9/11 staff: No al Qaeda cooperation with Iraq

[DaveSZ]

This directly contradicts Cheney's lies of the other day, and I wish the Dem leadership were better at pointing this stuff out.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/16/911.commission/


9/11 staff: No al Qaeda cooperation with Iraq
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Posted: 9:49 AM EDT (1349 GMT)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The panel investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks found that there was "no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States," according to a staff report issued on Wednesday.

The report says Osama bin Laden "explored possible cooperation with Iraq during his time in Sudan, despite his opposition to (Saddam) Hussein's secular regime. Bin Laden had in fact at one time sponsored anti-Saddam Islamists in Iraqi Kurdistan.

"The Sudanese, to protect their own ties with Iraq, reportedly persuaded bin Laden to cease this support and arranged for contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda."

A senior Iraqi intelligence officer reportedly made three visits to Sudan, finally meeting bin Laden in 1994.

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[mhr]

1. Bush Said Exactly The Same Last Fall - Cheney Must Not Understand

eom

[DaveSZ]

2. Ok then

Let's make an ad out of this.

[ewagner]

3. does anybody think

this will put an end to Cheney's statements?

I don't .....

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x625681