Australian argument for war in Iraq "blown apart" by US report: Labor

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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's case for joining the invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) has been "blown apart" by an official US investigation that found no link between Al-Qaeda and the regime of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), the opposition Labor party said.


The official report released overnight in Washington on the September 11, 2001, terror assault on the US said there was no "credible evidence" Iraq had helped Al-Qaeda to carry out the attack and no sign of any "collaborative relationship" between Baghdad and the group.


The conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard repeatedly cited alleged ties between Al-Qaeda and other international terrorists to Iraq, along with weapons of mass destruction that have not been found, to justify joining the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.


Howard's policy on Iraq, where Australia still has troops deployed, has become increasingly unpopular in Australia and has emerged as a key issue ahead of national elections expected later this year.

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White House Statements on Iraq, al-Qaida

Comments by President Bush (news - web sites), Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) alleging links between al-Qaida and Iraq (news - web sites) under Saddam Hussein (news - web sites):



2002


Rice, Sept. 25: "There clearly are contacts between al-Qaida and Iraq that can be documented; there clearly is testimony that some of the contacts have been important contacts and that there's a relationship here. ... And there are some al-Qaida personnel who found refuge in Baghdad."


Bush, Oct. 7: "We know that Iraq and the al-Qaida terrorist network share a common enemy — the United States of America. We know that Iraq and al-Qaida have had high-level contacts that go back a decade" and "we've learned that Iraq has trained al-Qaida members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases."


2003:


Bush, State of the Union address, Jan. 28: "And this Congress and the American people must recognize another threat. Evidence from intelligence sources, secret communications, and statements by people now in custody reveal that Saddam Hussein aids and protects terrorists, including members of al-Qaida."


Bush, Feb. 6: "Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaida have met at least eight times since the early 1990s. Iraq has sent bomb-making and document forgery experts to work with al-Qaida" and "Iraq has also provided al-Qaida with chemical and biological weapons training."

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1. Maybe now the Australians will kick John Howard out of office

and bring their troops home?

The whole world realizes that this U.S. administration are a bunch of lying thieving clowns that are run by the Carlyle boys and Halliburton.

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2. Wake up now World, we have evil doers as the head of USA eom