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ABC News Declares Link between Bin Laden and Iraq WMDs.
Jim Quinn, Warroom.com ^ | 1999 | ABC News

Posted on 10/12/2004 7:18:57 AM PDT by Time is now

Audio link to ABC Nightly News broadcast declaring Osama a freind of Iraq as he sought WMDs.


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1999; abcnews; alqaedaandiraq; frlibrarians; hussein; napalminthemorning; osama; terrorists; wmd; wot
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In 1999, when Clinton needed to cover his a** over the bombs into Sudan and Afghanistan, ABC produced this "exclusive" report that declars the clear existence of a relationship between Hussein, Bin Laden and the hunt for WMDs. The 180 the MSM has taken since then is beyond breath taking.
1 posted on 10/12/2004 7:18:58 AM PDT by Time is now
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To: Time is now

Maybe, just maybe, ABC "knows" something. It's October, after all.


2 posted on 10/12/2004 7:21:47 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Time is now

Just maybe we are seeing the beginning of a little house cleaning in the MSM. Fact is, that the NEW MEDIA is going to put out the REAL NEWS and the MSM is finally realizing they are not invincible.

They also don't want to go out of business, because too many people switch viewing/listening to the NEW MEDIA...it is amazing what arrogance can do to your senses (afterall, just look at Kerry).....

This is going to be interesting --- Bush should shove this scenario right up where it belongs.....


3 posted on 10/12/2004 7:22:51 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Time is now
..the MSM has taken since then is beyond breath taking.

Yes..it's, dare I say it, conspiratorial.

Of course we know they would NEVER manufacture or taint the nooze...
and besides,
"When we're caught, we apologize". (Petard Jennings)

4 posted on 10/12/2004 7:23:57 AM PDT by evad (The existence of Israel would not pass JF'nK's Global Test)
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To: Time is now

Wait a minute...doesn't ABC News use teleprompters from the 70's?


5 posted on 10/12/2004 7:26:41 AM PDT by Dallas59 (I'm a "Scumbag" who has been "Intimidating" the Press since 2003!)
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To: Time is now

There is one image in my mind that is seared, seared there permanently.

It was impeachment time, I think it was December of 1998 or thereabouts. Impeachment was very much on the front burner and in an effort to deflect attention, clinton lobbed a few cruise missiles here and there.

I shall *never* forget (did I mention it was seared in my brain?) when timmy russert came on to discuss this latest development. Timmy was positively gleeful that clinton had thrown a few bombs around and that the impeachment process had been at least temporarily derailed. I think timmy thought that the derailment had at least a chance of being made permanent hence his glee and s**t-eating grin.

That brief timmy appearance would make for some great TV moments now - the same aholes that are moaning about what GWB has done (which has indeed made us safer) were literally having orgasms when clinton was lobbing a few cruise missiles around which did not make us safer but only made up for the oval office BJ scandal.

As I mentioned, that event is seared, seared in my brain.


6 posted on 10/12/2004 7:27:24 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Time is now
"The 180 the MSM has taken since then is beyond breath taking."

Speaking of a 180, when will ABC's investigative reporters ask JFnK to sign his Form 180 and release ALL of his dubious and flimsy military records.
7 posted on 10/12/2004 7:28:51 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Time is now

Yes, it is. Everyone needs to hear this report.


8 posted on 10/12/2004 7:30:22 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: EagleUSA
You've nailed it, EagleUSA. The MSM knows it better start to clean up its act. They now know - finally realize - they are no longer the "only game in town."

The MSM has competition and, as with everything else, competition ultimately cleanses the field of all but the winners - and to win, you've got to be on your game.
9 posted on 10/12/2004 7:30:25 AM PDT by NCPAC (Social Darwinists Unite!)
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To: SERKIT

Don't hold your breath.


10 posted on 10/12/2004 7:31:26 AM PDT by I'm ALL Right! ("When the going gets weird, anchor men punt." - Dan Rather, election 2000)
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To: Time is now
Somebody switched off the media after 9/11. When you go back into the print archive pre-9/11 you find articles written by everyone saying that bin Laden and Iraq had ties.

Wouldn't it be nice if this was packaged in a commercial for election eve?
11 posted on 10/12/2004 7:40:07 AM PDT by Tarpon
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To: Tarpon

I'm sure it could be done, but would All Biased Coverage (ABC) allow that to be done with their "property"? Maybe we should start a 527 just to run this ad.


12 posted on 10/12/2004 7:44:07 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it....)
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To: Time is now

bump


13 posted on 10/12/2004 7:48:48 AM PDT by VOA
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To: EagleUSA
"Just maybe we are seeing the beginning of a little house cleaning in the MSM"

Think that is too optimistic. Whatever they are up to; it must serve their 'agenda'; whatever it is.

Or, maybe, this is a just 'bone' of sorts; offered to some big dogs, who may be clamoring for a real house cleaning at ABC.

Whatever, we know, the MSM are 'what they are'. Don't see that changing in any idealogical; agenda driven/serving way. . .

14 posted on 10/12/2004 7:51:12 AM PDT by cricket (Don't lose your head. . vote Republican. . .)
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To: cricket

Al Rantel on his evening show was reading a bunch of stuff related to this story...It sounded to me if "true" that a huge bomb would go off in the MSM and the Kerry camp!


15 posted on 10/12/2004 7:59:16 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Tarpon

>>Wouldn't it be nice if this was packaged in a commercial for election eve?<<

Great idea! but I fear it wouldn't make a difference anyway. The people who are voting for Kerry are doing it because they hate Bush, not like Kerry. They would remain stupid.


16 posted on 10/12/2004 8:08:53 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

It's off the thread's topic, but I agree with you 100%. I always, always, always believed, and always will, that Klintonista launched the cruise missiles to divert attention away from his pee pee.

It is the cold, hard, harsh, unvarnished truth.

It led me to theorize at the philosophical level how many people use diversionary tactics to draw attention away from something they are trying to hide. I wonder how many times in history political leaders have used diversionary tactics in an effort to run and hide from their own personal sins which they are trying to cover up.

Clintoon. Surreal. Hopefully the cruise missiles hit some sand or dirt. I would not want to see someone killed because Klintoon was trying to divert embarassing attention away from his uncontrollable, roving weenie.

I also wondered whether Hilarity kicked his butt and straightened him out! I bet she did and made him stay in the doghouse for awhile. That argument would have been awesome to behold. Hilarity knows why Bill launched the missiles, she knows ....You can run, but you can't hide from that chick. I bet William has been a good boy ever since.

No soup for Bill! Yikes. We are all going to have to stand before the Big Man (God) at the end of our lives. makes you think. You only get one shot at life, no "restarts." Most people do not have the option of launching a missile strike to cover up their sins either.


17 posted on 10/12/2004 8:13:52 AM PDT by Bald Eagle777 (Death AND taxes. The Democrats offer both. VOTE BUSH/CHENEY in '04 !! www.georgewbush.com)
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To: NCPAC
They now know - finally realize - they are no longer the "only game in town."

I think the Halperin memo and the closing question at the debate on Friday show the opposite. They are completely isolated and can't conceive of a world where intelligent people don't think exactly like them, and they'll even put it in writing as Halperin did.

18 posted on 10/12/2004 8:13:56 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (John Kerry will make Triumph the Insult Comic Dog his Secretary of State)
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To: Time is now
Mainstream media motto: All the news that fits our agenda.
19 posted on 10/12/2004 8:14:22 AM PDT by Samwise (Kerry is so 9/10 that he is 1971.)
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To: netmilsmom
Unfortunately, as long as Mr. Aile's keeps Brit Hume on cable only, the unwashed masses will still get the majority of their news from the Bias group (All Biased Coverage, Naturally Biased Coverage and of course the Chairman of Biased Stunts)
20 posted on 10/12/2004 8:14:35 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it....)
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To: Time is now

bump


21 posted on 10/12/2004 8:18:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (If 260 National Guard vets said Bush was an incompetent liar, the NYTimes would cover it.)
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To: cricket; EagleUSA
Whatever they are up to; it must serve their 'agenda'; whatever it is.

And it does. They smell a Loser. Hence they are begnning to slowly cut Kerry loose, so they can maintain a veneer of objectivity. They do it slowly, so they can reverse course if something dramatic happens.

But as of right now, the Electoral Math, and the IEF paint Kerry a loser.

22 posted on 10/12/2004 8:18:24 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Time is now

Yes, Special Report should be on the FOX Broadcast nets, lIKe FNS.


23 posted on 10/12/2004 8:18:52 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
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To: Time is now

I'm sure that statement is no longer operative.


24 posted on 10/12/2004 8:21:52 AM PDT by Grut
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To: Time is now

Just maybe, this is a repost of a 1999 article that was published to support Al Gore's for President.


25 posted on 10/12/2004 8:23:45 AM PDT by mabelkitty (W is the Peoples' President ; Kerry is the Elite Establishment's President)
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To: Time is now

Yeah but now we know there isn't a link. Bush should have known that there wasn't in spite of all intelligence to the contrary. It's is all Bush's fault that he lied and now our poor little children who are forced into the military because they are poor, dumb, and minorities are dying. </sarcasm for those of you who can' tell>


26 posted on 10/12/2004 8:25:24 AM PDT by vpintheak ("There is something sickly about the European approach to the world.")
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To: mabelkitty

Actually it's an audio report by ABC News DETAILING the direct interaction between Saddam, Osama and the host of demons as they sought material for WMDs. Compare it to the buffoonery you hear today from the same people. Makes me want to tape my head.....


27 posted on 10/12/2004 8:28:37 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it....)
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To: Time is now

Lets keep this like alive. Who has sent it to Fox and to Rush Limbaugh. I am sure they monitor this site to get info. It would be great to hear it later today on some major media after its vetted for being a true ABC report.


28 posted on 10/12/2004 8:41:54 AM PDT by ncfool (FOUR MORE YEARS OF LEADERSHIP....VOTE BUSH.)
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To: ncfool

Here is the "un-edited" version of the report, from the same place.

http://www.radioamerica.org/audio/MR_ABC-Osama-Hussein-connections.mp3

Crazy guys those ABC reporters!


29 posted on 10/12/2004 8:47:41 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it....)
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To: Time is now

The MSM has been proved to be irrelevant by the new pajama-hadeen. The lights are now on and they are scurrying like the roaches that they have been shown to be, trying to find some news that is credible. Even if it is old and obvious.
This is very fun to watch


30 posted on 10/12/2004 8:49:18 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: showme_the_Glory

That Vizzini, he sure can make a fuss......


31 posted on 10/12/2004 8:50:56 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it....)
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To: Time is now; 2nd amendment mama; A2J; Agitate; Alouette; Annie03; aposiopetic; Askel5; attagirl; ...
NOW HEAR THIS!!

EVERYONE ON FR NEEDS TO HEAR THIS MP3!!!
FORWARD THE LINK TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

http://archives.warroom.com/abcnews-1999.mp3

32 posted on 10/12/2004 9:01:56 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (John Kerry will make Triumph the Insult Comic Dog his Secretary of State)
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To: Time is now

Will wonders never cease...and here we are at election time, yet! Well, they've got years to make up for; making nice one time isn't worthy of forgiveness.


33 posted on 10/12/2004 9:02:44 AM PDT by AmericanChef
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To: Mr. Silverback

BTTT!!!!!!!


34 posted on 10/12/2004 9:03:59 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Mr. Silverback

Aww, crimminy... now my ears are ringing!


35 posted on 10/12/2004 9:05:48 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Mr. Silverback; Neets; Darksheare; scott0347; timpad; KangarooJacqui; The Scourge of Yazid; ...
SAYYYY WHAAAAAT?????

see #32 and hit the link

36 posted on 10/12/2004 9:05:59 AM PDT by King Prout (yo! sKerry: "Live by the flip, die by the flop." - Frank_Discussion)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Listened!!

bump!!


37 posted on 10/12/2004 9:08:01 AM PDT by Soaring Feather (~Poetry is my forte.~)
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To: Time is now
Pajama People Rule!
38 posted on 10/12/2004 9:08:26 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Take a day off and volunteer to help win this one for the Gipper!)
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To: Time is now

It's going to take a conservative group to buy a major media outlet (like ABC, CBS, AP or Reuters) or create one and clean it out from top to bottom for the MSM liberal bias to end. Money talks.


39 posted on 10/12/2004 9:11:38 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1 (Lock-n-load!)
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To: Time is now

They'll say they were misinformed-- that the data was based on unreliable sources now discredited.


40 posted on 10/12/2004 9:11:39 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Wow. Thanks for the ping. I will forward this.


41 posted on 10/12/2004 9:12:20 AM PDT by texasflower (Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
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To: EagleUSA; Quilla; Grampa Dave; backhoe; Peach; Howlin; Dog; Dog Gone; Mo1; MEG33; Brad's Gramma; ...
Maybe ABC has seen the documents at CNS.

See the following:

_________________________________________

CNSNews.com Publishes Iraqi Intelligence Docs

Exclusive: Saddam Possessed WMD, Had Extensive Terror Ties

Another viewpoint... from our men on the ground in Iraq

Rudy Giuliani: We Have an Obligation to Eliminate Terrorism, Not Tolerate It

VANITY: CIA Report - Checkmate, Bush

42 posted on 10/12/2004 9:15:04 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: evad; Time is now
> ..the MSM has taken since then is beyond breath taking.

Yes..it's, dare I say it, conspiratorial.

It's no wonder they want the likes of us and the MRC shut down.

43 posted on 10/12/2004 9:15:16 AM PDT by steveegg (John F'em Ke(rr)y - Terrorism should be a "nuisance". Does that mean it shouldn't be wiped out?)
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To: Mr. Silverback; Cincinatus' Wife; crushkerry; Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; ...

BTTT


44 posted on 10/12/2004 9:15:31 AM PDT by EdReform (Have you seen FAHRENHYPE 9/11? - www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240926/posts)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

You're probably right. They'll say Osama was misquoting himself...


45 posted on 10/12/2004 9:15:34 AM PDT by Time is now (We'll live to see it....)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Whoa!

BTTT!

46 posted on 10/12/2004 9:15:51 AM PDT by Zavien Doombringer (Author of Freerepublic for DUmmies)
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To: Republic Rocker
"It sounded to me if "true" that a huge bomb would go off in the MSM and the Kerry camp!"

Have not heard anything yet. . .(also be careful using that 'b' word; might get picked up by a 'scanner!)

In the meantime; guess we do a 'wait/see'. . .

47 posted on 10/12/2004 9:16:58 AM PDT by cricket (Don't lose your head. . vote Republican. . .)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Whose show is that? I don't recognize the voice.


48 posted on 10/12/2004 9:16:59 AM PDT by Eva (W)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Great clip! When will ABC run this - after Kerry wins?


49 posted on 10/12/2004 9:17:12 AM PDT by Chieftain (Support Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and EXPOSE Hanoi John Kerry's FRAUD!)
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To: Howlin; RaceBannon

ping


50 posted on 10/12/2004 9:18:02 AM PDT by nutmeg ("The DemocRATic party...has been hijacked by a confederacy of gangsters..." - Pat Caddell, 11/27/00)
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