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Tell me again what Iraq had to do with Saudi citizens flying planes into buildings in the U.S. 911? How did 911 change the conditions in Iraq that Cheny warned about in his AEI interview in 94?

Tell me again what Iraq had to do with Saudi citizens flying planes into buildings in the U.S. 911?

Ever heard of the jet parked at Salmon Pak?

Iraq had a Sunni regime. Ben Laden is Sunni. Saudi Arabis duplicity in this war is owing to its fanatical attempt not to allow a Shiite government in Iraq, even if it were independent of Iran. Saudi money has fed the insurgency; it has fed Al Kayda. We may be sure that in times past that it did everything possible to shore up the Saddam government. You want a direct, institutional link between Ben Laden and Saddam. That was not necessary. Emotion is as much a part of war as any rational planning, and Al Kayda and Saddam shared the same emotion.

saddam had been in a state of war with the west since his surrender and agreement to UN mandates to disarm (after his failed invasion of Kuwait). The UN passed 17 resolutions... all which he ignored... and he kicked out all of the UN weapons inspectors... and he was harboring known terrorists and aiding terrorists at Salmon Pak. New declassified documents prove that saddam was in contact with al qaeda... had allowed taliban and al qaeda leadership into Baghdad for medical treatment after we invaded Afghanistan... and after 9/11 "pre-emption" was embraced, Bush vowed that we would never sit by and wait to be hit again. EVERY INTEL SERVICE IN THE WORLD had intel that saddam was just waiting until we left and stopped the UN No Fly Zone policy... and then it would be back to ME domination. He also paid terrorist operations to kill Israelis at $25,000 per martyr.

I’ll ping jveritas, a FReeper who has been translating captured documents that prove saddam was aligned with al qaeda long ago. You will probably just ignore him.

LLS