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Bush�s Al-Qaeda claim �baffling� Published on 03 February 2003 WASHINGTON, 3 February 2003 � Efforts of the White House to build a case for war against Iraq by linking it to the Al-Qaeda terror network have baffled the country�s state intelligence agencies, the New York Times reported yesterday. Several analysts at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have complained that the US administration had overblown scant evidence linking Iraq with Al-Qaeda, the paper quoted officials as saying. Some CIA analysts have complained that senior administration officials have exaggerated the significance of some intelligence reports about Iraq, particularly about its possible links to terrorism, in order to strengthen their political argument for war, the report quoted officials as saying. At the FBI, several investigators said they were �baffled� by the White House�s �insistence on a solid link between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden�s network,� the report, based on interviews with administration officials, said. �We�ve been looking at this hard for more than a year and you know what, we just don�t think it�s there,� the report quoted a government official as saying. The report of friction within the intelligence agencies comes as Secretary of State Colin Powell prepares to go before the United Nations on Wednesday to offer new evidence that Iraq is not disarming. The drive to link Iraq with the terrorist network, blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has driven a wedge between, on the one side, the Pentagon and the National Security Council and, on the other, the CIA and to some degree the State Department and agencies like the FBI, the report said. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley were cited during interviews as being �most eager to interpret evidence deemed murky by intelligence officials to show a clearer picture of Iraq�s involvement in illicit weapons and terrorism�. (AFP) Copyright � 2003 ArabNews All Rights Reserved. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sut <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
