Panel Says No Signs of Iraq, Qaeda Link

[struggle4progress]

Investigators have found no evidence Iraq aided al Qaeda attempts to attack the United States, a commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings said on Wednesday, undermining Bush administration arguments for war.

The report by commission staff said al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had met with a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in 1994 and had explored the possibility of cooperation, but the plans apparently never came to fruition.

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney this week reiterated pre-war arguments that an Iraqi connection to al Qaeda, which is blamed for the Sept. 11 attacks, represented an unacceptable threat to the United States.

However, the commission said in a staff report, "We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States."
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5438743


Golly! Do ya think George&Dick wuz lyin to us?

[Donkeyboy75]

1. "No credible evidence"

I'm so glad to see that, instead of "no concrete evidence." Their argument that they used good intelligence is very weakened when they based it on "no credible evidence."

[Snellius]

2. Credit card records & ATM tapes have Atta in U.S.

when the Bush administration still insists he was meeting with Iraqi secret agents in Prague. But, hey, when did facts ever get in the way of Bu**sh**.