You Can't Handle The Truth!
ABC News does deserve some credit for at least reporting the latest translated Iraqi documents found. If you do a google for bbc saddam documents, you get ignorance (or probably ignorance by choice).
However, I challenge ABC News to simply report the translations, and not their dumbed-down editorial content. For example, one document clearly indicates that Bin Laden met a member of Iraqi intelligence on Feb 19, 1995 and that Saddam was informed of the meeting. Bin Laden was seeking an operational relationship to get rid of foreign forces in Saudi Arabia. Guess who the foreign forces are. Saddam listened to Bin Laden's request and complied with his request. Kudos to ABC for reporting this!
However ABC won't let us rest until we hear their own opinion. They follow-up by saying, this document has no official seal. Umm, I get it - this extra disclosure is designed to tell us the document may not be official. Fine, but has this ever been indicated before by ABC News? Did the Watergate tapes have an official seal? Then they say that there is still no evidence of any formal operational relationship between the two. Yes, the two groups met and cooperated, but there's no evidence of any ties.
I'm convinced that until we find those birthday invitations that Bin Laden mailed to Saddam, ABC will assume no operational relationship between the two.
I challenge ABC News to do their job - report the truth! If I want an editorial, I'll go to the opinion page.
However, I challenge ABC News to simply report the translations, and not their dumbed-down editorial content. For example, one document clearly indicates that Bin Laden met a member of Iraqi intelligence on Feb 19, 1995 and that Saddam was informed of the meeting. Bin Laden was seeking an operational relationship to get rid of foreign forces in Saudi Arabia. Guess who the foreign forces are. Saddam listened to Bin Laden's request and complied with his request. Kudos to ABC for reporting this!
However ABC won't let us rest until we hear their own opinion. They follow-up by saying, this document has no official seal. Umm, I get it - this extra disclosure is designed to tell us the document may not be official. Fine, but has this ever been indicated before by ABC News? Did the Watergate tapes have an official seal? Then they say that there is still no evidence of any formal operational relationship between the two. Yes, the two groups met and cooperated, but there's no evidence of any ties.
I'm convinced that until we find those birthday invitations that Bin Laden mailed to Saddam, ABC will assume no operational relationship between the two.
I challenge ABC News to do their job - report the truth! If I want an editorial, I'll go to the opinion page.
posted by pistolpete | 2:02 AM
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