Saturday, June 19, 2004
Putin Helps Bush On Iraq-Qaeda Link, Attacks Media
Putin: After Sept. 11, 2001, and before the start of the military operation in Iraq, the Russian special services ... received information that officials from Saddam's regime were preparing terrorist attacks in the United States and outside it against the U.S. military and other interests.
Putin said he couldn't comment on how critical the Russians' information was in the U.S. decision to invade Iraq.
NewsMax
Putin Says Russia Gave U.S. Intel on Iraq
Bush alleged Thursday that Saddam had "numerous contacts" with al-Qaida and said Iraqi agents had met with the terror network's leader, Osama bin Laden, in Sudan.
Saddam "was a threat because he had terrorist connections ... not only al-Qaida connections, but other connections to terrorist organizations," Bush said.
Putin's relationship with Bush is warm by the accounts of both leaders, and last week he said he has no patience for those who criticize Bush on Iraq.
"I don't pay attention to such publications," Putin said of media criticism of Bush at the end of the Group of Eight summit in the United States.
Putin said opponents who criticize Bush on Iraq "don't have any kind of moral right... They conducted exactly the same kind of policy in Yugoslavia."
Russia vehemently opposed the NATO bombing attacks on Yugoslavia in 1999, which the United States pushed for under President Clinton.
Putin to Partisan Press: You're Wrong
Rush: At what point do you people in the press begin to suffer embarrassment over your incompetence, your bias, your agenda, your lack of responsibility to the proper functioning of a free republic?
At what point do you say to yourselves, you know what, we've lost our mission. We're just supposed to tell people what happened. Not half of it, not a third of it, not 1% of it, we're just supposed to tell people what happened.
Let 'em come out and say Putin is lying. I mean, everybody's gotta lie. Can I just bring this down to a gut level where everybody can understand what the Democrats and the press are trying to say?
Al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda is in the Philippines. Al-Qaeda was in Pakistan. Al-Qaeda and its related affiliates are in Chechnya. Al-Qaeda was in Singapore. Al-Qaeda was in Malaysia. Al-Qaeda is in Iran. Al-Qaeda is in Spain. Al-Qaeda was in south Florida! But, Al-Qaeda was never in Iraq? Really? This is what we are to believe? Al-Qaeda was everywhere, including South Florida, but never in Iraq.
Putin: After Sept. 11, 2001, and before the start of the military operation in Iraq, the Russian special services ... received information that officials from Saddam's regime were preparing terrorist attacks in the United States and outside it against the U.S. military and other interests.
Putin said he couldn't comment on how critical the Russians' information was in the U.S. decision to invade Iraq.
NewsMax
Putin Says Russia Gave U.S. Intel on Iraq
Bush alleged Thursday that Saddam had "numerous contacts" with al-Qaida and said Iraqi agents had met with the terror network's leader, Osama bin Laden, in Sudan.
Saddam "was a threat because he had terrorist connections ... not only al-Qaida connections, but other connections to terrorist organizations," Bush said.
Putin's relationship with Bush is warm by the accounts of both leaders, and last week he said he has no patience for those who criticize Bush on Iraq.
"I don't pay attention to such publications," Putin said of media criticism of Bush at the end of the Group of Eight summit in the United States.
Putin said opponents who criticize Bush on Iraq "don't have any kind of moral right... They conducted exactly the same kind of policy in Yugoslavia."
Russia vehemently opposed the NATO bombing attacks on Yugoslavia in 1999, which the United States pushed for under President Clinton.
Putin to Partisan Press: You're Wrong
Rush: At what point do you people in the press begin to suffer embarrassment over your incompetence, your bias, your agenda, your lack of responsibility to the proper functioning of a free republic?
At what point do you say to yourselves, you know what, we've lost our mission. We're just supposed to tell people what happened. Not half of it, not a third of it, not 1% of it, we're just supposed to tell people what happened.
Let 'em come out and say Putin is lying. I mean, everybody's gotta lie. Can I just bring this down to a gut level where everybody can understand what the Democrats and the press are trying to say?
Al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda is in the Philippines. Al-Qaeda was in Pakistan. Al-Qaeda and its related affiliates are in Chechnya. Al-Qaeda was in Singapore. Al-Qaeda was in Malaysia. Al-Qaeda is in Iran. Al-Qaeda is in Spain. Al-Qaeda was in south Florida! But, Al-Qaeda was never in Iraq? Really? This is what we are to believe? Al-Qaeda was everywhere, including South Florida, but never in Iraq.
