Old Weird Ward
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Monday, November 17, 2003
- - - - - The Case for Invading Iraq - - - - -
The intelligence reports warning of Weapons of Mass Destruction may have been a little vague/unreliable/whatever. My personal opinion is that Saddam had (a) proved that he could produce them, and (b) was willing to use them, during the Iran/Iraq War of the 80's. Later, of course, he used them internally, against Iraqi citizens. To me, that's clear proof of capability and inclination. Add in the shell game he ran to convince everyone that he still had the capability and inclination, and presto! A solid case for invasion.
But wait, There's More! In the Weekly Standard there's an article on intelligence that strongly indicates that Saddam & Co. were assisting Al Qaeda during the time that Al Qaeda was planning and carrying out the attacks of September 11, 2001. See the article HERE.
Iraq sent an intelligence officer to Afghanistan to seek closer ties to bin Laden and the Taliban in late 1998. The source reported that the Iraqi regime was trying to broaden its cooperation with al Qaeda. Iraq was looking to recruit Muslim "elements" to sabotage U.S. and U.K. interests. After a senior Iraqi intelligence officer met with Taliban leader [Mullah] Omar, arrangements were made for a series of meetings between the Iraqi intelligence officer and bin Laden in Pakistan. The source noted Faruq Hijazi was in Afghanistan in late 1998.
Read the whole thing. This, all by itself, if true, constitutes more than enough to make the Case for Invading Iraq.
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