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May 23, 2007
BUSH ADMITS AL-QAEDA NOT IN IRAQ BEFORE US INVASION
Is there any other fair way to read this:
the president mentioned declassified intelligence that said bin Laden discussed sending a top lieutenant in 2005 to Iraq to set up a base from which to launch attacks in the United States.
So, we invade in 2003, and two years later bin Laden sends someone into Iraq to set up a base.
To quote the President:
"There's a reason bin Laden sent one of his most experienced paramilitary leaders to Iraq," Bush said. "He believes that if al Qaeda can drive us out, they can establish Iraq as a new terrorist sanctuary."
So, we invade in 2005, and two years later Al-Q sees an opportunity. The sort of opportunity which did not exist before 2005, and thus not in (say) February 2003...
I guess what I don't understand about all this is why the Iraqi people aren't so grateful to have been liberated...
Posted by Andrew at May 23, 2007 06:25 PM