Posted on 11/03/2005 5:42:00 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
In 2004, the Wall St. Journal noted:
the Commission heard Wednesday from Patrick Fitzgerald. The former Manhattan prosecutor was asked about his 1998 indictment against Osama bin Laden that asserted that al Qaeda had an "understanding" with Iraq that it would not "work against that government" and that "on certain projects, specifically including weapons development," they would "work cooperatively."Mr. Fitzgerald testified that "there was that relationship that went from opposing each other to not opposing each other to possibly working with each other."
Is this the same federal prosecutor who indicted Vice President Cheney's aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for perjury?
If so, this creates a particularly interesting issue for Democrat partisans.
In their zeal to tie Libby to Cheney to Bush to "Bush LIED," these partisans have already begun taking great pains to portray Fitzgerald as an honest, steadfast, "just the facts," prosecutor. And he probably is.
However, if Fitzgerald is that kind of "just the facts" guy, and a year ago he tied Saddam to al Quaeda, then "the facts" tend to show that Bush was right to go to war after all.
Good find.
Wow. Who knew? Very interesting... I will email it liberally.
I am sure this will be broadcast all over the MSM?/sarcasm alert.
Good Catch!!
Send this to Brit Hume!
My...my...how interesting.
Liberals always wear special glasses that shade reality in accordance with their agendas, don't they?
Me thinks Brit is a Freeper.
O'Reilly was talking about Mary Jo White turning her back on him when he asked her about investigating the Mark Rich pardon and the involvement of the Clintons.
Add to that the recent news of Libby's Democratic ties, including Marc Rich.
I am suspecting that Libby has been a Democratic Party mole (although his Dem ties were obvious, so why the he!! did Cheney pick him as chief of staff?).
If indeed Libby is a Dem operative, and Fitzgerald is as partisan as some make him to be (comparing him to Ronnie Earle), did Libby step on some Dem toes?
Curiouser and curiouser.
Me thinks that too. Tony Snow is. As a matter of fact I'll ping him on this...
Be careful. Great find, if this is the same guy. I thought Fitz was from Chicago, though....was he a Manhattan-ite before he was in Illinois??
Oh ok .. thanks for clearing that up for me
Thanks for posting this.
1. Remind the left that Clinton's Justice Department obtained a federal indictment of Osama bin Laden which stated that AQ had a deal with Iraq. They agreed not to attack Iraq in exchange for weapons development.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985906/posts
2. 9/11 Commission reaffirms Bush administration view of Iraq/AQ ties.
June 21, 2004. RNC.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1157478/posts
3. Long List of Clinton Administration Officials who Believed There was an AQ/Iraq connection.
July 12, 2004. NewsMax.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169397/posts
4. List of CIA and various Reports regarding Iraq's support for terrorists, terrorism and AQ.
September 16, 2004. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/631slkle.asp
5. Osama bin Laden was considered an Iraqi Intelligence asset.
October 14, 2004. National Review.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1246505/posts
Funny how in the 90's the world was concerned about the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam and now the left is revising history.
Saddam reaching out to OBL
January 1, 1999. Newsweek
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158277/posts
ABC news reports on the Osama/Saddam connections
January 14, 1999. ABC News
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1229608/posts?page=1
Osama and Saddam Work Together
January 27, 1999. Laurie Mylroie interview. She is a former Clinton terrorism czar.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158482/posts
A Much Shunned Terrorist Takes Refuge In Iraq (Abu Nidal)
New York Times. January 1999.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1433610/posts
Western Nightmare: Saddam and OBL versus the World. Iraq recruited OBL.
February 6, 1999. The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,798270,00.html
Saddam's Link to OBL
February 6, 1999. The Guardian
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/866105/posts
Saddam offered asylum to bin Laden
February 13, 1999. AP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158274/posts
Son of Saddam coordinates with OBL.
Iraqi Special Ops coordinates with Bin Laden's terrorist activities.
August 6, 1999. Yossef Bodansky, National Press Club
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/951911/posts
That and more here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327993/posts?page=184#184
Shush, the MSM is to busy with Scooter Libby death walk to be bothered with this. My self imposed media ban caused me to miss the Sandy Berger death walk (yea, right!)
btt
Looky here!
Excellent find. Bookmarked.
Rush, Sean, get this on your shows.
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