Boston Globe: Cheney link of Iraq, 9/11 challenged

[gristy]

Those of you who were aghast at Cheney's lies on MTP this past Sunday will be pleased that some seem to be taking notice.

By Anne E. Kornblut and Bryan Bender , Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, 9/16/2003

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney, anxious to defend the White House foreign policy amid ongoing violence in Iraq, stunned intelligence analysts and even members of his own administration this week by failing to dismiss a widely discredited claim: that Saddam Hussein might have played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Evidence of a connection, if any exists, has never been made public. Details that Cheney cited to make the case that the Iraqi dictator had ties to Al Qaeda have been dismissed by the CIA as having no basis, according to analysts and officials. Even before the war in Iraq, most Bush officials did not explicitly state that Iraq had a part in the attack on the United States two years ago.

But Cheney left that possibility wide open in a nationally televised interview two days ago, claiming that the administration is learning "more and more" about connections between Al Qaeda and Iraq before the Sept. 11 attacks. The statement surprised some analysts and officials who have reviewed intelligence reports from Iraq.

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Additionally, go http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1549258">here to listen to Democracy Now's dissection of these lies.

[Brucey]

1. Next,

how can we get these lies debunked on Meet the Press? Cheney knows he can lie to millions of people and only a small percentage will ever catch on, and many of them will justify it.

[otohara]

2. Dupe - Locking

please continue here:


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