Quote Originally Posted by Clicker
WeeklyStandard.com States : reports about a budding Hussein-bin Laden partnership were not limited to the foreign press. Newsweek magazine, in its January 11, 1999, issue...
... The document also held open the possibility that the al Qaeda representative could be "a way to maintain contacts with bin Laden."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...wqxma.asp?pg=2
You are quoting articles from 5 years ago? And we have since had many different organizations and committees and intelligence agencies come out and say that there are no ties between Al Queda and Iraq. Don't you think that the people who were tasked with finding these links would have found them, particularly if it was as clear as these articles make it appear? I'm simply trying to use some logic here. We have people on the ground in Iraq with completely unfettered access, we have committees with virtually unlimited access to evidence, documents, and witnesses. People within the Bush administration are conceding that there is no link to be found. What else do you need to set aside the idea that Iraq and Al Queda were partnered. Just because they had a common enemy, does not mean they had a common cause. Why can't people grasp that?

Quote Originally Posted by Clicker
I don't know for a *fact* what size area it was circulated to...but the Democratic federal Judge said "Samir bought his paper at a newsstand at around 8 a.m. Within two hours, the Iraqi intelligence officers were going by every newsstand in Baghdad and confiscating the papers. They also went to the home of every person who they were told received a paper that day and confiscated it."which leads me to believe it was a Baghdad paper only.

It was supposedly the Babylon Daily Political Newspaper / November 14, 2002 issue.

Supposedly: Saddam gave Uday authority to control all press and media outlets in Iraq. And that Uday was the publisher of the Babylon Daily Political Newspaper.
I Know his sons were both crazy, and not the brightest. So, do I doubt that Uday would print a list of 600? No, I don't doubt it.
Democratic judge? And Zell Miller is a democratic senator. What does his political affiliation have to do with it?

Clicker. I want to use logic here. I seriously want you to think about the story passed on and it's gaping holes. The newspaper was in circulation for a few hours. It's sitting there on the newstand on the streets of Baghdad. This is a city that is buzzing with activity, not unlike a Boston or New York. How the heck do they know WHO bought the newspapers? Do you think they took down the names and addresses of anyone who picked up a newspaper? Seriously? Does that hold water for you?

Then, this judge manages to get a hold of the ONLY remaining copy. Moreover, other than the possible interpetation from a local, how does he know what it says?

The story has absolutley no credibility. None. Why would anyone hold on to it?

Quote Originally Posted by Clicker

So, that there was no ties to Al-Queda?

I'm just searching for the truth, so I can make an educated decision when I place my vote, I'm not trying to close my eyes to either side, I am taking it all in, doing my research and trying to decide, as I said before, i only posted to get some views on the matter.
I respect that you are trying to find the truth. I question why you choose to ignore the conclusions of experts and instead choose to give validation to sources that have their own agenda's. You continue to return to periodicals like the Weekly Standard and authors such as Stephen Hayes. If you want the truth you don't seek it with biased sources.