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But reporters arent talking about the chapter of Against All Enemies that describes how Osama bin Laden cooperated with Iraqi scientists to make weapons of mass destruction - a development that, if true, would more than justify President Bushs decision to go to war in Iraq. In his book, Clarke describes how the Clinton CIA determined in 1996 that Sudans Shifa chemical plant, which was allegedly bankrolled by bin Laden, was producing the chemical EMPTA. EMPTA is a compound that had been used as a prime ingredient in Iraqi nerve gas, writes Clarke. It has no other known use, nor had any other nation employed EMPTA to our knowledge for any purpose.
He then explains: UNSCOM and other United States government sources had claimed that the Iraqis were working on something at a facility near Shifa. Could Sudan, using bin Ladens money, have hired some Iraqis to make chemical weapons? Invoking the 2001 testimony to United States interrogators of captured al Qaeda operative Jamal al-Fadl, Clarke says that he matter-of-factly described his role in traveling to Sudan for his terrorist organization. Al Fadl said his assignment was to follow the work al Qaeda had underway in Khartoum to develop chemical weapons. In fact, much remains in dispute over just what was going on at the Shifa plant, which was bombed to smithereens in a 1998 cruise missile attack ordered by President Clinton. But since the press has crowned Richard Clarke as Americas ultimate authority on the al Qaeda threat, they ought to at least be honest enough to acknowledge that his account provides ample justification for Bushs decision to oust the regime that Clarke says teamed up with bin Laden to make WMDs in Sudan. WMDS 1 posted on 03/23/2004 7:57:03 PM PST by Carl/NewsMax Post Reply Private Reply View Replies To: Carl/NewsMax LOL, this guy is burnt toast.
Post Reply Private Reply To 16 View Replies To: FreeAtlanta The latest Dem spin on the letter as articulated by Howard Fineman on the Imus show is that Clark was only complimenting the President for his actions on 9/11. Fineman failed to mention Clarks statement in the same letter that it was an enormous privilege to serve you these last 24 months.
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