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2005-12-09 Home Front: Politix

Al-Libi admitted Iraq/al-Qaeda link under Egyptian interrogation

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-12-09 01:57|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 would egypt really have tortured Libi to make the Iraq-AQ link? Not the torture im questioning but the motive for the linkage - I dont think Mubarak was to keen on having US go into Iraq. So hed have to have been pressured to do this - but by whom, when CIA and State were both skeptical of the link. Did DoD exert its own pressure on Mubarak?

Hmmm, color me skeptical.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-12-09 13:40|| 2005-12-09 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 is it me, or does the NYT just suck at propaganda efforts? This is almost cute in the fact that the eager little beaver reporter prides himself in his ability to get it all in one piece.

-bad intelligence on Iraq
-prewar claims tying Iraq and AQ now discredited
-a prisoner fabricated to escape ~~harsh treatment~~ torutre.
-evils of rendition
-secret prisons/ Rice "dogged"
-loss of confidence by our allies
-cover-up by officials to hide the mistakes made by the fabricated evidence caused by the evils
of renditon, covered-up by Evil Bush administration led to the mistaken war.

It's all a part of the NYT's "Mistakes were Made(TM)" campaign that favors political cheap shots at Bush over or our national security. They just aren't very good.

Posted by 2b 2005-12-09 15:00|| 2005-12-09 15:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The new disclosure provides the first public evidence that bad intelligence on Iraq may have resulted partly from the administration's heavy reliance on third countries to carry out interrogations of Qaeda members and others detained as part of American counterterrorism efforts. The Bush administration used Mr. Libi's accounts as the basis for its prewar claims, now discredited, that ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda included training in explosives and chemical weapons.

Oh, that's right - The New York Times! Actually, 2b said what I wanted to!

Posted by Bobby 2005-12-09 16:03|| 2005-12-09 16:03|| Front Page Top

#4 First off, this is not news per se, as the Al-Libi matter has been bantered about for months if not years.

So, you have to question the motive and timing of it being published as news now. Obviously, the motive is to damage the Bush Administration foremost and Condi's mission in particular.

It also promotes McCain's just say no to torture self aggrandizement campaign.

Posted by Captain America 2005-12-09 19:32|| 2005-12-09 19:32|| Front Page Top

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