thinkprogress.org — Today on Fox News Sunday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repeated the false assertion that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda had a relationship before the 2003 invasion, despite the recent Senate Intelligence Report that found U.S. intelligence analysts strongly dispute that claim. (Video at link)
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markcicconeSep 10, 2006
Fox News is the government's propaganda channel. I think we can safely ignore everything they and their guests say on that channel.
simonkaySep 10, 2006
"EVERYWHERE else in the western world, once a government official lies to the public, that's it. Not only are the not re-electable, they're usually fired by the end of business."I agree. The republicans and the religious right are destroying America. And it is ignorant citizens who are giving them the power.
gd007Sep 11, 2006
she has direct information from god.
icepersonSep 11, 2006
"When CIA says that there is no link then there is no link. I trust CIA far more than I trust you SyDIGG."before the war the CIA said there were WMDs
andrewrocheSep 11, 2006
Plotinus said "It is on record that Al-quieda and Saddam DID meet several years before the war BUT the meeting was less than productive; they hated each other - he was a "godless marxist socialist" and they were "religious fanatics". After that they never met again."I don't know about this being on record, but one of the aims of Osama is an ending of US/Western influence in the middle east. Saddam was our ally until he invaded Kuwait and ran a secular dictatorship, he would have been one of Osama's main enemies. If anything this war has given Osama what he wanted (including souring the US/Saudi relationship - why aren't we invading Saudi Arabia?).Also the importance of Al Zarquawi has been blown out of all proportion.
labmouse42Sep 11, 2006
Thanks for the heads up. When writing college papers I will keep that in mind. When debating on digg.com it makes a fine source.
rekraptSep 11, 2006
There were. Only Bush-hating leftists refute the evidence... and there is plenty of that.
djscott1021Sep 11, 2006
WMD's?<a class="user" href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38213">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38213</a>
spankaccountSep 12, 2006
Clinton felt the same way before Bush ever took office...<a class="user" href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040624-112921-3401r.htm">http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040624-112921-3401r.htm</a>Furthermore, there is actually some evidence that suggests a link...<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_and_al-Qaeda">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_and_al-Qaeda</a>
moonpigSep 12, 2006
The invasion of Iraq was posited by Rumsfeld and others early into the Bush Tenure. The events of 9/11 merely played into their hands, giving them a chance to pursue an agenda, separate from and more important to them than their war on terror.
corvidaeSep 12, 2006
Bin Laden Labels Saddam an Infidel - Jazeera TV by Samia Nakhoul DUBAI - A taped message believed to be from fugitive militant Osama bin Laden on Tuesday warned Arab nations against supporting a war against Iraq as threatened by the United States -- but branded Saddam Hussein an infidel------They both hated America and wanted US troops out of Saudi Arabia. That's the end of their relationship. Hussein wasn't going to put his country into a Jihad and Osama couldn't stomach the secular policies of Iraq. They had both sent each other messages offering to collaborate against the US and they had both turned each other down repeatedly.
jerichopSep 15, 2006
I believe there are ties between the Bush family and the kingdom of Saud. And I think the majority of the 9/11 hijackers were from that kingdom as well. I don't think the poor people of the kingdom like the king and other royalties very much. I've heard that they're reaping in most of the oil profits personally. But hush hush, Bush doesn't want us to talk about it and the NSA is always on the lookout. And after all there's no hard evidence like there was in the case for the Iraq war.
williamdyerSep 17, 2006
She's hot. But she's a neocon, and gay. So whatever your were thinking about her, fuggedaboudit.
williamdyerSep 17, 2006
Yeah, what a fortuitous coincidence that 19 Saudi dilettantes and their hangers-on should pull off 9/11 just when PNAC said we needed a "Pearl Harbor."