President Bush, 9/16/05:
We’ve got a strong ally in Russia in fighting the war on terror….we understand we have a duty to protect our citizens, and to work together and to do everything we can to stop the killing.
AP, 3/24/06:
The Russian government provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans during the opening days of the war in 2003, according to a Pentagon report released Friday.
Saddam’s regime never had any meaningful relationship with al-Qaeda, despite repeated suggestions to the contrary by President Bush and others. The same can’t be said, apparently, about Saddam’s relationship to the Russian government.
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