000 wounded us troops, over 4,000 dead, hundreds of thousands of dead Iraq’s, millions displaced, our nations credibility forever tarnished, a weakened military which isn’t ready for another front if one were to open, and $105 a barrel Oil.
Bin Laden is free, Afghanistan is reversing course, Pakistan is in turmoil. Russia under “I saw his soul” Putin has accomplished am authoritarian coup over deomcracy
Oh, but saddam was hung, and like his head was like cut off from the rope. it was awesome. he was a dick.
Well, we will just have to tell the Iraqis that it was all a big misunderstanding.
They will be fine with that. Doncha think.
They also:
They told us Iraq had “Yellowcake”
I’m personally partial to Babka
Now we’re stuck in a HUGE quagmire
A nightmare right out of Kakfa
While most people readily admit this mistake
Some act like they’ve had a lobotomy
They’d probably believe it if Bush proclaimed
That Saddam had invented sodomy
[From One State Two State Red State Blue State]
Well, DUH!
Fallon “resigns and retires”.
Bush is doing more to eliminate our military than Al Queda and the Taliban could ever do, and he’s eliminating our top, best officers.
If Fallon was the last anti-War on Iran top officer, we’re in bad trouble.
There is already ample evidence of the wrongdoing of this administration that is public knowledge. The Democrats have chosen to do little to nothing about any of it. A Democrat in the White House won’t change this. I agree with Crooks are the same at #6.
Sidney Scooter III @ 16:
The bad news is we borrowed the money. We haven’t payed for it yet.
JasonS @ 17:
Having gun control in the US might help that somewhat… hmmmn, no? Didn’t think so.
Bottom Line: Bush lied soldiers died.
Ash”Hussy”Williams @ 8:
What I hope for is the truth to come out, whatever it may be (but I think we all know what that will be).
Crooks are the same @ 6:
Wrong. Dead wrong, in fact.
Fight Back. Expose the Lies.
What I’d like to know is who is profiting most directly from the opium trade out of Afghanistan… seems fairly obvious, I’d say.
“Oopsie”
~herr dubyah
What is the statute of limitations on treason?
My message to the Pentagon: Thanks for the clarification. I am sure that all of the families of the dead Iraqi, American and Canadian citizens who are dead as a result of this criminality will appreciate that.
Crack work!
If only they’d done that investigative search BEFORE WE SPENT 3 TRILLION DOLLARS and SUNK THE ECONOMY into a NEW DEPRESSION.
But, much as the last depression, the wealthy robber barons have nothing to fear. They’ve made their billions from their war contracts and will be able to ride this one out much like the last, abandoning the ship in a comfortable lifeboat leaving the rats scurying for a piece of wood to float on.
Lynda Hussein from DownUnder @ 32:
Denzel Washington?
If a person owned a boatload of stock in some corporation that stood to make billions in no bid contracts in the event of a war with Iraq, is it totally unreasonable to speculate that said person might go to great lengths to provoke such an altercation? Why has the trail gone cold on the Nigerian forgery vis a vis the wanna-be Italian intelligence spook? I’d bet he could point toward some connection with the origin of that forgery to such a stockholder. If even the appearance of such naked corruption occurred in the highest eschelon of government in some other country, we’d hear about it 24/7, but the US media never mention the possibility. I say the Italian forgery should be investigated thoroughly - that’s a smoking gun, unlike much publicized terrorism, Al Q, etc, it was created out of thin air, and there’s no good reason to presume it’s not linked to the overall deception that led to this debacle.
Better investigation: The Bush cartel knew there were no ties between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda in 2002.
And Impeachment is off the table.
People who voted to protect themselves from Saddam Hussein and his threat, now find themselves protected while their house is being foreclosed on. You can feel sorry for them. Blame them for their own misery due to their stupidity. Or you can blame the god damn media that is in the business, very profitable, of selling lies to the american public. True story.
It is a Pack of Lies.
EVeryone must remember!!
The Testimony of George Galloway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrdFFCnYtbk
Brilliant Testimony, Brilliant Speech on the “Pack of Lies”!!
No link? Yeah, NO SHIT. Nothing like waiting until the last year of the last term of a dickhead’s rule to finally speak up….assholes.
You know,if I was sufficiently venal I’d be tempted to bid on the document shredding contract for the last six months of the Bush administration. It’s gonna be a biggy. Who am I kidding?. That’s gonna be a no bid KBR job.
No… fucking… shit… Sherlock.
From day f*cking one, it was all about the oil. Send these assholes to jail.
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THIS ISN”T A JOKE. IMPEACH. TREASON. OIL. SUFFERING. MISERY.
Let’s push up our efforts to turn the tide on these criminals.
Research the topics you have hesitated to look into.
Speak out in the areas you’ve resisted to speak out.
The Death alone is staggering. The economic slavery!!!
Please.
“In times of change, the patriot is a scarce man; brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” - Mark Twain
I almost fell off my chair just reading the headline and through my tears I barely read how much it cost. Somewhere a ChinaMan is smiling. ‘Yes,American Imperialist,I will gladly take on Your debt. My children will ThanK You when Your children have No employment. Thank You again ,America.’
You want to hear the funny part…
Ahh, come on now, what’s the use of spreading democracy if
the Iraqi government officials don’t get their chance to pull a Spitzer?
….my sarcasm kills me….
mdg650hawk @ 13:
I concur…”whoops”
Thanks George.
Mi$$ion A¢¢ompli$hed
I Am A Banana @ 40:
Can we demand impeachment, like NY repugs, or just continue being lukewarm democrats afraid of a fake cowboy accent?
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