« January 29, 2002 | Blog Index | February, 2002 »
|
Advertisement |
February, 2002
A report from the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) informs top officials that captured Al Qaeda operative al-Libi is likely a fabricator. Periodically after this point, high-level members of the Bush Administration, including the President, will cite al-Libi's information in public appearances. Colin Powell relies heavily on accounts provided by al-Libi for his speech to the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003, saying that he was tracing "the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how Iraq provided training in [the use of chemical] weapons to Al Qaeda."
The same DIA report states, "Saddam's regime is intensely secular and is wary of Islamic revolutionary movements [like al Qaeda]. Moreover, Baghdad is unlikely to provide assistance to a group it cannot control."
Posted on 02/01/02 at 12:35 PM
Tags: Al Libi, Al Qaeda, Bush, DOD, FALSE INTEL, Powell, TRUE INTEL, WMD
Comments
To be sure no one can ever tell which Al Qaeda person is telling the truth. But Saddam regularly called upon his followers in the name of Allah to rise up and attack the infedels. Doesn't sound like he has a problem with Islamic extremism! The facts don't support the statement.
Posted by: me on 11/01/06 at 4:08 PM
TAGS
People: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Karl Rove, Ahmad Chalabi, Tony Blair, Jack Abramoff, Judy Miller, Saddam Hussein, Mohammad Atta, Al-Libi, Curveball, Abu Zubaydah, Al Qaeda, Jessica Lynch, John Kerry, Neocons, Plamegate, Doubters
Agencies: DOD, NSA, DOJ/FBI, CIA, DIA, DOE, State, TIA, FEMA/Katrina, UN, IAEA, German Intelligence, British Intelligence, Reconstruction Authorities
Other: Abu Ghraib, Aluminum Tubes, Niger Uranium, Oil, Afghanistan, Wiretapping, Downing Street Memos, Rathergate, 9/11 Commission, Detainees, Terror Attack, Terror Alert, Boondoggle, Sexed-Up Dossier, WMD, Mobile Weapons Labs, Weapons Inspection, Terror Prosecutions
RECENT COMMENTS
Lie by Lie: The Mother Jones Iraq War Timeline (8/1/90 - 6/21/03) (144)
Andrew D wrote:
Okay progressives, answer me this:
...
[more]
November, 1999 (1)
WonderingAimlessly wrote:
You have got to be f*!&ing me! I d...
[more]
October, 2001 (4)
Sure wrote:
When asked what is wrong with Ameri...
[more]
July 10, 2001 (5)
John Connor wrote:
Hey I am going to agree that this W...
[more]
Late June, 2003 (1)
Carole Obrecht wrote:
I was wondering if there is a list ...
[more]
December 12, 2001 (2)
Race Jones wrote:
Bush is such a lying scumbag. I can...
[more]
May 29, 2003 (1)
Bur$atil wrote:
PROFILE: BERNARD LEWIS
British Sven...
[more]
April 6, 2003 (2)
Bur$atil wrote:
Cheney's Whole War-by-Fraud
Strateg...
[more]
May 22, 2003 (2)
that other fellow wrote:
That's precisely what it says, but ...
[more]
February, 2002 (2)
voyager wrote:
Me,
You need to read Michael R. Gor...
[more]
RSS Feed
Movable Type 3.33
Me,
You need to read Michael R. Gordon's and Bernard E. Trainor's book Cobra II and see if you still agree with the Al Qaeda- Saddam Hussein connection. Remember, Saddam was a manipulator (see our current President for similarities) who was more than happy to exhort his Shiite citizens to action by declaring a common enemy (Iran-Iraq War ring a bell?). Whether that was effective is another matter.
Posted by: voyager on 02/28/07 at 1:33 PM