The Arkanssouri Blog.: Nope, no Saddam/al-Qaeda connection AT ALL, is there?

Friday, May 21, 2004

Nope, no Saddam/al-Qaeda connection AT ALL, is there?

We learn here of the arrest of four Iraqis in the beheading of Nick Berg.

And in one simple five-paragraph block of text from the story, the liberals' "no-connection-between-Iraq-and-al-Qaeda" straw finally totally escapes their grasp.

The group that was involved in the killing of Berg was led by Yasser al-Sabawi, a nephew of Saddam Hussein, the security official said. He said American intelligence had asked Iraqi authorities to hand over the suspects, but they were still in Iraqi hands.

Al-Sabawi was not among those arrested, the Iraqi official said.

Police intelligence agents arrested the suspects as they arrived to "plot other major operations," the official said without elaborating. Four suspects had arrived early for the 7 p.m. meeting and were inside the house, waiting for a fifth associate who escaped arrest, he said.

Police seized weapons and explosives at the site. The Iraqi official said the informant who tipped off authorities was killed by unidentified gunmen the day after the arrests.

American officials have said they believe Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian wanted for allegedly organizing attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq on behalf of al-Qaida, personally carried out Berg's killing.




1 Comments:

Blogger Tom Hanna said...

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is wanted for 'allegedly' blah-blah-blah. Was Adolf Hitler wanted for allegedly buzz bombing London? Was Isoroku Yamamoto assassinated (yes assassinated) by the US military for 'allegedly' plotting the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Did Saloth Sar 'allegedly' order mass murder of urban Cambodians?
Did Antonio López de Santa Anna 'allegedly' order no prisoners be taken at the Alamo?

The media *just don't get it,* this isn't the trial of Martha Stewart. It's not even the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. We're not even talking Ted Bundy or Charles Manson. This isn't a legal proceeding. It's war.

By the way, the connection between Iraq and 9/11 isn't speculation, it's already been decided in federal court, by a Clinton appointee. Clinton-appointed U.S. District Court judge Harold Baer made a legal finding that Iraq was behind the 9-11 attacks and awarded $104 million in damages to the families of two victims. The ruling was upheld by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. I believe it's at most one step away from being finally decided and the Supreme Court reviews very few cases, so it's pretty well settled. In other words, it's no longer an 'alleged' link between Iraq and al-Qaida anyway.

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