Comrades,
while it is of course true that the Iraqi regime m i g h t for tactical reasons
cooperate with Al-Qaeeda it seems at least as likely that parts of the ruling
class in the US might have cooperated with Al-Qaeeda. The whole history of this
gangster-class proves that things like that can never be excluded Don't forget
that the 'peace loving' Roosevelt provoked Japan to attack the USA and then
didn't warn the soldiers and civilians in Pearl Harbor that a Japanese attack
was imminent, though he knew that. He was in fact happy to offer the lives of
these people in order to change the American people's mind from isolationism to
a desire to enter WW2). Maybe this is what we should focus on. We should say
that obviously there is no proof for Baghdad's collaboration (even if some
Kurdish nationalists say so in respect to alleged links between Baghdad and the
Islamist 'Jund/Ansar al-Islam', active in the Hawraman-region). We should
however not try to prove that such links are ruled out. But as I said, we should
also pooint to the fact that such links can't be ruled out in the case of Bin
Laden and the USA (not 10 years ago but on 9.11.02 and why not today?
A. Holberg
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Macdonald Stainsby schrieb:
> This is as close to a declaration of war as this regime will ever announce.
>
> At least we *should* have an easier time proving this isn't a "war on terror".
>
> Macdonald
> --
>
>
> BBC. 19 March 2002. US says Iraq linked to al-Qaeda.
>
> WASHINGTON -- Iraq has had contact with al-Qaeda and may be working with
> the group, the head of the CIA has told the US Senate.
>
> "Baghdad has a long history of supporting terrorism," said George Tenet,
> director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
>
> "It has also had contacts with al-Qaeda," he told the Senate's Armed
> Services Committee.
>
> The comments come as the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, winds up an
> international tour aimed at building support for a possible attack
> against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, and as Iraqi officials try to
> shore up support in the region.
>
> Mr Tenet did not present any new hard evidence of Iraqi collusion with
> al-Qaeda to the committee [not surprisingly].
>
> And he said the jury was out on whether Iraq had been involved in the 11
> September attacks on New York and Washington, blamed on al-Qaeda.
>
> Co-operation between Iraq and al-Qaeda had previously been thought
> unlikely because of their different philosophies.
>
> "Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides'
> mutual antipathies toward the United States and the Saudi royal family
> suggests that tactical co-operation between them is possible," Mr Tenet
> said.
>
> The CIA chief's comments are likely to be seen as providing further
> grounds for a potential US attack against the Iraqi regime.
>
> He said that Saddam Hussein was "well aware" of the "serious
> consequences" which he could face for co-operation with al-Qaeda.
>
> Mr Tenet also insisted that Iraq was continuing with its programme to
> produce weapons of mass destruction.
>
> The BBC's Jon Leyne in Washington says that Mr Tenet's testimony is part
> of a US attempt to build up a picture of Iraq as a threat to the region.
>
>
>
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