On Monday, January 5, 2004, at 09:33 AM, Brice Yokem wrote:

> No; the "autonomous region" of "Kurdistan" which we were told was a
> model
>  of successful democracy for the region. I very much doubt that the
> Kurds
>  encouraged Al Qaida, they probably didn't know, but it isn't evidence
> for
>  a link to the Saddam Hussein regime because its writ did not run
>  in the area. The "no-fly" and "exclusion" zones kept his forces out.
>
> -----------------------
>
> In the world of espionage, it is hard to be certian of anything.
> I maintain there was a link.  All of those terrorist groups are
> loosly connected.  I think after 9-11, Iraq tried to distance
> themselves from bin Loudmouth, but I doubt Iraq had anything to
> do with the actual planning of 9-11.

If it's "hard to be certain of anything", how come you're always so
certain?

FW

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the
point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. --
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

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