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	<title>Comments on: Cheney: Was There &#8216;A Link Between Iraq And Al Qaeda? Seems To Me Pretty Clear That There Was&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: batteries</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-3/#comment-5284500</link>
		<dc:creator>batteries</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I’m guessing your in your late teens or early twenties Exlexlia..hopefully, someday you will grow up and realize that were you to apply your microscopic scrutiny to everything your own side does or says, you couldnt look at yourself in a mirror and support them or anything they do. There are no good guys in this world. Period. The United States, like any other powerful organization, is a wholly amoral entity. Good vs. Evil is just some concept used to sell &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/hp/tx1000.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hp tx1000 battery&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/hp/hstnn-ob37.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hp hstnn-ob37 battery&lt;/a&gt; cheesy science fiction flicks and hypnotize the masses into thinking their knights armor is more shiny than every other countries…</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m guessing your in your late teens or early twenties Exlexlia..hopefully, someday you will grow up and realize that were you to apply your microscopic scrutiny to everything your own side does or says, you couldnt look at yourself in a mirror and support them or anything they do. There are no good guys in this world. Period. The United States, like any other powerful organization, is a wholly amoral entity. Good vs. Evil is just some concept used to sell <a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/hp/tx1000.htm" rel="nofollow">hp tx1000 battery</a>,<a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/hp/hstnn-ob37.htm" rel="nofollow">hp hstnn-ob37 battery</a> cheesy science fiction flicks and hypnotize the masses into thinking their knights armor is more shiny than every other countries…<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5284500', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Exley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-3/#comment-4332494</link>
		<dc:creator>Exley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’m guessing your in your late teens or early twenties...&quot;

*Sigh*  If only...If only.....

By the way, still no correction from ThinkProgress.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’m guessing your in your late teens or early twenties&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>*Sigh*  If only&#8230;If only&#8230;..</p>
<p>By the way, still no correction from ThinkProgress.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4332494', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: galmud</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4330600</link>
		<dc:creator>galmud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s the link between Saddam and Al Qaeda

Saddam Hussein - http://tinyurl.com/4n35 - Osama Bin Ladin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s the link between Saddam and Al Qaeda</p>
<p>Saddam Hussein &#8211; <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4n35" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/4n35</a> &#8211; Osama Bin Ladin<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4330600', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4329754</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;ThinkProgress should refresh its own memory and correct its &gt;stated confusion between the two.

Pot.Kettle. I&#039;m guessing your in your late teens or early twenties Exlexlia..hopefully, someday you will grow up and realize that were you to apply your microscopic scrutiny to everything your own side does or says, you couldnt look at yourself in a mirror and support them or anything they do. There are no good guys in this world. Period. The United States, like any other powerful organization, is a wholly amoral entity. Good vs. Evil is just some concept used to sell cheesy science fiction flicks and hypnotize the masses into thinking their knights armor is more shiny than every other countries...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;ThinkProgress should refresh its own memory and correct its &gt;stated confusion between the two.</p>
<p>Pot.Kettle. I&#8217;m guessing your in your late teens or early twenties Exlexlia..hopefully, someday you will grow up and realize that were you to apply your microscopic scrutiny to everything your own side does or says, you couldnt look at yourself in a mirror and support them or anything they do. There are no good guys in this world. Period. The United States, like any other powerful organization, is a wholly amoral entity. Good vs. Evil is just some concept used to sell cheesy science fiction flicks and hypnotize the masses into thinking their knights armor is more shiny than every other countries&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4329754', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nightslider</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4329734</link>
		<dc:creator>nightslider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If Miss Molly is the same from Krugs old column howdy lady&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; . 

Now to the task at hand, this is the ill gotten son of a breach birth, the baby died and the afterbirth was slapped to life.
the crooked leer on its face is because the dock
 punched the umbilical cord down the Scanlon sucking throat creating a drag on the corners of its feeding orifice, the fangs are reminiscent on what one would find decorating a shrunken Pygmy, head with the same amount of cranial matter to function with.

This perverted excuse of a walking Zygote needs to have euthanasia preformed so that the caricature of a soul can be freed from its shell so it can wonder thru halls of hell for all eternity.

This caricature of human being is hoped by this individual will suffer the most horribleness death imaginable. staring in mirror realizing that he&#039;s the most hated thing on the planet along with shrub the knee guy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>If Miss Molly is the same from Krugs old column howdy lady</em></strong> . </p>
<p>Now to the task at hand, this is the ill gotten son of a breach birth, the baby died and the afterbirth was slapped to life.<br />
the crooked leer on its face is because the dock<br />
 punched the umbilical cord down the Scanlon sucking throat creating a drag on the corners of its feeding orifice, the fangs are reminiscent on what one would find decorating a shrunken Pygmy, head with the same amount of cranial matter to function with.</p>
<p>This perverted excuse of a walking Zygote needs to have euthanasia preformed so that the caricature of a soul can be freed from its shell so it can wonder thru halls of hell for all eternity.</p>
<p>This caricature of human being is hoped by this individual will suffer the most horribleness death imaginable. staring in mirror realizing that he&#8217;s the most hated thing on the planet along with shrub the knee guy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4329734', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caption:

I only meant to . . . pee in the shower . .</description>
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<p>I only meant to . . . pee in the shower . .<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4329648', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ucsbclassics53</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4329406</link>
		<dc:creator>ucsbclassics53</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s people like Exley who believe Saddam was behind 9/11, that he had WMDs waiting to attack New York within 45 minutes, that Al Qaeda and Saddam were ALLIES, Best buddies, that keep this evil man from being held accountable. Thanks a lot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s people like Exley who believe Saddam was behind 9/11, that he had WMDs waiting to attack New York within 45 minutes, that Al Qaeda and Saddam were ALLIES, Best buddies, that keep this evil man from being held accountable. Thanks a lot.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4329406', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Exley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4328960</link>
		<dc:creator>Exley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ayman al-Zawahiri (to whom Cheney is referring) and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (who ThinkProgress confusingly misidentifies) are two completely different individuals:

&quot;Who is Ayman al-Zawahiri?: Ayman al-Zawahiri is often referred to as second-in-command of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, behind Osama bin Laden. He is perhaps better understood as a direct counterpart of bin Laden&#039;s—in a way, each made the other&#039;s role possible. Zawahiri, an ideological firebrand of Egyptian birth, helped bin Laden structure his political ideas and projects, and in return bin Laden bankrolled Zawahiri&#039;s preexisting campaign of militancy.

U.S. intelligence agencies believe Zawahiri functions as al-Qaeda’s most important ideological leader, and perhaps also the main operational leader of the network’s activities. Many counter-terrorism officials believe Zawahiri was more instrumental in the tactical planning of the September 11 attacks than bin Laden himself. ... He is believed to be hiding in the same region as bin Laden—somewhere in the lawless borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The FBI has named him its second most wanted terrorist, behind only bin Laden&quot; -- Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cfr.org/publication/9750/

Who was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
Jordanian by birth, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi transformed himself into a nationless freelance terrorist. ... On June 7, 2006, U.S. forces in Iraq launched an air strike on a safe house some fifty-five miles north of Baghdad, where Zarqawi was hiding. The attack was the product of a prolonged intelligence effort to track down the terrorist leader, and was reportedly helped along by a tip from Jordan&#039;s intelligence service that Zarqawi planned to hold a meeting in nearby Baquba -- Council on Foreign Relations&quot;
http://www.cfr.org/publication/9866/

ThinkProgress should refresh its own memory and correct its stated confusion between the two.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ayman al-Zawahiri (to whom Cheney is referring) and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (who ThinkProgress confusingly misidentifies) are two completely different individuals:</p>
<p>&#8220;Who is Ayman al-Zawahiri?: Ayman al-Zawahiri is often referred to as second-in-command of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, behind Osama bin Laden. He is perhaps better understood as a direct counterpart of bin Laden&#8217;s—in a way, each made the other&#8217;s role possible. Zawahiri, an ideological firebrand of Egyptian birth, helped bin Laden structure his political ideas and projects, and in return bin Laden bankrolled Zawahiri&#8217;s preexisting campaign of militancy.</p>
<p>U.S. intelligence agencies believe Zawahiri functions as al-Qaeda’s most important ideological leader, and perhaps also the main operational leader of the network’s activities. Many counter-terrorism officials believe Zawahiri was more instrumental in the tactical planning of the September 11 attacks than bin Laden himself. &#8230; He is believed to be hiding in the same region as bin Laden—somewhere in the lawless borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The FBI has named him its second most wanted terrorist, behind only bin Laden&#8221; &#8212; Council on Foreign Relations<br />
<a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/9750/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cfr.org/publication/9750/</a></p>
<p>Who was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?<br />
Jordanian by birth, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi transformed himself into a nationless freelance terrorist. &#8230; On June 7, 2006, U.S. forces in Iraq launched an air strike on a safe house some fifty-five miles north of Baghdad, where Zarqawi was hiding. The attack was the product of a prolonged intelligence effort to track down the terrorist leader, and was reportedly helped along by a tip from Jordan&#8217;s intelligence service that Zarqawi planned to hold a meeting in nearby Baquba &#8212; Council on Foreign Relations&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/9866/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cfr.org/publication/9866/</a></p>
<p>ThinkProgress should refresh its own memory and correct its stated confusion between the two.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4328960', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MiMiCcs</title>
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		<dc:creator>MiMiCcs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cheney:  &quot;The Emperor is wearing such fine clothes these days!&quot; 

Neocons, nodding &quot;So fine, so very fine&quot;

Little Girl: &quot;Why don&#039;t I have one of those Mommy?&quot;   

Mommy, blushing: &quot;Those are boys clothes honey&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheney:  &#8220;The Emperor is wearing such fine clothes these days!&#8221; </p>
<p>Neocons, nodding &#8220;So fine, so very fine&#8221;</p>
<p>Little Girl: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t I have one of those Mommy?&#8221;   </p>
<p>Mommy, blushing: &#8220;Those are boys clothes honey&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4328946', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: williamf</title>
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		<dc:creator>williamf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who can blame Dick.  He wants to go out with his own fantasy and who are we to take that away from him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who can blame Dick.  He wants to go out with his own fantasy and who are we to take that away from him.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4328154', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flavorino</title>
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		<dc:creator>flavorino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is as good a chance of a link between Cheney and the Anthrax attacks as there is of a link between Saddam and Al Qaeda</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is as good a chance of a link between Cheney and the Anthrax attacks as there is of a link between Saddam and Al Qaeda<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327874', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think its funny, as crazy as the claims that Cheney makes are, even as his craziest he never tried to claim that Iran and Al-Queeeda were allies. Good thing our resident scab Good Gin Golly has some secret information that they are in cahoots..which means, (according to her &quot;logic&quot;) that the government we put in power in Iraq and Al-Queda share an ally...Iran...it all makes perfect sense now..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think its funny, as crazy as the claims that Cheney makes are, even as his craziest he never tried to claim that Iran and Al-Queeeda were allies. Good thing our resident scab Good Gin Golly has some secret information that they are in cahoots..which means, (according to her &#8220;logic&#8221;) that the government we put in power in Iraq and Al-Queda share an ally&#8230;Iran&#8230;it all makes perfect sense now..<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327862', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flavorino</title>
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		<dc:creator>flavorino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;#  missmolly Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

CHENEY: Well, this is no operational link. But there was, as I recall from looking at it, extensive links with Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Egyptian Islamic Jihad was the organization headed by Zawahiri, and he merged EIJ with Al Qaeda when he became the deputy director of Al Qaida, Osama bin Laden’s number two. Now, was that a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda? Seems to me pretty clear that there was.

——————————–

I read this through several times, looking for a link between Zawahiri and Saddam Hussein, and there isn’t one in this paragraph.

As near as I can tell, Cheney’s “clear link” is that the names “Zawahiri” and “Zarqawi” have some letters in common. &lt;strong&gt;Is he really trying to convince us this was a good reason to invade Iraq?
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

&quot;good reason to invade Iraq&quot; is the same as a &quot;good reason for people to die&quot;, some of them quite horrible deaths and some didn&#039;t die but have been horribly injured.
That would be 4,000 American soldiers and God only knows how many Iraqis who died for whatever ever changing reasons Cheney gives. 
Cheney just had to make this happen whether he had to cheat, lie or steal (Niger embassy burglary in Italy).

We need to impeach this draft-dodging, lying, war profiteer and traitor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>#  missmolly Says:<br />
March 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pm</p>
<p>CHENEY: Well, this is no operational link. But there was, as I recall from looking at it, extensive links with Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Egyptian Islamic Jihad was the organization headed by Zawahiri, and he merged EIJ with Al Qaeda when he became the deputy director of Al Qaida, Osama bin Laden’s number two. Now, was that a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda? Seems to me pretty clear that there was.</p>
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<p>I read this through several times, looking for a link between Zawahiri and Saddam Hussein, and there isn’t one in this paragraph.</p>
<p>As near as I can tell, Cheney’s “clear link” is that the names “Zawahiri” and “Zarqawi” have some letters in common. <strong>Is he really trying to convince us this was a good reason to invade Iraq?<br />
</strong></em></p>
<p>&#8220;good reason to invade Iraq&#8221; is the same as a &#8220;good reason for people to die&#8221;, some of them quite horrible deaths and some didn&#8217;t die but have been horribly injured.<br />
That would be 4,000 American soldiers and God only knows how many Iraqis who died for whatever ever changing reasons Cheney gives.<br />
Cheney just had to make this happen whether he had to cheat, lie or steal (Niger embassy burglary in Italy).</p>
<p>We need to impeach this draft-dodging, lying, war profiteer and traitor.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327800', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sacxtra</title>
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		<dc:creator>sacxtra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s too much secrecy in this administration. They hide things not because of State Secrets, but because they need to cover their ass&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s too much secrecy in this administration. They hide things not because of State Secrets, but because they need to cover their ass&#8217;s.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327676', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rufus J Squirrel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4327516</link>
		<dc:creator>Rufus J Squirrel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your Zawahiri/Zarqawi mix-up is pretty substantial.  As other people have mentioned, you really need to correct it.  What Cheney said about Zawahiri and Islamic Jihad is actually true - in that Zawahiri supposedly brought IJ along with him when he hooked up bin Laden, though IJ keeps its Egyptian business going largely w/o any influence that I&#039;m aware of from Zawahiri.  What is still not true, as has also already been said, is that any link between Iraq and al-Qaeda existed in any form.

Anyway - fix the post.  It&#039;s embarrassing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your Zawahiri/Zarqawi mix-up is pretty substantial.  As other people have mentioned, you really need to correct it.  What Cheney said about Zawahiri and Islamic Jihad is actually true &#8211; in that Zawahiri supposedly brought IJ along with him when he hooked up bin Laden, though IJ keeps its Egyptian business going largely w/o any influence that I&#8217;m aware of from Zawahiri.  What is still not true, as has also already been said, is that any link between Iraq and al-Qaeda existed in any form.</p>
<p>Anyway &#8211; fix the post.  It&#8217;s embarrassing.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327516', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stewarjt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4327480</link>
		<dc:creator>stewarjt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Photo Caption: I think it&#039;s pretty well confirmed that mine is the face of evil.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo Caption: I think it&#8217;s pretty well confirmed that mine is the face of evil.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327480', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bonnie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4327450</link>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cheney is like Paul Simon &quot;still crazy after all these years.&quot;  Yet, I would trust this country&#039;s future in the hands of Paul Simon long before I would ever trust Cheney.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheney is like Paul Simon &#8220;still crazy after all these years.&#8221;  Yet, I would trust this country&#8217;s future in the hands of Paul Simon long before I would ever trust Cheney.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327450', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bogtrotters</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4327244</link>
		<dc:creator>bogtrotters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No wonder Cheney&#039;s worried about Iran.  He lies like a Persian rug.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No wonder Cheney&#8217;s worried about Iran.  He lies like a Persian rug.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4327244', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jericho</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jericho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I know the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda that Cheney is talking about... It must be... the Q. Right Diq ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I know the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda that Cheney is talking about&#8230; It must be&#8230; the Q. Right Diq ?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4326994', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/17/cheney-iraq-al-qaeda-again/comment-page-2/#comment-4326924</link>
		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Americans will believe what Cheney says. The good news is the Carlyle Group completed it mission of cleaning out the US Treasury and leaving a debt of 10 Trillion dollars for Americans to pay. Yes it was a good 7 years with the help of the Media and the GOP. Carlyle Group members Bush Family, Bin Laden Family, Middle East Leaders, Dick Cheney and other Rich Republicans got their 10,000 dollar profit from their investment then closed the company.  Yes Americans were distracted with the help of the Media with the sting of Gov. Spitzer.  Yet the Media never said a word about the others using prostitution like the CFO of Time Warner, Duke of England or even the Federal Judge Edward Nottingham.  Well this was a Republican set up and as usual the Americans fell for it.  Now the investors of Bear Stearn&#039;s are getting robbed and it all worked with the wire tapping ordered by Dick Cheney.  World Leaders are seeing how easy it is for the Corrupt Bush Administration with the help of the Media trick the public, it&#039;s going to easy for anyone to walk in the US and take over.  We have a weak Military and bankrupt Economy and corrupt Government, as the rest of the World Leaders laugh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Americans will believe what Cheney says. The good news is the Carlyle Group completed it mission of cleaning out the US Treasury and leaving a debt of 10 Trillion dollars for Americans to pay. Yes it was a good 7 years with the help of the Media and the GOP. Carlyle Group members Bush Family, Bin Laden Family, Middle East Leaders, Dick Cheney and other Rich Republicans got their 10,000 dollar profit from their investment then closed the company.  Yes Americans were distracted with the help of the Media with the sting of Gov. Spitzer.  Yet the Media never said a word about the others using prostitution like the CFO of Time Warner, Duke of England or even the Federal Judge Edward Nottingham.  Well this was a Republican set up and as usual the Americans fell for it.  Now the investors of Bear Stearn&#8217;s are getting robbed and it all worked with the wire tapping ordered by Dick Cheney.  World Leaders are seeing how easy it is for the Corrupt Bush Administration with the help of the Media trick the public, it&#8217;s going to easy for anyone to walk in the US and take over.  We have a weak Military and bankrupt Economy and corrupt Government, as the rest of the World Leaders laugh.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4326924', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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