On Sep 11, 2006, at 2:26 AM, Anthony L. Testi wrote:
The following quote from the online WSJ summerizes my thinking, but
I am open to changing it.
"This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were
orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda," Bush said. "We did say
there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda."
There has been constant linking of Iraq with 9/11 since it happened;
this isn't a coincidence, but a deliberate attempt to link the two
without having to say the actual words. After all, if Saddam merely
had contacts with al Qaeda, and nothing at all to do with the 9/11
attacks, why would his name and that of Iraq be repeatedly mentioned
in the same breath as 9/11?
But probably the most damning case can be made by reading the letter
issued by Bush on March 19, 2003 that began the war; it contains this
language: "continuing to take the necessary actions against
international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those
nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized,
committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September
11, 2001." This isn't some slip of the tongue at a press conference;
this is the letter required by the authorization for military action
that Congress passed, and which started the invasion of Iraq.
But if you are truly interested in learning some recent history,
here are links to several articles in different publications going
back a few years. Read them, and see if you come away with the
impression that the Bush administration was attempting to link Saddam
with 9/11.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0314/p02s01-woiq.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50679-2004Jun17.html
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/attack/140133_bushiraq18.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/28/cheney-biographer/
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13323
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/zunes.php?articleid=3783
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/29/hayes.911/
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