From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Sat May 15 2004 - 10:31:05 MDT
rhinoceros
Sent: 15 May 2004 04:22 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/
Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind
March 02, 2004
<snip>
With Tuesday's attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant with ties to
al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist killings in Iraq. But
NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had
several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi
himself - but never pulled the trigger.
<snip>
[Blunderov] Fascinating post, which I haven't finished yet, but this quote
from the above link puzzles me.
<snip>
Military officials insist their case for attacking Zarqawi's operation was
airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in
Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam.
</snip>
Apart from the huge irony of 'undercut its case for war against Saddam',
this seems strange. Would the existence of this Ricin factory not have been
unequivocal proof of the contention that Saddam had links to al Qaida? And a
very worthy target not to mention photo opportunity to boot?
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