Was Saddam linked to al Qaeda?

Question

The Clintons said they are:

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

evett, do you know something Hillary Clinton doesn't know?

jmeege, so you want to defend Iraq, ok.

So, tell me how they were tied to a terrorist organization, innocently. I know you like to post and run, but please enlighten me here.

btw, key wording in Clintons quote was AID

Answerman, what year was the intelligence 'rigged'? Did Bush rig it before he was in office?


"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.

Answer 1

Absolutely! Abdul Rahman Yasin held an Iraqi passport after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. After skipping bail in New Jersey as one of the most wanted men in U.S. history, he made it through Jordan to Bagdad in a matter of hours.

Zarqawi is another excellent example of Saddam's terrorist ties. Millions of Iraqis can tell you that, like the Iron Curtain, it was extremely difficult to enter or leave Iraq's borders. So how did this man, dubbed by bin Laden as al-Quaida's "Prince of Iraq," end up there? In order to believe that Saddam was unaware of his presence, you would have to believe:

1. A low-level Iraqi official decided to admit a much-hunted Jordanian - a refugee from the invasion of Afghanistan, AFTER 9/11/01 - when even the most conservative forces in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were keeping their distance from such people and even assisting in rounding them up.

2. That this newly admitted immigrant felt that the most pressing need of the holy was was the assassination of Kurdish leaders opposed to the rule of Saddam Hussein.

3. That a recently arrived Jordanian, in a totally controlled police state, was so enterprising as to swiftly put himself in possession of maps, city diagrams, large sums of cash, and a group of heavily armed fighters hitherto named after the Iraqi dictator himself - the Fedayeen Saddam.

I could go on and on. Of course Saddam had terrorist ties!

Answer 2

I find it funny that you are quoting Hillary...Since she was virtually repeating what our president said just a few days earlier. Now Hillary says that we shouldn't have went in there and we should pull out...or at least set a time frame for pulling out. Can anyone say flip-flop...waffle... I guest with her vast knowledge of US and international policies (she was the first lady and all) She feels it time to do a 180 and leave the UN and war torn Iraq and Afghanistan to fend for themselves and let the bad element take hold in those countries again. YA we need her as president.

Answer 3

I think if Saddam was connected to al Qaeda, it was simply because he thought it would be another mass of people he could eventually dictate.. This man or animal or whatever you choose to call him, has no regard for anyone other than himself.. His entire life appears to have been an intense ego tripping ride.. I do not think we had just cause to invade Iraq, but as humans we should have enough compassion for life to help those who are being tortured & dictated.. Saddam, has been caught, have you heard of al Qaeda stepping forward to say anything in his defense? I do not think he is now or has ever been directly linked to al Qaeda.

Answer 4

The intel was rigged. My friend got out because of it. Al Qaeda was active in the Northern and Southern No-Fly zones. THe number 2 man passed through a baghdad hospital prior to joing AQ.

Answer 5

Yes, what is your point. So was America, where did those pesky terrorists live again? The real question is "Was Iraq linked to 9/11?" Every country is probably linked to terrorism in one way or another...

how who was? Iraq? or America?

Like I said they were living in America, they are linked. I'm sure they were living in Iraq as well therefore they were linked. Show me the link between Iraq and 9/11. I have yet to see that. It's the real question.

Answer 6

From the same intelligence that George Bush rigged so that he could take America to war for no real reason. He had many people fooled Not just Hillary.

Answer 7

Yes, and if you watched around early April, you'd see these papers between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden which were revealed; which showed a direct connection between the former dictator and the terrorist leader.

Answer 8

I remember reading once that there has been some kind of Al Qaeda training going on in Iraq...Members of Al Qaeda are terrorists...and so is Saddam.

Answer 9

large article. he's a liar and Bush replaced into stupid sufficient to take the words of a liar and bypass to conflict. Clinton replaced right into a liar similar to maximum politicians. Bush had sufficient sense no longer to bypass lower than oath. If he had, we would have had yet another impeached president in decrease than 10 years. Any nitwit must have had the sense to understand there replaced into no authentic probability from Hussein and it replaced into merely an excuse to get an quite tremendous style of human beings KILLED. because that Clinton replaced right into a liar, does no longer maximum wise human beings do their personal wide study to ascertain what replaced into quite happening? in reality a moron would take the guidelines from a huge-spread liar and implement a plan to bypass to conflict. absolutely the mess we are in proper this second does no longer lay on the ft of Clinton. the those who carry the authorities branch and the those who talked about them blindly on both aspect of the isle are in charge.

Answer 10

Never He was not
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