here's proof bush linked Saddam with al Qaida

[welshTerrier2]

much of the focus placed on bush's "mission accomplished" speech has been that the speech was absurdly premature and out of touch with reality ... unfortunately, two key items from bush's speech are far too often overlooked ... the following excerpt was taken directly from bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech:

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We have removed an ally of Al Qaida and cut off a source of terrorist funding.

And this much is certain: No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Iraqi regime, because the regime is no more.

you gotta love that last phrase ... the Iraqi regime won't be peddling WMD's to terrorists because we've "liberated Iraq" ... um, they also won't be selling WMD's to terrorist networks because THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WMD'S TO SELL ...

and while we're at it, Cheney keeps saying that Osama's number two man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was aided by Saddam ...

yesterday, as reported by Reuters, the CIA said this was just not true ... here's the article:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A CIA report has found no conclusive evidence that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein harbored Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, which the Bush administration asserted before the invasion of Iraq.

"There's no conclusive evidence the Saddam Hussein regime had harbored Zarqawi," a U.S. official said on Tuesday about the CIA findings.

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ABC quoted an unnamed senior U.S. official as saying that the CIA document raises "serious questions" about Bush administration assertions that Zarqawi found sanctuary in pre-war Baghdad.

"The official says there is no clear cut evidence that Saddam Hussein even knew Zarqawi was in Baghdad," ABC reported.