How is 9/11 linked to Iraq?

Is 9/11 linked to the invasion of Iraq? If then how?


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How is 9/11 linked to Iraq?
it's not. the idea the Bush administration tries to sell us is that a stable democracy in the region will somehow make terrorism less of a threat. it's totally bogus. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator, but he had no tolerance for al Qaeda or terrorists.
Reply:they confused iraq with saudi arabia.
Reply:It wasn't directly.





I think the plan was to surround Iran. (Who is a confimed terrorist state) Look at a map of the middle east. Notice Iraq and Afganistan are the US's only non"Allies" surrounding Iran





Toppleing Saddam Hussein was a bonus. The world (Especially the Kurds in Iraq)is better off without him.
Reply:There is no link and the only al qaeda in iraq before the invasion were in the norhtern no-fly zone that the U.S. controlled and the kurds occupied. The Al-qaeda in iraq now are iraqi's who have aligned themselves with the alqaeda that attacked us on 9/11 because osama and alqaeda are fighting against the us and their push to seize control of the middle east one nation at a time.





I definitely don't support the terrorists or their cause and think we should be in pakistan finding the people who attackedd us on 9/11 and not in iraq. The whole world supported our efforts to track down the terrorists who attacked us and Bush abused the situation and used it to attack and occupy iraq. Do you know many permanent military bases we are building there? do you know where the larges embassy on the planet will be located once it is completed? Bush is planning on owning iraq until jesus comes to take him away.
Reply:It isn't.
Reply:yes,kinda, it is linked by the terorist group, that we are fighting now... the same people that was involved (type of terorist) is the people that we are dealing with in iraq
Reply:Most of the hijackers were Saudis, and the leader of Al Qaeda was a Saudi, I suppose we should have invaded Saudi Arabia, as there was a clear link?





But, no, there was no direct link between Iraq and 9/11. Iraq had been sponsoring terrorists, but not the same terrorists who planned and executed teh 9/11 attacks, but the justifications were more along the lines of suspected WMDs, UN resolutions that hadn't been followed (when have they ever been followed? we could attack /ourselves/ on that pretext!), etc...
Reply:No link
Reply:Because George Bush said so, isn't that enough?





(Wow, it feels so empowering to talk like a neo-con)
Reply:the simplest, shortest answer i can give is this. saddam had ties to terrorist organizations which did not necessarily carry the al qaeda label and no official tie is ever referenced. however, hussein WAS in cahoots with terrorists and was a very real and present danger to this country. he WAS trying desperately to reconstitute his nuclear program, he DID have stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons which were not found in iraq after we invaded because they were, as military experts say, shipped to syria in the six months leading up to the u.s. invasion, and he would have DEFINITELY sold those weapons to any outfit that would use them to attack us or our interests around the world or use them himself if he ever got the chance. THAT is why we went into iraq in the first place and fighting islamists and keeping their focus on us THERE instead of HERE is why we are STILL in iraq today...
Reply:Here is the crazy logic somehow they came from Iraq and they were popping out terrorist like there was no tommorrow.











I dont belive this
Reply:I've never seen or heard of any.
Reply:It's not, Afghanistan were supposedly responsible for 9/11, yet we are at war with Iraq. Doesn't make sense, does it? I guess they thought since those two countries are relatively near eachother they could claim there were weapons of mass destruction so they could invade Iraq. Thought they'd confuse people and make it look like it has something to do with 9/11.
Reply:I think Bush classified that info...along with anything else that would be considered bad for his party
Reply:911 was the excuse to invade Iraq. Other than that, there is no link.
Reply:It`s not!! It`s all lies! The whole 9/11 event was a plan by the govenment to strike fear into you!
Reply:there are some VERY good movies on youtube about how 9/11 was a gov't conspiracy and all that... im not saying it was but the movies are very interesting
Reply:Wow DOJOMAN!!!! What a great conspiracy theory!!! I guess you will believe anything the govt tells you!!!!
Reply:9/11 is not linked to Iraq in any way whatsoever. However it is linked directly to the White House! Have you ever heard name Marvin Bush? If not just go to Google and type it in... .
Reply:We were so pi$$ed off from 9/11 we would have made war on any middle east country......and we did...............
Reply:Saddam Broke several UN resolutions, and attacked our planes in the no fly zone, along with the fact that he murdered and tortured tens of thousands of Iraqis. We were not sure about his WMD capability, and intelligence indicated that he had or would shortly have WMD. Bill Clinton agreed with this analysis also - see the link below. Given Sadam's know propensity to fund terrorist activities - such as paying tens of thousands to the families of suicide bombers, he did not leave us much choice. Hillary also voted to go into Iraq. Now that we are there Al Queda is importing terrorists who are killing Iraqi citizens, and Iran is also sending in terrorists and weapons. Let's kill the terrorists there. We need to take the gloves off with these terrorists. That means that the freaking NY Times should stop being a propaganda tool for the terrorists, for example, but the NY Times takes their marching orders from the DNC, so I doubt that will change soon.