Bush Distorts Qaeda Links, Critics Assert

Bush's references to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, and his assertions that it is the same group that attacked the United States in 2001, have greatly oversimplified the nature of the insurgency in Iraq and its relationship with the Qaeda leadership.
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Bruce Hoffman, an expert on terrorism at Georgetown University, said that if American forces were to withdraw from Iraq, the vast majority of the group's members would likely be more focused on ... Full Story »

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Wonder how things would have turned out if the news media had done their jobs with this kind of reporting early in the Bush administration? However, it illustrates one of the favorite tactics of ultra conservatives: evoking the threat of terrorism as justification for their actions.

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