CIA Report Finds N O Conclusive Zarqawi-Saddam Link

[SoCalDem]

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6423670

CIA Report Finds No Conclusive Zarqawi-Saddam Link
Wed Oct 6, 2004 12:24 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A CIA report has found no conclusive evidence that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein harbored Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, which the Bush administration asserted before the invasion of Iraq."There's no conclusive evidence the Saddam Hussein regime had harbored Zarqawi," a U.S. official said on Tuesday about the CIA findings.But the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, stressed that the report, which was a mix of new information and a look at some older information, did not make any final judgments or come to any definitive conclusions.

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"The official says there is no clear cut evidence that Saddam Hussein even knew Zarqawi was in Baghdad," ABC reported. The CIA report concludes Zarqawi was in and out of Baghdad, but cast doubt on reports that Zarqawi had been given official approval for medical treatment there as President Bush said this summer, ABC said.

Earlier on Tuesday, White House spokesman Scott McClellan reasserted that there was a relationship between Saddam and Zarqawi. "He was in contact from Baghdad with Ansar al-Islam in the northeastern part of Iraq. He had a cell operating from Baghdad during that period, as well. So there are clearly ties between Iraq and -- between the regime, Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda," McClellan told reporters.

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[fujiyama]

1. Hmmm

with these recent reports, I'm getting the impression that the CIA isn't all that pleased with the way its been treated over the last four years.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Cheney touted that last night.................

that there WAS a connection, make him lok like kind of a chump this morning, Huh? He always looks like a chump to me so I couldn't notice any difference.

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

several duplicates of this because this article says "Al Queda" instead of Zarqawi in headline.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=886542