Saddam-Al Queda link

The link between Saddam and Al Queda /War on Terror

I really can’t believe I’m forced to do this, basically rebutting democratic claims that “Bush cooked intelligence,” and “misled us about the link between Saddam and Al Queda,” then “rushed to war,” in the “wrong place at the wrong time.”

Give me a break---

Although the democrats have sort of withdrawn from their full frontal assault, I am no less enraged and therefore feel compelled to throw ALL THIS back in their faces. I seek to keep this debate alive for the sake of flogging the leftist media.

First of all, my memory just isn’t that short.

Second of all, being an independent, my eyes are not blinded and my judgement is not confounded by a sheer hatred of President Bush.

So my choice in this post was easy, I’ll just use the democrats own words (which they are hoping we are too stupid to remember), show my sources, and make a few comments…..enjoy!


http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040624-112921-3401r.htm

Clinton first linked al Qaeda to SaddamBy Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMES


…..In fact, during President Clinton's eight years in office, there were at least two official pronouncements of an alarming alliance between Baghdad and al Qaeda. One came from William S. Cohen, Mr. Clinton's defense secretary. He cited an al Qaeda-Baghdad link to justify the bombing of a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan…….

TWH: Did you hear that? Two “official” pronouncements of an “alarming” alliance. Remember—the towers fell LATER….

……The other pronouncement is contained in a Justice Department indictment on Nov. 4, 1998, charging bin Laden with murder in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The indictment disclosed a close relationship between al Qaeda and Saddam's regime, which included specialists on chemical weapons and all types of bombs, including truck bombs, a favorite weapon of terrorists. The 1998 indictment said: "Al Qaeda also forged alliances with the National Islamic Front in the Sudan and with the government of Iran and its associated terrorist group Hezbollah for the purpose of working together against their perceived common enemies in the West, particularly the United States. In addition, al Qaeda reached an understanding with the government of Iraq that al Qaeda would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al Qaeda would work cooperatively with the government of Iraq."


Shortly after the embassy bombings, Mr. Clinton ordered air strikes on al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and on the Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan



TWH: So Clinton was willing to bomb stuff over there based on this intelligence, the very SAME intelligence that democrats now claim President Bush “cooked” Hey—what’s this “Sudan” thing—Clinton was bombing stuff in Afghanistan-Iraq-AND Sudan (Don’t get me wrong though, I fully support the actions he ordered, although hindsight now tells us we should have been MORE involved earlier on)

By the way, If I had MY way, we might be blowing up Al Jazeera facilities right now! I would threaten Al Jazeera and say “if a terror group gives you a BEHEADING tape, either tell us where to find that group or we’ll destroy your broadcast facilities. Period” I mean-Al Jazeera MUST have a line of communication to the terrorist thug “beheaders” right? The films aren’t just beamed into their possession, they get delivered somehow—trace that evidence back—GIVE us the evidence, or get blown up!


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/politics/09intel.html


Yet the new york times keeps trying (see link above) to rewrite history and make false assertions that none of what I just discussed ever happened.

My memory is NOT that short—or inaccurate!

That’s all the time I have today.