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04-07-2007, 01:53 AM
New Pentagon report rejects Saddam-Qaeda link (http://islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=13314)
Information obtained from Saddam Hussein and documents seized in Iraq confirmed that the former Iraqi regime had no links with al-Qaeda, according to a declassified Pentagon report that eliminates a key element in the Bush administration’s case for the 2003 invasion.
Parts of the report were published in February, but the Pentagon declassified the whole 120-page document today. Its publication followed pressure from Democrats who suggest intelligence was twisted in the run-up to the war.
According to the inspector general of the U.S. Defense Department, information obtained after the invasion of Iraq confirmed the prewar position of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that the former Iraqi government had no links with al-Qaeda.
This position was bolstered by interrogations of Saddam Hussein and other top ex-Iraqi officials captured by the U.S. occupation forces, the report said.
The findings contradict a strong argument for the invasion made by the Bush administration that Saddam’s regime had a working relationship with al-Qaeda.
Another U.S. argument for invading Iraq was that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Such weapons were never found in the war-torn country.
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Ana bo'lmasa. Qilg'ilikni qilib qo'yib, endi aloqasi yo'qmish.
Information obtained from Saddam Hussein and documents seized in Iraq confirmed that the former Iraqi regime had no links with al-Qaeda, according to a declassified Pentagon report that eliminates a key element in the Bush administration’s case for the 2003 invasion.
Parts of the report were published in February, but the Pentagon declassified the whole 120-page document today. Its publication followed pressure from Democrats who suggest intelligence was twisted in the run-up to the war.
According to the inspector general of the U.S. Defense Department, information obtained after the invasion of Iraq confirmed the prewar position of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that the former Iraqi government had no links with al-Qaeda.
This position was bolstered by interrogations of Saddam Hussein and other top ex-Iraqi officials captured by the U.S. occupation forces, the report said.
The findings contradict a strong argument for the invasion made by the Bush administration that Saddam’s regime had a working relationship with al-Qaeda.
Another U.S. argument for invading Iraq was that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Such weapons were never found in the war-torn country.
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Ana bo'lmasa. Qilg'ilikni qilib qo'yib, endi aloqasi yo'qmish.