9/11 coverup?

[kandrathe]

Apparently, you missed the failed attempts by the US to tie Al-Qaeda to Sadam. Oh wait, that must have been only more propaganda that you, but not the rest of us, were smart enough to realize was nonsense. The only reason this is till not being tried is people were aware enough and quick enough on the draw to recognize how ridiculous this link was.

Yeah, as I responded to Thecla in a different thread, by people like me and the 9/11 commission. clicky

Just because we didn't see video of tanks storming a hacienda in Iraq with a big Al Queda sign doesn't mean that Iraqi intelligence (Group 999) had no contact or coordination with Al Queda members, and including the evidence of meeting with Bin Laden in Sudan, or that of Zarqawi (Ansar Al Islam) being in Iraq itself. Support comes in many forms, like commando training (Salman Pak) and document forgery, things that Iraqi Intelligence seems to have helped many terrorists with. I don't believe that many people even within Al Queda knew about the 9/11 plot. So no, Iraq had no part in planning 9/11 or even supporting it directly. The direct support was unintentional, in the "donations to Islamic causes" that were funneled into the funding, or the training received at flight schools. But, Saddam was a big supporter of terrorism against American interests and in destabilizing the middle east.

Here is an old article that explored why people in the US seemed to link 9-11 and Saddam.

The main reason for the endurance of the apparently groundless belief, experts in public opinion say, is a deep and enduring distrust of Hussein that makes him a likely suspect in anything related to Middle East violence. "It's very easy to picture Saddam as a demon," said John Mueller, a political scientist at Ohio State University and an expert on public opinion and war. "You get a general fuzz going around: People know they don't like al Qaeda, they are horrified by September 11th, they know this guy is a bad guy, and it's not hard to put those things together."