why do lefties still deny the connections between sadamn and Al qaeda?

Question

Muhammed Hila Hammad Ubaydi, aka Abu Ayman, was the former aide to the chief of staff of intelligence during the Saddam regime for 30 years. Ubaydi later led the Secret Islamic Army in the Northern Babil Province and was said to have had strong ties to the former terror leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. He was captured April 6, 2006, in southern Baghdad.
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is "the former vice chairman of Saddam's Baathist Revolutionary Command Council who swore fealty to Zarqawi and provided funding for al-Qaida and significant element of the Baathist/al-Qaida converts and collaborators.
Abdel Faith Isa is a former Iraqi army officer who was later identified as an al-Qaida emir. He was captured May 6, 2004.

Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi is "believed to be a former officer in Saddam's army, or its elite Republican Guard, who (has) worked closely with al-Zarqawi since the overthrow of the Iraqi dictator in April 2003."

Ahmad Hasan Kaka al-'Ubaydi was a former Iraqi Intelligence Service officer, and believed to have later become associated with al-Qaida affiliate Ansar al-Islam.

Abu Aseel is a "former high ranking Saddam official" who was working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi after 2002.

Abu Asim was a Special Republican Guard officer under Saddam Hussein and is said to have been active within the insurgency after the fall of the former regime, including association with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Abu Maysira al-Iraqi was reportedly a "minister of information" for al-Qaida in Iraq and formerly an expert in information technology for Saddam's army. "He was an expert in information technology in Saddam's army and was entrusted with the additional task of waging the jihad through the Internet" for Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56020

Abdul-Hadi al-Iraqi is being held in Guantanamo Bay and was called "a top leader with al-Qaida in Iraq and the Mujahedeen Shura Council and originally comes from Nineveh province. He was a major in Saddam's army but left to travel to Iraq to fight against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1990s" and was later identified as a "liaison between bin Laden and al-Qaida's leadership in Afghanistan, and the al-Qaida network formerly headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq." Al-Iraqi has also been cited as one of bin Laden's top al-Qaida commanders.

Unnamed former air force officer – a man who was killed in a coalition raid in Iraq "was later identified as a retired officer in the Iraqi air force serving under the Saddam regime. The male who initiated the gunfire is a suspected al-Qaida terrorist for whom the troops were searching, as well as the retired officer's son. The former officer was killed April 14, 2006.

Abed Dawood Suleiman and son Raed Abed Dawood – Suleiman was a former Iraqi general believed to have become Zarqawi's "military adviser." Raed was a former army captain in the Iraqi army and was caught April 15, 2005.

Mohammed Khalaf Shkarah al-Hamadani, aka Abu Talha, was a key facilitator and financier for al-Qaida in Iraq. He reportedly was the head of a Zarqawi's terror cell. Al-Hamadani previously was a member of the Baath Party and a warrant officer in the former Iraqi army. He was captured June 5, 2005.

"Al-Hajji" Thamer Mubarak was an Iraqi military officer who became a key aide to Zarqawi. Mubarak reportedly was involved in the August 2003 al-Qaida attack on U.N. headquarters in Iraq.

Hasayn Ali Muzabir, a former Iraqi Intelligence (Mukhabarat) officer for Saddam's regime, was later identified as al-Qaida's emir of Samarra. Muzabir was killed in Balad, Iraq, on June 2, 2006. Muhammad Hamza Zubaydi was a "Baath Party official in charge of security in central Iraq

because of the "BI PARTISAN" 9/11 report!!!! LOL!!!! NOW THAT's COMEDY!!! better said 9/11 Whitewash report...next!

to the other putz...a DUTCH...read again DUTCH businessman was CONVICTED of selling sadam chem weapons that he used to murder the kurds. france, germany and russia sold sadam the MAJORITY OF HIS WEAPONS...but nice bit of propaganda...love it! next!

Answer 1

It is established fact that Al Quaida and Saddam had ties and were working together against the USA. The documentation is overwhelming.

As to why the loony Left refuses to acknowledge that fact, you must employ Josef Goebbel's maxim that if you repeat a lie often enough and long enough, it becomes the truth to many people.

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Well, as per usual the leftwing zealots have twisted the facts. All those people and commisions et al the terrorist lovers have posted stated that, in fact, there were no links between Saddam and the 9/11 attacks. Indeed, no such links have been discovered.

But, pre-war links between Saddam and Al Quaida abound and have been well documented.

Heck, he even built them a terrorist training facility at Salman Pak. Thank God we have a real president who takes the terrorists seriously rather than some leftwing nutjob like those who post here in the White House.

Answer 2

Why do we deny it? Because it is false. Even the Pentagon said so.

"However, a declassified Pentagon report released Thursday said that interrogations of Saddam and two of his former aides as well as seized Iraqi documents confirmed that the terrorist organization and the Saddam government were not working together before the invasion.

The Sept. 11 Commission's 2004 report also found no evidence of a collaborative relationship between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network during that period."

People who had an inkling of knowledge about the region knew talks of a Saddam - AQ linkup were bafflegab. Saddam was a secular Alawite notorious for jailing, exiling, torturing, and killing Muslim religious extremists. There was a law passed by Saddam declaring proselyzation for Wahabbi Shiism (Osama's drug of choice) punishable by death, and Osama issued a fatwa in response, describing Saddam as an apostate.

Also, the ONLY known AQ terrorist camps in Iraq at the time of the invasion were NOT in areas of the country under Saddam's control, but in the Kurdish controlled north.

Answer 3

Why are you, not only embarrassing the country, but embarrassing the republican party. Are you lost? Your own parting knows they didn't have any connections. I don't really care if I get points or not. What are you all doing here. Why aren't you fighting the war. I don't care if you have been there or not. Because you want to talk but not walk the walk. How can not wanting innocent men and women and 7 children just today, be cowardly. That is strong and brave. That is what we look to our soldier for. To protect, it isn't kill innocent people. Our soldiers don't
want that. If I was born to want peace then thank God. I have come from a military family. Someone in my family has fought in every war until after Viet Nam. None of us want this war. One other thing. I don't think I would purchase or do business with anyone supporting this war. They cannot be trusted. To include Hillary. If she supports staying in Iraq.

Answer 4

The Bush Campaign accepted $50,000 from Osama Bin Laden and millions from Bin Laden Construction. That's a connection

When Zarqawi met with Iraqi intelligence he was not a member of Al Quieda he was the head of a Palestinian organaization

Answer 5

The only person in the gov't who says there is a link is Cheney. All studies have otherwise. Cheney refuses to ever say why he thinks there is a link-he wont reveal sources or what the link is.

Either he is lying, or he is just flat out refusing to share info with ANY intelligence group. That does not inspire faith. By Bush logic, if he had nothing to hide he would have shared the info by now.

9/11 Commission, France, UK, Pentagon, FBI, everyone except the Executive branch of the US has said there was no link.

The initial resistence in Iraq that was met were Saudi's, typically well to do college students who were just brought in to fight the Americans, not trained fighters there had been training there.

Answer 6

There are no links of a working relationship. Any Saddam/al-Qaeda links are just are realistic as USA/al-Qaeda links. Heck, the link between USA/Saddam is the strongest, as we were the suppliers of the chemical weapons we thought he possessed.

al-Zrqawi was not a member of al-Qaeda until AFTER Saddam was toppled, so the connection is really invalid. On top of the fact al-Qaeda is largely a fictional organization.

Answer 7

Probably because our own CIA, British intelligence, French intelligence, and Russian intelligence all conclusively say there was no ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Also Bush himself has said such, also Cheney, also Rumsfield. Create all these grand scenarios you want, the facts do not support your wild connections.

Answer 8

because al qaeda is a fundamentalist islamic organization.

and iraq was the most secular state in the middle east.

Answer 9

The bi-partisan 9/11 commision report. That's why.

Answer 10

You will never hear libs or the news talk about this because it would more than legitimize the war in Iraq.