17 June 2004

by Anai Rhoads

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VerianaMedia.org - The New York Times published a staving editorial Thursday, asking United States President George W. Bush to apologise for an unprovoked attack against Iraq.

"On Monday, Mr. Cheney said Mr. Hussein 'had long-established ties with Al Qaeda.' Mr. Bush later backed up Mr. Cheney, claiming that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a terrorist who may be operating in Baghdad, is 'the best evidence' of a Qaeda link. This was particularly astonishing because the director of central intelligence, George Tenet, told the Senate earlier this year that Mr. Zarqawi did not work with the Hussein regime."

The 9/11 Commission concluded Wednesday that they found no proof of a nexus between Iraq and the insurrectionary Al Qaeda network.

The Bush administration's list of justifications for invading Iraq have been proven counterfactual. Bush's case for war wavered greatly between weapons of mass destruction, liberation, terrorism, and the so-called connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.

"While it's possible that Mr. Bush and his top advisers really believed that there were chemical, biological and nuclear weapons in Iraq, they should have known all along that there was no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda."

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