State Dept. Website - Countries Where Al Qaida Has Operated

[Bandit2981]

Hmm, Iraq seems to be missing from the State Departments own list! I guess they are all out to get Bush too...

usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/terrornet/12.htm (http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/terrornet/12.htm)

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Albania
Algeria
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bosnia
Egypt
Eritrea
France
Germany
India
Iran
Ireland
Italy
Jordan
Kenya
Kosovo
Lebanon
Libya
Malaysia
Mauritania
Netherlands
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Yemen

[Tommy Duncan]

Again, the Iraq invasion was not punitive for 9/11.

Check the 9/11 Commission Report (http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm). There were documented contacts between the Hussein regime and al Qaida. And again the concern was not the present but the future.

Also, perhaps al Qaida did not "operate" in Iraq but still took money from Hussein which was generated through the Oil for Food program.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I think the more telling fact is how much red there is on that map, and the fact that Kerry thinks if we try to play nice it will all go away.