Five years later: Iraq and al Qaeda not linked, Pentagon admits

mimo2005 · 03-14-2008, 04:32 PM

Thu March 13, 2008
The U.S. military's first and only study looking into ties between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the Pentagon.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/13/alq...dam/index.html

The news you don't hear on AM radios.

**Drew1369** · 03-14-2008, 09:57 PM

Actually... it was, and on Fox News radio to be exact...

**sobeit** · 03-15-2008, 01:38 AM

they've known that all along. just wanted to keep it secret just for public support of the war

**Chode** · 03-16-2008, 02:53 PM

Actually, the "missing link" hasn't been a secret for several years. This is just routine Pentagon policy of admitting a fact that it is already public knowledge after it has become irrelevant.

bry623 · 03-17-2008, 12:08 PM

Al Qaeda is in Iraq now.

**EnglishPaul** · 03-19-2008, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bry623

Al Qaeda is in Iraq now.

Funny that.

If Al Qaeda aim is to stop western meddling in the middle east; then what better place is there for them to be?

**simpswr** · 03-19-2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bry623

Al Qaeda is in Iraq now.

and whose decision was it to dismantle the existing security infrastructure and leave the country wide open to which ever radicals wanted to come in and kill Americans . . . absolute stupidity

yustr · 03-19-2008, 05:26 PM

Let me introduce you to the Republican nominee for President of the United States: Extremists. Al Qaeda. Whats the difference?

Ain't life grand when you have to be corrected by Jump'n Joe Lieberman.

LINK

**simpswr** · 03-19-2008, 05:35 PM

That had to be embarrasing as hell . . probably the result of jet lag . . but embarrasing none the less

03-14-2008, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
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yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore/California Desert Posts: 4,902 OS: PCLinuxOS, XP Pro My System	Re: Five years later: Iraq and al Qaeda not linked, Pentagon admits Let me introduce you to the Republican nominee for President of the United States: Extremists. Al Qaeda. Whats the difference? Ain't life grand when you have to be corrected by Jump'n Joe Lieberman. LINK __________________ I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said. J. McMurtry In Vino Veritas

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