"The Connection : How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has

[mzmolly]

Endangered America"

"Weekly Standard reporter Hayes marshals a wealth of evidence that, in contrast with the tenuous connections that have so far made news, point to ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaeda. Most intriguingly, Hayes finds links between Iraq and the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, one of whom apparently received shelter and financial support from Iraq after the attack. Hayes also gets confirmation by Czech officials of the alleged Prague meeting between September 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence agent. Elsewhere, Hayes points to Iraqi intelligence documents that mention a "good relationship" with bin Laden. Other sources note an alleged agreement for Iraq to assist al-Qaeda in making chemical and biological weapons. Relying both on "open sources" like news articles, transcripts from the 1998 embassy bombing trials, as well as anonymous intelligence reports and informants, Hayes allows that some of these stories may prove unreliable. But he contends that the number, consistency and varied provenance of reports of high-level contacts between al-Qaeda and Iraq throughout the past decade allows one to "connect the dots" into a clear pattern of collaboration. Despite the frustrating absence of source notes and no knowledge of what cooperative efforts ever came of these contacts, most readers will conclude from this volume that the Saddam–al-Queda thread has some play left in it."

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060746734/102-2986994-3397703?v=glance&s=books

This bloque was just on The Daily Show. Anyone read this *garbage* ???

[BlueEyedSon]

1. By the way Hayes was squirming on the Daily Show, it's clear

he would NEVER pass a polygraph on that crap.....

[lovedems]

2. I saw it

"most readers will conclude from this volume that the Saddam–al-Queda thread has some play left in it."

Not readers who are critical thinkers as Stewart pointed out so graciously!

[shraby]

3. A big lie repeated often enough will be believed. n/t

[lovedems]

5. Not by smart people!

:P

[AntiCoup2K4]

4. Weekly Standard is a PNAC propaganda rag

If it's in that magazine, it's a lie.

[BlueEyedSon]

6. Two words: William Kristol

That smarmy pseudo-intellectual chickenhawk!