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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Posts: 258
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Cheney, Dick - Vice President
Date: 9/9/2004
Quote/Claim:
"[Saddam Hussein] provided safe harbor and sanctuary…for Al Qaeda. [Source: LA Times, 9/9/04]"
Fact:
"There is no evidence Iraq and al Qaeda ever developed a collaborative operational relationship. - 9/11 Commission Report"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Rice, Condoleezza - National Security Advisor
Date: 9/7/2003
Quote/Claim:
"And there was an Ansar al-Islam, which appears also to try to be operating in Iraq. So yes, the al Qaeda link was there. [Source: Fox News Sunday transcript]"
Fact:
"Ansar al-Islam was based in the Kurdish area of Iraq beyond Saddam Hussein's control. - Waxman Report"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Rice, Condoleezza - National Security Advisor
Date: 9/28/2003
Quote/Claim:
"No one has said that there is evidence that Saddam Hussein directed or controlled 9/11, but let's be very clear, he had ties to al-Qaeda, he had al-Qaeda operatives who had operated out of Baghdad. [Source: Meet the Press transcript]"
Fact:
"CIA interrogators have already elicited from the top Qaeda officials in custody that, before the American-led invasion, Osama bin Laden had rejected entreaties from some of his lieutenants to work jointly with Saddam. - NY Times, 1/15/04
The chairman of the monitoring group appointed by the United Nations Security Council to track Al Qaeda told reporters that his team had found no evidence linking Al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein.” - NY Times, 6/27/03"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Bush, George - President
Date: 9/26/2002
Quote/Claim:
"You can't distinguish between al-Qaeda and Saddam.” [Source: White House Web site]"
Fact:
"Three former Bush Administration officials who worked on intelligence and national security issues said the prewar evidence tying Al Qaeda was tenuous, exaggerated and often at odds with the conclusions of key intelligence agencies.” - National Journal, 8/9/03"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Bush, George - President
Date: 9/23/2003
Quote/Claim:
"The regime of Saddam Hussein cultivated ties to terror while it built weapons of mass destruction.” [Source: White House Web site -- Speech to UN]"
Fact:
"CIA interrogators have already elicited from the top Qaeda officials in custody that, before the American-led invasion, Osama bin Laden had rejected entreaties from some of his lieutenants to work jointly with Saddam. - NY Times, 1/15/04
Nearly a year after U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq, no evidence has turned up to verify allegations of Saddam's links with al-Qaida, and several key parts of the administration's case have either proved false or seem increasingly doubtful. Senior U.S. officials now say there never was any evidence that Saddam's secular police state and Osama bin Laden's Islamic terrorism network were in league. - Knight-Ridder, 3/02/04"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Bush, George - President
Date: 9/17/2003
Quote/Claim:
"There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties.” [Source: White House Web site]"
Fact:
"Declassified documents undercut Bush administration claims before the war that Hussein had links to al Qaeda.” - LA Times, 7/19/03"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Coulter, Ann - Political Pundit
Date: 9/17/2003
Quote/Claim:
"Saddam Hussein has harbored, promoted, helped, sheltered al Qaeda members. We know that.” [Source: Salon]"
Fact:
"Senior US officials confirm that they have found no provable connection between Saddam and al Qaeda.” - Miami Herald 3/3/04
The bipartisan September 11th commission report undercuts Bush administration claims before the war that Hussein had links to Al Qaeda.” -LA Times, 7/19/03"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Cheney, Dick - Vice President
Date: 9/14/2003
Quote/Claim:
"With respect to 9/11, of course, we've had the story that's been public out there. The Czechs alleged that Mohammed Atta, the lead attacker, met in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence official five months before the attack... [Source: Meet the Press transcript]"
Fact:
"This meeting likely never happened, and Cheney knew it. Czech intelligence officials were skeptical about the report and U.S. intelligence had contradictory evidence, such as records indicating Atta was in Virginia at the time of the meeting; and the C.I.A. and F.B.I. had concluded the meeting probably didn’t occur. - Waxman Report"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Cheney, Dick - Vice President
Date: 9/14/2003
Quote/Claim:
"There was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda that stretched back through most of the decade of the ’90s.” [Meet the Press transcript]"
Fact:
"The chairman of the monitoring group appointed by the United Nations Security Council to track al Qaeda told reporters that his team had found no evidence linking al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein.” - NY Times, 6/27/03
U.S. allies have found no links between Iraq and Al Qaeda. 'We have found no evidence of links between Iraq and al Qaeda,' said Europe's top investigator. 'If there were such links, we would have found them. But we have found no serious connections whatsoever.' - LA Times, 11/4/02"
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Topic: Iraq - Al Qaeda Links
Speaker: Cheney, Dick - Vice President
Date: 6/25/2004
Quote/Claim:
"[Saddam Hussein] had an established relationship with al Qaeda. [Source: Fox News transcript]"
Fact:
"The Sept. 11 commission reported yesterday that it has found no 'collaborative relationship' between Iraq and al Qaeda. - Washington Post, 6/17/04"
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