[George W. Bush]

just about the one zillionth bit of intel saying that UBL and Iraq were linked.

So did the terrorist say this before or after he was waterboarded? Was he present at the camps? Can he prove it or provide any evidenc?

Look at SmokingAces idea of "proof" here. What does WW II have to do with Iraq?

Every few months there's more and more evidence leaking out that Saddam's regime had closer ties with Al Queda than the Germans and Italians did with the Japanese (think about it, were there Japanese training camps in Bavaria and Tuscany? Were German and Italian troops in training camps in Japanese held Indochina?

How many Americans will an aerosol can of VX kill if released at a windy Rose Bowl given that one micro-droplet can kill a human.?

Got me. Is Saddam behind the VX too?

If the evidence is there, then why won't Bush/Powell/Rice just present that evidence and stand by it publicly?

[xzins]

Why the administration hasn’t stood behind these things absolutely befuddles me. They have gone out of their way to disassociate themselves with evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda links and of WMD recipes, when they should have broadcast them loudly.

Cheney did finally line up with the Iraq/Al Qaeda links this past year.

It is absolutely true that they existed. Are you aware that Iraq, Iran, Syria met with the major terrorist organizations on a regular basis as late as Feb 2001 at the Beirut Conference?

It’s just a matter of record: reported in Time, Newsweek, CNN, etc.

I imagine they simply discussed dinner and dancing girls. Field theory says that if you can demonstrate regular proximity, then you can predict likelihood of contact.

[Starman417]

Answers to your questions can be found here in these threads.

http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/04/18/saddams-ties-to-al-quedadebunk/index.html

http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/08/06/a-few-months-back-there/

http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/08/08/the-second-series-in-the/index.html

Ask Scott in the comment section of FA and he will provide you with tons of evidence.

[Steel Wolf]

If the evidence is there, then why won't Bush/Powell/Rice just present that evidence and stand by it publicly?

That should be pretty obvious. The credible evidence, as such, that Saddam and al-Qa'ida have operational links are nonexistent. Like any nefarious thug dictator, Saddam made sure his intelligence agencies were in contact with any other troublemakers in the region. That's what a good intelligence agency does. (Especially after UBLs well known hatred of Saddam.)

Saddam let his unsavory people keep an eye on UBLs unsavory people. That's not evidence of collusion. That's just the world of intelligence. To think that Bush/Powell/Rice or anyone would try and get before the cameras and argue otherwise is ludicrous.