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Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11...when we removed Saddam Hussein," he said. The envoy said Washington's dash to invade was accelerated, in part, by the misguided belief Saddam had links to al-Qaida and the Sept. 11 attacks. Meyer said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza... In this article: George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Anthrax, Al-qaida, United States, Crawford, and Washington |
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Guardian Unlimited | 1 day ago
Saddam had 'few links' to al-Qaida
...We didn't have any such evidence." Neo-conservatives in the Bush administration and the CIA claimed in the run-up to the invasion that Saddam was linked to al-Qaida, a claim dismissed at the time by MI6. According to previously leaked...
In this article: Saddam Hussein, Al-qaida, Iraq, Tony Blair, and US
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 15 hours ago
US, UK sought 'smoking gun' for Iraq war
...high on his policy agenda. However, in a September 11 telephone conversation with the then US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice, Sir Christopher learned the US was investigating Saddam's links to al-Qaeda. Sir Christopher also indicated...
In this article: Saddam Hussein, US, Britain, Iraq, Iraq War, Tony Blair, United Nations, George W Bush, and Crawford
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BBC News | 1 day ago
Al-Qaeda link to Iraq 'rejected'
...Dowse: 45 minutes report "not significant" The UK investigated claims of links between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda but decided they were not "natural allies", the Iraq inquiry has been told. Despite "sporadic" contacts between Al-Qaeda...
In this article: Iraq, Saddam Hussein, UK, Washington, and Hamas
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Telegraph.co.uk - Politics | 21 hours ago
Iraq inquiry: deal might have been 'signed in blood' by Blair and Bush in 2002
...Bush and his advisers. " Sir Christopher said hardliners in the Bush administration became increasingly convinced that Saddam was linked to Al-Qaeda, largely because of intelligence which proved to be wrong. He said: "Paul Wolfowitz...
In this article: Tony Blair, Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush, Iraq, Condoleezza Rice, US, and Britain
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Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations - Wikipedia, the ...
(Redirected from Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda) Jump to: navigation, search ... Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations were made by some U.S. Government ...
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Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations timeline ...
The Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda timeline below list allegations of meetings, all ... Saddam Hussein was distrustful of al-Qaeda and viewed Islamic extremists as a ...
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www.washingtonpost.com
Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed (washingtonpost.com)
Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed. By Walter Pincus and Dana Milbank ... Along with the contention that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass ...
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www.heritage.org
Al Qaeda, Saddam
... in their view, there's no shred of evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al Qaeda. ... of Saddam's dealings with Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda operatives ...
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www.cnn.com
Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda not linked, Pentagon says - CNN.com
The U.S. military's first and only study looking into ties between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military ...
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Al-Qaeda (pronounced: /ælˈkaɪdə/ or IPA: /ælˈkeɪdə|/; Arabic: القاعدة, al-qāʿidah, "the base"), alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida, is an Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989/early 1990. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless arm See also:
* and a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global jihad.
Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, the most notable being the September 11 attacks in 2001. The US government responded by launching the War on Terrorism. Between 3,000 and 4,000 members of the network have been captured, and many thousands more killed on the front in Afghanistan.
Characteristic techniques include suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement, who have taken a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous "al-Qaeda-linked" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan or Sudan, but not taken any pledge.
Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from the foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new Islamic caliphate. Reported beliefs include that a Christian-Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam, and that the killing of bystanders and civilians is religiously justified in jihad.
Its management philosophy has been described as "centralization of decision and decentralization of execution." Following the War on Terrorism, it is thought that al-Qaeda's leadership has "become geographically isolated", leading to the "emergence of decentralized leadership" of regional groups using the al-Qaeda "brand name."
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- Location:
- Global
- Alliances:
- Taliban, Hamid
- Ideology:
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- Islamism
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Qutbism
- Sunni Islam
- Pan-Islamism
- Salafi
- Status:
- Designated as terrorist group by EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
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