Sunday, September 24, 2006

Senate Intelligence Report On Iraq

Via The Washington Post - Iraq's Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War

Get the reports here:

http://intelligence.senate.gov/

This is from the WaPo story:

As recently as Aug. 21, Bush suggested a link between Hussein and Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was killed by U.S. forces this summer. But a CIA assessment in October 2005 concluded that Hussein's government "did not have a relationship, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi and his associates," according to the report.


And in a recent press conference the following question and answer took place:


BUSH: The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East.

QUESTION: What did Iraq have to do with it?

BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?

QUESTION: The attack on the World Trade Center.

BUSH: Nothing. Except it’s part of — and nobody has suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack. Iraq was a — Iraq — the lesson of September 11th is take threats before they fully materialize, Ken. Nobody’s ever suggested that the attacks of September the 11th were ordered by Iraq.


Watch it here:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/21/bush-on-911/