[QUOTE]Originally posted by ugetsum
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Dear ignorant brainwashed moron no 1.-please read
Al Qaeda Connection
ALL THE LIES:
Cheney has claimed that the bombings in Iraq were related to blasts in Bali, Casablanca and Riyadh carried out by Al Qaeda.
According to a senior administration officials there is no conclusive evidence pointing to any particular group as being responsible for the bombings. “At this point, it isn’t clear who’s responsible for these bombings.” (55)
On November 7, 2002, President Bush said that Saddam Hussein” is a threat because he is dealing with Al Qaeda. . . . A true threat facing our country is that an Al Qaeda-type network trained and armed by Saddam could attack America and not leave one fingerprint.”
“Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of Al Qaeda” (2003 SOU)
In his February 5, 2003 address to the United Nations, Secretary Powell stated that “what I want to bring to your attention today is the potentially much more sinister nexus between Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network, a nexus that combines classic terrorist organizations with modern methods of mass murder. Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi an associate and collaborator of Osama bin laden and his al-Qaeda lieutenants.”
On July 24, 2003, Vice President Cheney cited Iraq’s “ties to terrorist groups” as a justification for the war.
In his “victory” speech on the USS Lincoln, Bush proclaimed “We have removed an ally of Al Qaeda.”
In September 2003, Cheney claimed US success in Iraq is “a major blow right at the heart of the . . . geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9-11.”
ALL THE FACTS:
In January 2004, Secretary Powell conceded that there is no “smoking-gun concrete evidence about” a connection with Iraq and Al Qaeda. (63)
A January 2004 report by the Army War College agreed and found “[t]he war against Iraq was a detour from, not an integral component of, the war on terrorism.” The war diverted valuable resources from the fight against Al Qaeda and homeland security. (72)
The Carnegie Foundation study on Iraqi WMDs also found no evidence of a link. (70)
The Joint Congressional Committee on September 11th Report concluded that there is no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Committee member Max Cleeland explained “[w]hat you’ve seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends.”
A UN terrorism committee also found no evidence of an Iraq-Al Qaeda link other than Secretary Powell’s speech.
At the same time as the release of the 9-11 Report, a former Bush intelligence official revealed that the White House knew there was no basis for the link. Former State Dept. intelligence official Greg Thielman stated that the intelligence agencies agreed on the “lack of a meaningful connection to Al Qaeda” and reported this to the White House.”
In addition, the Zarqawi claim is a red herring since the administration had several chances to wipe out his organization or even kill him but never pulled the trigger because “the administration had set its course with Iraq.” (87)
The CIA, FBI and British intelligence have found no link between Al Qaeda and Iraq. One FBI official stated that “[w]e’ve been looking at this hard for more than a year and . . . we just don’t think its there.” British intelligence reports that Hussein and fundamentalist Bin Laden are ideological enemies. (6)
The director of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence & Research dismissed the alleged link, claiming that the Bush administration “has had a faith based intelligence attitude.” (20)
In September 2003, Bush finally admitted that there was “no evidence” linking Iraq to 9-11. (36)
SOURCE:http://www.bushlies.net/pages/9/index.htm
Sources: (1) Gordon & Risen – New York Times 01.28.03, Institute for Public Accuracy SOU Response, Donovan – Toronto Star 01.31.03; (2) Gordon & Risen – New York Times 01.28.03, Hans – Common Dreams.org 02.04.03, Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03, Schorr – Christian Science Monitor 10.24.03, Gellman – Washington Post 10.26.03; (3) Washington Post 10.22.02, 60 Minutes 12.06.02, Gordon – New York Times 01.10.03, Warrick – Washington Post 03.08.03, Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03; (4) Miller & Preston – New York Times 01.31.03, Bennis – The Nation 02.05.03; (5) Washington Post 10.22.02; (6) Risen & Johnston - New York Times 02.02.03, BBC News 05.03.03, AP – Washington Times 07.12.03, Waterman – UPI 07.23.03, Gilliard – Daily Kos 07.25.03; (7) 60 Minutes 12.06.02, Prague Post 07.15.02, FAIR Media Advisory 06.20.03, Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03; (8) Institute for Public Accuracy SOU Response; (9) New York Times 01.31.03; SOU - 2003 State of the Union Address; (9) FAIR Media Advisory- 02.27.03 (citing Newsweek report); (10) Raddatz - ABCNews.com 03.10.03, Hersch – The New Yorker 03.31.03, Pincus – Washington Post 06.13.03; (11) Washington Post – 04.03.03; (12) Kempner – BBC 05.15.03, Scheer – Los Angeles Times 05.20.03, BBC News; (13) Siddiqui – Toronto Star 03.13.03; (14) Pincus & Milbank – Washington Post 03.18.03; Independent 01.25.04; (15) Burns – New York Times 03.13.03, Gilliard – Daily Kos 07.25.03; (16) Fidler – Financial Times 03.27.03, Ivins – Fort Worth Star Telegram 10.16.03, The Daily Mis-Lead 10.06.03; (17) Ruben Bannerjee – Al Jazeera 04.06.03, NOW Update 05.22.03, Scheer – AlterNet.org 06.10.03; (17A) Gumbel – The Independent 04.13.03, Ivins – Dallas Star-Telegram 05.11.03, Rose – Lowcountry NOW 05.02.03; (18) Kessler – Washington Post 03.21.03, Milbank – Washington Post 03.25.03, NOW – The Truth About George Update – 04.17.03; (19) Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03, Krugman – New York Times 10.3.03; (20) Rivers-Pitt – Truthout.org 07.11.03, McGovern –AlternNet 06.30.03, NBC News 07.21.03, Krugman – New York Times 07.22.03; (21) Scheer – AlterNet 06.27.03), Corn – The Nation (09/15/03); (22) Pincus & Allen – Washington Post 07.13.03, Miller – Los Angeles Times 07.12.03; (23) Pincus – Washington Post 06.22.03); Axheswe – Los Angeles Times 07.10.03; (24) Canadaeast.com 07.18.03; (25) Milbank – Washington Post 07.20.03; (26) Milbank – Washington Post 07.23.03; (27) Krugman – New York Times 07.22.03; (28) Ackerman – The New Republic 07.23.03; Loven – AP 07.24.03, Allen – Washington Post 07.25.03; (29) Waxman – FindLaw.com 08.19.03; (30) Ireland – The Nation 06.23.03; (31) Cowles – The New Republic 08.18.03, Gellman & Pincus – Washington Post Weekly 08.14.03; (32) Gellman & Pincus – Washington Post Weekly 08.14.03; (33) Kwiatkowski – LewRockwell.com 08.11.03; (34) Noah – Slate 07.15.03, AP 03.10.04; (35) Allen – Washington Post 07.25.03; (36) Corn – The Nation 09.15.03, Washington - Boston Globe 09,18.03, Daily Mis-Lead 09.23.03 (37) Pincus – Washington Post 09.09.03; (38) Zunes – Common Dreams 09.08.03; (39) Cowles – New Republic 09.22.03; (40) Cowles – New Republic 09.29.03, Gerth - New York Times 10.05.03; (41) Dobbs – Washington Post Weekly 09.22.03, Corn – BushLies.com 10.28.03; (42) Benjamin – Slate 08.31.03; (43) Daily Mis-Lead 09.26.03, Daily Mis-Lead 11.07.03; (44) Daily Mis-Lead 09.25.03; (45) Daily Mis-Lead 10.16.03; (46) CBS News.com 10.15.03; Kessler – Washington Post 02.03.04; (47) Drogin – The New Republic 10.27.03; (48) Drogin – The New Republic 10.27.03; (49) Gellman – Washington Post 10.26.03, Bowers – Christian Science Monitor 10.06.03; (50) Priest & Kessler – Washington Monthly 10.06.02, (51) AP 10.28.03, The Daily MisLead 10.29.03, Channel News Asia 10.30.03; (52) New York Times 10.04.03, Drogin – The New Republic 10.27.03; (53) Zogby – The Jordan Times 10.21.03; (54) Institute for Public Accuracy 10.29.03, (55) Corn – BushLies.com 11.11.03; (56) Noah – Slate 11.14.03; (57) Washington Post 12.30.02; (58) McCarthy – Florida Today 12.15.03; (59) Milbank – Washington Post 12.18.03; (60) ABCNews.com 12.16.03, Stevenson – New York Times 12.18.03; (61) Daily MisLead 12.17.03; (62) Corn – The Nation 01.08.04; (63) Marquis – New York Times 01.09.04; (64) Gellman – Washington Post 01.07.04, Jackson – Boston Globe 01.09.04; (65) Jackson – Boston Globe 12.03.03; (66) Daily MisLead 12.03.03, Allen – Washington Post 12.04.03; (67) Daily MisLead 12.19.03; (68) Pincus – Washington Post 12.24.03; (69) Center for American Progress 12.13.03; (70) WMD in Iraq – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; (71) 60 Minutes 01.11.14; Dreyfus & Vest – Mother Jones Jan-Feb 04; Suskind – The Price of Loyalty. (72) Bounding the Global War on Terror – Army War College; (73) Daily MisLead 01.06.04; (74) Daily MisLead 12.23.03; (75) Independent – 01.25.04; (76) Buncombe – Independent 01.24.04; (77) Center for American Progress 01.23.03; (78) Daily MisLead 01.28.04, The Center for American Progress 01.29.04; (79) Center for American Progress 01.28.04; (80) Daily MisLead 02.05.04; (81) New Republic 02.02.04; (82) Corn – The Nation 02.15.04, Center for American Progress – Claim v. Fact: The President on Meet the Press (“Meet the Press Claims”) 02.09.04; (83) Meet the Press Claims 02.09.04; (84) Progress Report 03.15.04; (85) Borger – The Guardian 02.24.04; (86) 60 Minutes 03.14.04; (87) Progress Report 03.03.04, (88) Center for American Progress State of the Union Response 01.20.04; (89) Daily MisLead 05.06.05; (90) Center for American Progress 04.21.04.
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Originally posted by hawkeye
what utter bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its fools like yourselves that love war, that breed hatred, that perpetuate racism.
You have things backwards you jerk off! We don't love war! We don't love to have our troops die! We were attacked on 9/11 by a people that hate us simply because we're Americans. Period. For no other reason. That's racism you idiot! They're children are raised to hate us and to believe that killing is and dieing for the purpose of killing us is a glorious thing. We invaded Iraq believing there were WMD's there and they were planning on using them against us. Even though the WMD's haven't been found there is evidence that Iraq was planning to attack American targets, even Russia warned us of this. Hussein even attempted to have the first President Bush assassinated. Get your shit straight. You're a fucking joke!!!!!!!!!!!!
what utter bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its fools like yourselves that love war, that breed hatred, that perpetuate racism.
You have things backwards you jerk off! We don't love war! We don't love to have our troops die! We were attacked on 9/11 by a people that hate us simply because we're Americans. Period. For no other reason. That's racism you idiot! They're children are raised to hate us and to believe that killing is and dieing for the purpose of killing us is a glorious thing. We invaded Iraq believing there were WMD's there and they were planning on using them against us. Even though the WMD's haven't been found there is evidence that Iraq was planning to attack American targets, even Russia warned us of this. Hussein even attempted to have the first President Bush assassinated. Get your shit straight. You're a fucking joke!!!!!!!!!!!!
Al Qaeda Connection
ALL THE LIES:
Cheney has claimed that the bombings in Iraq were related to blasts in Bali, Casablanca and Riyadh carried out by Al Qaeda.
According to a senior administration officials there is no conclusive evidence pointing to any particular group as being responsible for the bombings. “At this point, it isn’t clear who’s responsible for these bombings.” (55)
On November 7, 2002, President Bush said that Saddam Hussein” is a threat because he is dealing with Al Qaeda. . . . A true threat facing our country is that an Al Qaeda-type network trained and armed by Saddam could attack America and not leave one fingerprint.”
“Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of Al Qaeda” (2003 SOU)
In his February 5, 2003 address to the United Nations, Secretary Powell stated that “what I want to bring to your attention today is the potentially much more sinister nexus between Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network, a nexus that combines classic terrorist organizations with modern methods of mass murder. Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi an associate and collaborator of Osama bin laden and his al-Qaeda lieutenants.”
On July 24, 2003, Vice President Cheney cited Iraq’s “ties to terrorist groups” as a justification for the war.
In his “victory” speech on the USS Lincoln, Bush proclaimed “We have removed an ally of Al Qaeda.”
In September 2003, Cheney claimed US success in Iraq is “a major blow right at the heart of the . . . geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9-11.”
ALL THE FACTS:
In January 2004, Secretary Powell conceded that there is no “smoking-gun concrete evidence about” a connection with Iraq and Al Qaeda. (63)
A January 2004 report by the Army War College agreed and found “[t]he war against Iraq was a detour from, not an integral component of, the war on terrorism.” The war diverted valuable resources from the fight against Al Qaeda and homeland security. (72)
The Carnegie Foundation study on Iraqi WMDs also found no evidence of a link. (70)
The Joint Congressional Committee on September 11th Report concluded that there is no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Committee member Max Cleeland explained “[w]hat you’ve seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends.”
A UN terrorism committee also found no evidence of an Iraq-Al Qaeda link other than Secretary Powell’s speech.
At the same time as the release of the 9-11 Report, a former Bush intelligence official revealed that the White House knew there was no basis for the link. Former State Dept. intelligence official Greg Thielman stated that the intelligence agencies agreed on the “lack of a meaningful connection to Al Qaeda” and reported this to the White House.”
In addition, the Zarqawi claim is a red herring since the administration had several chances to wipe out his organization or even kill him but never pulled the trigger because “the administration had set its course with Iraq.” (87)
The CIA, FBI and British intelligence have found no link between Al Qaeda and Iraq. One FBI official stated that “[w]e’ve been looking at this hard for more than a year and . . . we just don’t think its there.” British intelligence reports that Hussein and fundamentalist Bin Laden are ideological enemies. (6)
The director of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence & Research dismissed the alleged link, claiming that the Bush administration “has had a faith based intelligence attitude.” (20)
In September 2003, Bush finally admitted that there was “no evidence” linking Iraq to 9-11. (36)
SOURCE:http://www.bushlies.net/pages/9/index.htm
Sources: (1) Gordon & Risen – New York Times 01.28.03, Institute for Public Accuracy SOU Response, Donovan – Toronto Star 01.31.03; (2) Gordon & Risen – New York Times 01.28.03, Hans – Common Dreams.org 02.04.03, Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03, Schorr – Christian Science Monitor 10.24.03, Gellman – Washington Post 10.26.03; (3) Washington Post 10.22.02, 60 Minutes 12.06.02, Gordon – New York Times 01.10.03, Warrick – Washington Post 03.08.03, Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03; (4) Miller & Preston – New York Times 01.31.03, Bennis – The Nation 02.05.03; (5) Washington Post 10.22.02; (6) Risen & Johnston - New York Times 02.02.03, BBC News 05.03.03, AP – Washington Times 07.12.03, Waterman – UPI 07.23.03, Gilliard – Daily Kos 07.25.03; (7) 60 Minutes 12.06.02, Prague Post 07.15.02, FAIR Media Advisory 06.20.03, Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03; (8) Institute for Public Accuracy SOU Response; (9) New York Times 01.31.03; SOU - 2003 State of the Union Address; (9) FAIR Media Advisory- 02.27.03 (citing Newsweek report); (10) Raddatz - ABCNews.com 03.10.03, Hersch – The New Yorker 03.31.03, Pincus – Washington Post 06.13.03; (11) Washington Post – 04.03.03; (12) Kempner – BBC 05.15.03, Scheer – Los Angeles Times 05.20.03, BBC News; (13) Siddiqui – Toronto Star 03.13.03; (14) Pincus & Milbank – Washington Post 03.18.03; Independent 01.25.04; (15) Burns – New York Times 03.13.03, Gilliard – Daily Kos 07.25.03; (16) Fidler – Financial Times 03.27.03, Ivins – Fort Worth Star Telegram 10.16.03, The Daily Mis-Lead 10.06.03; (17) Ruben Bannerjee – Al Jazeera 04.06.03, NOW Update 05.22.03, Scheer – AlterNet.org 06.10.03; (17A) Gumbel – The Independent 04.13.03, Ivins – Dallas Star-Telegram 05.11.03, Rose – Lowcountry NOW 05.02.03; (18) Kessler – Washington Post 03.21.03, Milbank – Washington Post 03.25.03, NOW – The Truth About George Update – 04.17.03; (19) Ackerman & Judis – The New Republic 06.30.03, Krugman – New York Times 10.3.03; (20) Rivers-Pitt – Truthout.org 07.11.03, McGovern –AlternNet 06.30.03, NBC News 07.21.03, Krugman – New York Times 07.22.03; (21) Scheer – AlterNet 06.27.03), Corn – The Nation (09/15/03); (22) Pincus & Allen – Washington Post 07.13.03, Miller – Los Angeles Times 07.12.03; (23) Pincus – Washington Post 06.22.03); Axheswe – Los Angeles Times 07.10.03; (24) Canadaeast.com 07.18.03; (25) Milbank – Washington Post 07.20.03; (26) Milbank – Washington Post 07.23.03; (27) Krugman – New York Times 07.22.03; (28) Ackerman – The New Republic 07.23.03; Loven – AP 07.24.03, Allen – Washington Post 07.25.03; (29) Waxman – FindLaw.com 08.19.03; (30) Ireland – The Nation 06.23.03; (31) Cowles – The New Republic 08.18.03, Gellman & Pincus – Washington Post Weekly 08.14.03; (32) Gellman & Pincus – Washington Post Weekly 08.14.03; (33) Kwiatkowski – LewRockwell.com 08.11.03; (34) Noah – Slate 07.15.03, AP 03.10.04; (35) Allen – Washington Post 07.25.03; (36) Corn – The Nation 09.15.03, Washington - Boston Globe 09,18.03, Daily Mis-Lead 09.23.03 (37) Pincus – Washington Post 09.09.03; (38) Zunes – Common Dreams 09.08.03; (39) Cowles – New Republic 09.22.03; (40) Cowles – New Republic 09.29.03, Gerth - New York Times 10.05.03; (41) Dobbs – Washington Post Weekly 09.22.03, Corn – BushLies.com 10.28.03; (42) Benjamin – Slate 08.31.03; (43) Daily Mis-Lead 09.26.03, Daily Mis-Lead 11.07.03; (44) Daily Mis-Lead 09.25.03; (45) Daily Mis-Lead 10.16.03; (46) CBS News.com 10.15.03; Kessler – Washington Post 02.03.04; (47) Drogin – The New Republic 10.27.03; (48) Drogin – The New Republic 10.27.03; (49) Gellman – Washington Post 10.26.03, Bowers – Christian Science Monitor 10.06.03; (50) Priest & Kessler – Washington Monthly 10.06.02, (51) AP 10.28.03, The Daily MisLead 10.29.03, Channel News Asia 10.30.03; (52) New York Times 10.04.03, Drogin – The New Republic 10.27.03; (53) Zogby – The Jordan Times 10.21.03; (54) Institute for Public Accuracy 10.29.03, (55) Corn – BushLies.com 11.11.03; (56) Noah – Slate 11.14.03; (57) Washington Post 12.30.02; (58) McCarthy – Florida Today 12.15.03; (59) Milbank – Washington Post 12.18.03; (60) ABCNews.com 12.16.03, Stevenson – New York Times 12.18.03; (61) Daily MisLead 12.17.03; (62) Corn – The Nation 01.08.04; (63) Marquis – New York Times 01.09.04; (64) Gellman – Washington Post 01.07.04, Jackson – Boston Globe 01.09.04; (65) Jackson – Boston Globe 12.03.03; (66) Daily MisLead 12.03.03, Allen – Washington Post 12.04.03; (67) Daily MisLead 12.19.03; (68) Pincus – Washington Post 12.24.03; (69) Center for American Progress 12.13.03; (70) WMD in Iraq – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; (71) 60 Minutes 01.11.14; Dreyfus & Vest – Mother Jones Jan-Feb 04; Suskind – The Price of Loyalty. (72) Bounding the Global War on Terror – Army War College; (73) Daily MisLead 01.06.04; (74) Daily MisLead 12.23.03; (75) Independent – 01.25.04; (76) Buncombe – Independent 01.24.04; (77) Center for American Progress 01.23.03; (78) Daily MisLead 01.28.04, The Center for American Progress 01.29.04; (79) Center for American Progress 01.28.04; (80) Daily MisLead 02.05.04; (81) New Republic 02.02.04; (82) Corn – The Nation 02.15.04, Center for American Progress – Claim v. Fact: The President on Meet the Press (“Meet the Press Claims”) 02.09.04; (83) Meet the Press Claims 02.09.04; (84) Progress Report 03.15.04; (85) Borger – The Guardian 02.24.04; (86) 60 Minutes 03.14.04; (87) Progress Report 03.03.04, (88) Center for American Progress State of the Union Response 01.20.04; (89) Daily MisLead 05.06.05; (90) Center for American Progress 04.21.04.

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