Cheney, in a "Meet the Press" interview, had described Iraq as "the
geographic base of the terrorists who had us under assault now for
many years, but most especially on 9-11."
Yes, that is Cheney not Bush, but that is really splitting hairs,
kinda like saying yeah well there were contacts, they just didn't
cooperate.
::rolls eyes::
Dana
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:16:03 -0400, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not that I recall, Bush claimed that Saddam supported terrorists, which he
> did, he gave $20,000 to the family of any Palestinian suicide bomber.
>
> He allowed groups to operate out of remote areas of Iraq, in the opening
> months of the war US Forces destroyed and went into a few terrorists camps
> killing hundreds of terrorists and even discovered the plans and ingredients
> to make risen, but the chemicals and their ingredients were never linked
> back to Saddam, but he still let them stay there.
>
> Bush was very clear to never state that Saddam or Iraq helped plan or had
> any direct involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
>
> But they always hinted at Iraq and Terrorist connections, the media did
> their part to spin that into Iraq-Al Qaeda links and thus Iraq-9/11 links.
>
> _____
>
> From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 12:20 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: 9/11 Commission to Cheney - You're still wrong.
>
>
>
> agreed. But the issue arises when half the viewership of Fox news
> thinks 9/11 is the reason for the US presence in Iraq. Also, don't
> have time to look right now but at the time the news stories about
> that came out didn't they cite statements by Bush to that effect? I
> will look later if nobody else has in the meantime.
>
> Dana
>
> They are the 9/11 commission, not the Al Qaeda/Iraq link commission.
>
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