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06/25/2004 Archived Entry: "Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says"

Posted by steve @ 03:23 AM EST [Link]

MORE OF LACK OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AL-QAIDA AND IRAQ: A document found in Iraq shows that there were high level contacts between al-Qaida and Iraq going back to the mid-1990s.

American officials described the document as an internal report by the Iraqi intelligence service detailing efforts to seek cooperation with several Saudi opposition groups, including Mr. bin Laden's organization, before Al Qaeda had become a full-fledged terrorist organization. He was based in Sudan from 1992 to 1996, when that country forced him to leave and he took refuge in Afghanistan.

The document states that Iraq agreed to rebroadcast anti-Saudi propaganda, and that a request from Mr. bin Laden to begin joint operations against foreign forces in Saudi Arabia went unanswered. There is no further indication of collaboration.

Read on. (NYT, Free registration)

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So a document which nobody in government says they relied on, and which proved nothing to begin with, is somehow supposed to be proof that evidence does not exist?

I knew our school system had become shameful during eight long years of Clinton's lies, but this is a bit ridiculous: I have a document which does not say that you graduated from high school.

Posted by Dave @ 06/27/2004 01:47 PM EST