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Clinton first linked al Qaeda to Saddam
The Washington Times ^ | June 25th | Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 06/25/2004 9:58:27 AM PDT by bstein80

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:16:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The Clinton administration talked about firm evidence linking Saddam Hussein's regime to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network years before President Bush made the same statements.

The issue arose again this month after the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States reported there was no "collaborative relationship" between the old Iraqi regime and bin Laden.


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedaandiraq; iraq; links; rowanscarborough; saddam; terrorism; x42
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I thought ya'll might want to pass this along to your Democrat friends who screech that Bush lied about an Iraq-al Qaeda connection.
1 posted on 06/25/2004 9:58:28 AM PDT by bstein80
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To: bstein80

bump


2 posted on 06/25/2004 10:01:26 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: bstein80

Might want to pass it on to Algore as well...


3 posted on 06/25/2004 10:03:09 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte
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Might want to pass it on to Algore as well...

He's way too busy building Internet Version 2.

4 posted on 06/25/2004 10:06:13 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit
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To: bstein80
The Weekly Standard also does a good job of documenting the Clinton administration's links:

The Clinton Administration's Case Against Saddam

5 posted on 06/25/2004 10:07:53 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: bstein80

Thanks!


6 posted on 06/25/2004 10:10:01 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Recovering Hermit
He's way too busy building Internet Version 2.

I assume it will have a "Digital Brownshirt" filter.

7 posted on 06/25/2004 10:14:13 AM PDT by federal
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To: bstein80
The Clinton administration kept this information from us even though they were being criticized for bombing a pharmaceutical plant.

Remember there was high skepticism about the pharmaceutical plant as a military target.

8 posted on 06/25/2004 10:15:29 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: federal
I assume it will have a "Digital Brownshirt" filter.

LOL! Undoubtedly.

9 posted on 06/25/2004 10:17:48 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit
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To: bstein80; Mo1; Peach; backhoe

Thanks for posting this.

Mo1, peach, backhoe could one of your provide the link to this indictment.

Thanks!


10 posted on 06/25/2004 10:27:52 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry began his political life as a Pro Commy Vietnam War protester!)
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To: bstein80

BB......bookmark bump.


11 posted on 06/25/2004 10:49:10 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: bstein80
This is from the conservative Washington Times. We know they just made it up to make Slick look bad!
12 posted on 06/25/2004 10:56:18 AM PDT by RetiredArmy ( I am a Vietnam Vet, thus I am a war criminal according to Flip Kerry.)
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To: bstein80

Have forwarded on. Thanks.


13 posted on 06/25/2004 11:08:48 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: bstein80

More truth to silence the left with....thanks.


14 posted on 06/25/2004 11:12:41 AM PDT by Mixer
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To: federal
"I assume it will have a "Digital Brownshirt" filter."

Indeed. It's too bad, however, that liberals haven't yet invented a Digital Idiot filter for themselves.

15 posted on 06/25/2004 11:26:56 AM PDT by Reactionary
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To: bstein80

It looks like we're engaged in a battle of semantics. What does it mean to be "linked"? What does it mean to have a "collaborative relationship"? If Saddam's govt. met with Al Qaeda but never agreed to work together what does that mean?

Does the U.S. have a collaborative relationship with terrorists since we have links to Saudi Arabia which has funded Al Qaeda?


16 posted on 06/25/2004 11:34:39 AM PDT by mastequilla
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To: bstein80

FoxNews was showing archive video of Gore in 1992 bitching that Bush Sr. wasn't doing enough against al-Qaeda, who was operating with in Iraq with their cooperation. Al Gore stepped into it big time and the attempted media blackout isn't working. The NYT was reporting this on their front page this morning, which is a huge happy surprise to me. Maybe they're starting to get the message.


17 posted on 06/25/2004 11:57:45 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Shop smart. Shop S-Mart...)
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To: bstein80; WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

ping.


18 posted on 06/25/2004 12:24:38 PM PDT by cgk (3000+ 9/11. Pearl, Fallujah, Berg, Jacobs, Scroggs, Johnson, Sun-il... Never forget. Never Again!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Here is the link to the Clinton Justice Department indictment in federal court of Osama bin Laden which specifically mentions the terrorist's connections to Saddam (third paragraph from the end).

http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/98110402.htm


19 posted on 06/25/2004 12:31:39 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: rwfromkansas
LOL, Gore what a maroon.
20 posted on 06/25/2004 12:33:13 PM PDT by mware
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