Saddam not linked to Al-Qaeda: does this mean the government lied to the USA and the world or was it just lack

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of intelligence

Answer 1

I really don't know what to think about this. It's Saddam who's saying he wasn't linked to Al-Queda in his trial and I don't believe anything that comes out of that man's mouth. I know we had an intelligence problem between the FBI & CIA ...they are both too stubborn to share intelligence but supposedly they do now. All I know is that Saddam & Bin-Laden both need to be erased from existence and the world would be a safer place.

Answer 2

Actually, Saddam's links to al-Qaeda have been ongoing since 1992. This is according to documents found in Iraq, and from depositions from Saddam's regime.

This is not a lie, it was not made up. The facts have been out there for years, now. Even Clinton had linked them.

To claim no links, contrary to all the history and evidence, is to buy into the shallowest of lies and demonstrate a mindless gullability based on blind partisanship. It saddens me that so many people are so disassociated with reality that they would believe this Goebbelian big lie.

Answer 3

The entire war plan backfired when we did not find the WMDs. We needed to secure a base from which to attack Iran with less than nuclear weapons when the time comes. We attacked the wrong country. Saddam was thought to be such a strong arm in that part of the world that our government felt that if we could bring him down, Iran, Syria, and Lebanon would back off the terrorist support. We are in the beginning stages of a much longer campaign that we bargained for. The problem is that it has not happened fast enough for the American public and we have lost our allies. The next elections will spell disaster for the long term need to control the Middle East.

Answer 4

If you recall, Bush I initiated a war against Iraq that never was resolved. Iraq was beaten back within its borders but Hussein remained antagonistic and defiant. This was a major embarrassment to Bush I, and many people believe that Bush II secretly vowed to strike back at Hussein for his defiance of his father. There was never any correlation between Iraq and Al-Qaeda; quite the opposite. Hussein, a Sunni, waged internal war against the Shite Mulim sects within his own borders and against Iran, which sponsers much of the global Islamic terror we witness. But Bush II probably saw the timing of the 9/11 issue and the Afghan war, along with the blood-lust of the common American after 9/11, too appetizing an opportunity to miss. Yes, it seems that we were deceived. The White House enjoys "plausable deniability" at the monent, but some day the truth will be revealed. If we are still around by then.

Answer 5

Sorry Amber but...DAA The only reason the US invaded Iraq was because George Bush wanted to get revenge on Sadam for attempting to assinate his father George Bush Sr on a trip to Kuwait after he left office. Plain and simple that is the only reason. Bush created all kinds of reasons ( WMDs, ties to Al Qaeda, genocide) but they were just excuses to do what he wanted to do, take out Sadam. That is why there is so much trouble in Iraq now. George Bush did not think beyond the removal of Sadam. He had no plan for afterwards.

Answer 6

i individually believe there became right into a connection between saddam and the terrorist communities... There are countless you comprehend, no longer in basic terms Al-Qaeda.... keep in mind the Taliban, Hezzbaluah and a great form of extra that at the instant are not to boot favourite to us. key phrases: the Iraq government Had "HAD" no "significant" contacts with Al-Qaeda So interior the 1st word "HAD" which ability they did no longer earlier the conflict, yet did after the conflict? And 2d "significant" which ability they did no longer posses adequate reliable data to make a actual judgement, yet they did have some much less considerable data that al-qaeda had touch with the Iraq government? i think of they'd desire to take a deeper look at this... i think of Saddam did have terrorist ties, yet save it so low key and hush, hush that it became into to no longer trouble-free to deliver mutually adequate data to assert he became into in with the terrorists. I do agree that the present Administrations jumped a splash to right away than they'd desire to have... yet I promise we'd have ending up going to Iraq in any case, and the best element could have been that Bush had adequate data to lower back up what he has been asserting.

Answer 7

I say that Sadam did have links to Al-Qaeda and the senate investigating committee did not have all the evidence to proove that.

Answer 8

Even if he wasn't linked (which I believe is the lie here) the fact he killed 250,000 of his own people makes him a terrorist.
You people need to support efforts in keeping this great county free and safe and quit whining about the small picture.

Answer 9

Well according to Bush , Afganastan attacked us Not Iraq...so why did we go to war with iraq again? Weapons of Mass distruction? they were never found til this day and america is saying OOPs. Now we are gonna repeat the process with IRAN , Youll See...just sit back and watch it unfold.

Answer 10

Considering ALL THE POLITIONS had the SAME information I'd say the information was lacking. Many people who answer this are obviously ignorant of that FACT. GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR **ses!