Posted on 07/13/2003 2:25:23 AM PDT by MaineVoter2002
Gephardt: *Lots Of* Intelligence Ties Iraq to Al-Qaeda
Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002; 10:31 a.m. EDT
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., said Sunday that he*d seen "lots of intelligence" that ties Saddam Hussein*s regime in Baghdad to Osama bin Laden*s al-Qaeda terrorist network. "There*s lots of intelligence and it*s additive as you go along, of meetings between Iraqi military and intelligence officials and members of al-Qaeda," the top House Democrat told ABC*s "This Week." While the Missouri congressman did not detail the Iraqi-al-Qaeda contacts further, he apparently got the information in briefings to Congress by Bush administration intelligence officials over the last several weeks. Though Gephardt sounded convinced of the Iraq-al-Qaeda terror links...
To read the rest of this article, go to
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/10/6/102835
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.