FREEBIRD

[Vivian]

Sox...in response to your assertion that Hussein has no ties to al Qaeda, I offer:

"Bin Working Together?
Embedded correspondent Gethin Chamberlain of The Scotsman newspaper reports captured Iraqi soldiers have told British forces that Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorists are working with Saddam forces near Basrah. The Iraqi prisoners have reportedly told British Interrogators that at least a dozen Al Qaeda members in the town of Az Zubayr have been planning grenade and gun attacks on coalition positions. If found, these Al Qaeda operatives would provide the first concrete proof of a connection between Usama's terrorist network and the brutal Iraqi regime."

...and the link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82691,00.html

.......then there's this.......

"SNOW: You said on the 14th of February that you had more information to deliver about Al Qaeda cooperation with Iraq. When are we going to see that?

POWELL: I think the CIA and other intelligence agencies of the government are hard at work in generating more information, as suggested.

There is an axis between al Qaeda and Iraq. We're not trying to overstate this case, and we're not trying to force any conclusions with respect to 9/11.

But we think there's a pretty good case that with the Al-Zarqawi presence that we have seen in Baghdad, with other things that have gone on, the Baghdad regime is witting of the presence of al Qaeda in Iraq, and it is certainly a place where they can find some opportunity to perform, to act, to find haven.

And so, we don't want to overstate the case, but we're not going to listen to the case that says there is no connection, because that is inaccurate."

...and the link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80556,00.html

....there's more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77710,00.html