The Pentagon just released a new report covering hundreds of documents recovered in Iraq following the invasion. What it shows is a clear link between Saddam and al Qaeda:
“Captured documents reveal that the regime was willing to co-opt or support organizations it knew to be part of al Qaeda — as long as that organization’s near-term goals supported Saddam’s long-term vision.”
And there’s this:
“Saddam supported groups that either associated directly with al Qaeda (such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led at one time by bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al Zawahiri) or that generally shared al Qaeda’s stated goals and objectives.”
The media, of course, jumped on the line in the Executive Summary of the report (that’s as far as they read) that said there was no “smoking gun.”
Custos
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March 19, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Custos
I suspect this may go the way of the National Ground Intelligence Center’s reporton the number of chemical WMDs recovered in Iraq. Did I miss something or did chemical weapons suddenly get dropped off the list of items that qualify as WMDs?
When al-Qaeda links and WMDs are found and the vast majority of the media remains silent, the issue is bias and willful ignorance.
March 19, 2008 at 10:35 pm
triggrhappy
“When al-Qaeda links and WMDs are found and the vast majority of the media remains silent, the issue is bias and willful ignorance.”
The media as a whole as well as many of our politicians have been telling us for years now that any links to AQ or WMD’s were lies. If there is one thing I know, its that the only thing the liberal media will bury faster than news thats supports conservative thought is news that they have already agreed is false. ANY allegations contrary to what they have reported MUST be inaccurate so not news worthy.
I believe it was Napoleon that said history was a set of lies agreed upon.