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| Powell: Bin Laden claims ’partnership with Iraq’ |
| 2003-02-11 |
| Source: CNN A message has surfaced believed to be Osama bin Laden claiming a "partnership with Iraq," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday. Powell said he reviewed a transcript of the message, which he said was to air on Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based Arab satellite news network. "(Bin Laden) speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq," Powell said at a congressional hearing. Anyone surprised by this? Me neither. Asked for reaction, Al-Jazeera denied that it had such a bin Laden message and said that it was a rumor that has been circulating for several weeks. "Bin Laden? Never heard of 'im!" Powell's remarks come as the Bush administration presses the argument that Iraq's military capability and alleged links to terrorist groups constitute an imminent threat that requires decisive action by the United Nations. Wrong-o! "Decisive action" will be supplied by the United States and friends, with or without the UN.. |
| Posted by:Mike |