Do a search on "Operation Cyclone" and CIA to find out how the CIA and al-Qaeda are linked.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 May 2003 15:38 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Those pesky WMD. > > > actually, I agree. And while I am in here, I've taken a look > at Kevin's > article, and found it troubling but unsurprising. I do have > an issue with > the bald unattributed assertion that al-Qaeda is actually a > CIA "asset." > While I can conceive of this, it is beyond the scope of even > my cynicism > and at a minimum requires some sort of reference or > attribution. The nature > of the assertion might require an unnamed source, but here it is just > mentioned, as though it were common knowledge. > > Dana > > On Sat, 31 May 2003 09:47:17 -0500, Andy Ousterhout > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Gel- > > > > Not sure if anyone is arguing this point. In fact, my > biggest issue > > with Bush has his introduction of 2 other reasons later on > (terrorist > > threat and treatment of people) which in my view made it > sound as if > > he was just itching for a reason to invade(boy, is this > through steak > > to the sharks on > > this list!). In retrospect, perhaps the introduction of > these other > > reasons > > started when he become aware of the potential that WMD > "intelligence" > > was > > not as solid as he initially thought. > > > > Again, only time will tell. > > > > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 7:26 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Those pesky WMD. > > > > > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2083760/ > > > > "a powerful rejoinder comes from Tony Blair, the British prime > > minister. "I have absolutely no doubt at all about the existence of > > weapons of mass destruction," Blair told reporters on > Thursday. Asked > > if it matters whether they exist, Blair replied, ***"It matters > > immensely because the basis on which the war was sold to > the British > > House of Commons, to the British people, was that Saddam > represented a > > serious threat."*** > > > > It was, of course, sold on that basis to the Congress and to the > > American people, too. > > --------- > > > > I could not have put why the existence of WMD matter, > better than Tony > > Blair did in this speech. > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
