{"article":{"id":67447,"heading":"U.N. Panel Reports No al-Qaida-Iraq Ties","author":"DAFNA LINZER","created":"2003-06-27 16:20:25","modified":"2013-11-11 00:23:21","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:23:21","article":"<br><br>  <br>  <br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------Posted on Thu, Jun. 26, 2003 <br><br> U.N. Panel Reports No al-Qaida-Iraq Ties <br>  <br> DAFNA LINZER <br>  <br> Associated Press <br><br> UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. terrorism committee has found no evidence to support Bush administration claims of a link between Iraq and al-Qaida, and the United States has provided the committee with no proof, officials said Thursday. <br><br> The committee, charged with investigating al-Qaida and the former Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, circulated a draft report on progress made to shut down Osama bin Laden's network worldwide. <br><br> \"Nothing has come to our notice that would indicate links between Iraq and al-Qaida,\" said Michael Chandler, the committee's chief investigator. <br><br> He and others revealed that the first they heard of any links was during Secretary of State Colin Powell's February presentation to the Security Council ahead of the Iraq War. <br><br> \"It had never come to our knowledge before Powell's speech and we never received any information from the United States for us to even follow-up on,\" said Abaza Hassan, a committee investigator. <br><br> A U.S. diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said all the evidence was laid out by Powell in the Security Council. <br><br> Powell insisted in his presentation that Saddam Hussein's regime was allowing a senior al-Qaida member named Abu Musab Zarqawi to operate from Baghdad. Zarqawi has been indicted for the murder of a U.S. diplomat in Jordan on Oct. 28, 2002. <br><br> The alleged connections were cited by the administration as one of the key reasons for going after Saddam. <br><br> But the committee saw no need to investigate Zarqawi's movements. The Jordanian indictment does not refer to Zarqawi as having been a member of al-Qaida. <br><br> The committee is investigating al-Qaida activity in Iran however and for the first time, has added a Chechen to its list of al-Qaida members. Russia has long insisted on a relationship between the Chechens and bin Laden's group. <br>  <br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <br>  <br> &copy; 2003 AP Wire and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved. <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunherald.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.sunherald.com<\/a>  <br><br> \n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Another Shill argument bites the dust. No proven link from Hussein to Al-Qaida.\r\nShockeroonie!","numcomment":15,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/06\/67447.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":67449,"heading":"NOT","article":"This is not what the Shills want to see or hear.\r\n\r\nOstriches don't like Sandstorms.","author":"I. P. Freehly","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-27 16:22:30","modified":"2003-06-27 16:22:30","fileurl":""},{"id":67491,"heading":"Another nail...","article":"...in the Bush Junta Coffin.\r\n\r\nTime to fill it. Metaphorically of course. Unless of course they are found guilty by a Jury of their Peers in which case - &quot;hang-em'&quot;.\r\n\r\nBUSH LIED AND PEOPLE DIED. It really is that simple.","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-27 17:23:15","modified":"2003-06-27 17:23:15","fileurl":""},{"id":67496,"heading":"UN","article":"It's the UN.  Who cares!?!","author":"ttttthhhhhhwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-27 17:28:04","modified":"2003-06-27 17:28:04","fileurl":""},{"id":67525,"heading":"are you kidding me?","article":"&quot;This is not what the Shills want to see or hear. &quot;\r\n\r\nDio loves this shit.\r\n\r\nMe, I couldn't care less. As far as I'm concerned, I supported the war to ensure that a connection would not be made.\r\n\r\nEvidently, WAR WAS THE ANSWER.\r\n\r\nThanks for the validation.","author":"fresca","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-27 19:58:35","modified":"2003-06-27 19:58:35","fileurl":""},{"id":67570,"heading":"But Saddam did...","article":"...give cash to the families of Palestinian splodeydopes.\r\n\r\nSay!  That's why IMC loved Saddam so much!\r\n\r\nHe was financing dead Jews.  Can't be all bad then, can he?","author":"daveman","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-27 23:08:07","modified":"2003-06-27 23:08:07","fileurl":""},{"id":67575,"heading":"Rely on davemoron...","article":"...if you can't refute something post a diversion and then accuse everybody of being Anti-Semitic and then pretend that settles it.\r\n\r\nWhat a cheap threadbare ploy.\r\n\r\nIt's getting old davie - whiskers to it's knees.\r\n\r\nBUSH LIED, AND PEOPLE DIED. It really is that simple.","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-27 23:42:01","modified":"2003-06-27 23:42:01","fileurl":""},{"id":67645,"heading":"My point, Dioghnuts...","article":"...is that Saddam clearly supported terrorism.\r\n\r\nI know, I know, you don't regard Palestinians killing innocent Jews as &quot;terrorism&quot;...but you're so far out of touch with reality it doesn't matter what you think.\r\n\r\nSaddam supported terrorism.\r\n\r\nBTW, are you still deluding yourself there's no anti-Semitism here on la-imc?","author":"daveman","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-28 07:54:56","modified":"2003-06-28 07:54:56","fileurl":""},{"id":67688,"heading":"davemoron","article":"What do you regard Israelis killing innocent Palestinians as? Oh, I know: justice.","author":"anti-moron","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-28 12:19:17","modified":"2003-06-28 12:19:17","fileurl":""},{"id":67697,"heading":"Logical Fallacy","article":"&quot;What do you regard Israelis killing innocent Palestinians as?&quot;\r\n\r\nChanging the subject.","author":"debate coach","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-28 12:38:22","modified":"2003-06-28 12:38:22","fileurl":""},{"id":67700,"heading":"^","article":"That was me. I'm so clever!","author":"Eric","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-28 12:47:18","modified":"2003-06-28 12:47:18","fileurl":""},{"id":67939,"heading":"anti-yourself","article":"&quot;What do you regard Israelis killing innocent Palestinians as?&quot;\r\n\r\nUnintentional.\r\n\r\nYou know, the polar opposite of Palestinians killing innocent Israelis.","author":"daveman","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-28 23:30:30","modified":"2003-06-28 23:30:30","fileurl":""},{"id":68077,"heading":"Memo to daveman","article":"We love you! Would you like a skull of a Palestinian child to put on your mantle?","author":"FOX NEWS","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-06-29 11:41:59","modified":"2003-06-29 11:41:59","fileurl":""},{"id":85307,"heading":"did you or did you not write these things ?","article":"Read the neocons lie and now go back on what they said.\r\nthat means you daveman and nonanarchist and freca","author":"daveman=nonanarchist equates Iraq= terrorism","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-29 02:32:55","modified":"2003-09-29 02:32:55","fileurl":""},{"id":85339,"heading":"Yup.  I wrote 'em.","article":"Ind I stand by what I wrote.\r\n\r\nSaddam supported terrorism by paying the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.\r\n\r\nYou got a problem with that?","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-29 10:37:44","modified":"2003-09-29 10:37:44","fileurl":""},{"id":85412,"heading":"difference is","article":"no one was paying israelis a set amount to blow themselves up and kill palistinians.\r\n\r\nWith saddam around blowing your children up near a mall was a big foreign currency earner. (they probably still get money from hamas or somthing)","author":"Scottie","parent_id":67447,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-29 16:34:46","modified":"2003-09-29 16:34:46","fileurl":""}]}