Very old news

Although you surely did not see this story on your favorite news program 3 or 5 years ago, that's when this story was actually news. I happen to believe it's a pretty important detail that the American people probably should have known at least a few years ago, but you know how corporations work. No profit = no story. (Or if it's Fox: No lies = no story.)

Senate: Saddam saw al-Qaida as threat
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein regarded al-Qaida as a threat rather than a possible ally, a Senate report says, contradicting assertions President Bush has used to build support for the war in Iraq.

Released Friday, the report discloses for the first time an October 2005 CIA assessment that before the war, Saddam's government "did not have a relationship, harbor or turn a blind eye toward" al-Qaida operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or his associates...

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