September 10, 2002


UHHHHH, NEVER MIND.
Bunnypants Abandons Claim of Iraq-Al Qaeda Link

As it makes its case against Saddam Hussein, the Bush misadministration has for now dropped what had been one of the central arguments presented by supporters of a military campaign against Baghdad: Iraq's links to al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.

Although administration officials say they are still trying to fix develop a strong case tying Hussein to global terrorism, the CIA has yet to find convincing evidence despite having wasted time fishing for combed its files and redoubled its efforts to collect and analyze information related to Iraq... [Analysts] cannot validate two prominent allegations made by high-ranking administration officials: links between Hussein and al Qaeda members who have taken refuge in northern Iraq and an April 2001 meeting in Prague between Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence agent..

According to sources, the CIA believes that the last time Iraq planned an anti-American attack was in April 1993, when it organized a failed assassination plot against former president Bush-the-only-slightly-smarter during a visit to Kuwait.

- From the Washington comPost.



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