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This is the high-voltage line of argument that could blow away skeptics' doubts--or blow holes in Bush's entire case. Strong evidence of a link between Iraq and terrorists would make it easy for allies--and nervous American citizens--to support a war, but it's the hardest allegation to prove. Bush, who plainly believes it, gave the charge its sharpest articulation yet in his State of the Union address: "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-Qaeda." Bush...
...group is being touted by Bush Administration officials as a critical link between Saddam and al-Qaeda. Ansar has roughly 500 to 700 members, including several dozen so-called Arab Afghans, ethnic Arabs who trained in alQaeda camps in Afghanistan and fled to Ansar's enclave in Iraq after the fall of the Taliban. Kurds who have escaped the area say the group has set up a Taliban-like regime, under which women are veiled and Islamic law is h* Aonored--or else. According to a former Iraqi intelligence agent imprisoned by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq, a member...
...Renowned Journalist Criticizes the Media”, Feb. 5). The reason is that there was no epidemic of cancer caused by D.U. After pretty much every national health service has studied the issue, it is accepted by everyone with any knowledge of the issue that there is no link between D.U. exposure and cancer. The only evidence that such a link exists is the very deeply entrenched belief held by very misguided people that it does...
...This library is more than a collection of books or a place to study,” said House Tutor Chip Robinson. “It’s a link to the living authors...
...attacks. The case may have been less convincing for the Europeans, who are more inclined to share the UN inspectors' skepticism over claims of an Iraqi nuclear program - and even more importantly, to share the doubts of many in the U.S. intelligence community over an Iraq-al Qaeda link - and the evidence offered by Powell probably wasn't strong enough to alter their skepticism...