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MavKikiNYC · 09-12-2004, 07:31 PM

We know that THERE HAD BEEN CONNECTIONS and THERE HAD BEEN EXCHANGES between al Qaeda and the Saddam Hussein regime. And those have been pursued and looked at," Powell said on the program.

"But I have seen nothing that makes a DIRECT connection between Saddam Hussein and that awful regime, and what happened on 9/11."

He also said that he believed at the time that they had WMDs, and that even though no WMDs have been found (yet) , they have found evidence of weapons programs that would have allowed the Iraqis to proceed with the construction of WMDs had the Hussein regime not been deposed.

This non-story is just another desperate attempt by what's left of the Kerry campaign to divert some negative attention from Kerry's own sorry record on defense and anti-terrorism intelligence.

It amounts to little more than a death throe.

09-12-2004, 07:31 PM	#2
MavKikiNYC Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 8,509	RE:Powell admits "no direct connection" between Saddam and 9/11 We know that <u>THERE HAD BEEN CONNECTIONS </u> and <u>THERE HAD BEEN EXCHANGES</u> between al Qaeda and the Saddam Hussein regime. And those have been pursued and looked at," Powell said on the program. "But I have seen nothing that makes a <u>DIRECT</u> connection between Saddam Hussein and that awful regime, and what happened on 9/11." He also said that he believed at the time that they had WMDs, and that even though no WMDs have been found (yet) , they have found evidence of weapons programs that would have allowed the Iraqis to proceed with the construction of WMDs had the Hussein regime not been deposed. This non-story is just another desperate attempt by what's left of the Kerry campaign to divert some negative attention from Kerry's own sorry record on defense and anti-terrorism intelligence. It amounts to little more than a death throe.