The Weekly Standard has an article detailing the link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Why this hasn’t received more coverage this weekend, I do not understand — it’s not even on the Drudge Report — but it certainly merits attention.
The information is based on an extremely detailed, careful memo from an undersecretary of defense to the heads of the Senate Intelligence Committee (including Sen. Rockefeller (D-Dogpatch), the inspiration for the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon character.) It details the extensive contact that Saddam and Osama had, and alludes to the strong possibility that they collaborated on the U.S.S. Cole attack.
The article sticks to the topic, not even mentioning the indisputable fact that Saddam sponsored the Palestinian suicide-murder bombings, and carried out terrorist attacks on his neighbors, particularly Iran, through groups he funded and/or founded.
Perhaps Sens. Rockefeller and Kennedy will stop their geriatric rages against the “misleading” Bush administration. Ha, ha! Sorry! Just a little Sunday afternoon humor.
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It’s being mentioned often enough on Fox.
True, and almost noplace else. I only learned of the story when our local Fox affiliate ran the story halfway through the newscast.
Actually, it was posted to the Drudge Report earlier this weekend
http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/dsp/links_recap.htm
According to the blog ‘Little Green Footballs’, the Weekly Standard received so many hits as a result that it crashed their server on Saturday (Fox News and LGF mirrored the article). WS’ is back online now, but it looks like Drudge has removed the link from his main page.
Two of the news Web sites I manage have been the victims of “Drudgings,” so I sympathize with the Weekly Standard’s predicament. It’s good to see that Drudge isn’t missing a beat.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, Eric, but do you see any mention of this story by CNN, MSNBC, or any of the major networks besides Fox? Or the New York Times? — I’ve tried searching their websites but to no avail.
I have not, Christopher. Maybe they’re waiting to see if the memo can be debunked in some way. I’ve noticed that when news reports want to create some perceived distance between them and the story they’re reporting, they say “X reported that Y happened” rather than simply “Y happened.” The great American newsrooms could be watching to see if the story holds up on closer examination.