Rumsfeld: Saddam Hussein tied to al-Qaida
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday said he believes Saddam Hussein&#39;s Iraq and al-Qaida had ties, backtracking from a statement a day earlier that he had &quot;not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.
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Al Qaida-linked followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack which killed three British soldiers south of Baghdad, according to a statement posted on an Islamist website.
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WASHINGTON - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has confessed that he had seen no âstrong, hard evidenceâ linking former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with Al Qaeda, backing away from a key justification for the US-led war on Iraq.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who leads a militant group affiliated with the al-Qaida network, on Tuesday claimed that his group is responsible for the murder of Japanese hostage Shosei
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Saddam Hussein had no ties with Al-Qaeda or key operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before the Iraq war, a US Senate report said, undercutting pre-invasion claims by the administration of President George W. Bush and igniting a new political row.
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A former Guantanamo prisoner thought to have forged ties with al-Qaida since his release is leading a militant band whose members have strapped explosives on two
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Pentagon officials told the White House in September 2002 that Saddam Hussein was linked to the Sept. 11 attacks, even though US intelligence experts couldn&#39;t verify
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The declaration, which began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity, said al-Zarqawi considered bin Laden "the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates."   It said the two had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted.   "God soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad," the statement said...
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WASHINGTON -- Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule of assassins,&#39;&#39; Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who leads a militant group affiliated with the al-Qaida network, on Tuesday claimed that his group is responsible for the murder of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, while repeating demands that Japan pull its troops out of Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld mixed up al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein twice in a speech on Friday about the war against terrorism.
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Donald Rumsfeld queries whether there were ever ties between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.
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THE ANNOUNCEMENT: The highest-ranking Iraqi leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured July 4 and told interrogators that Osama bin Laden's inner circle wields considerable influence over the Iraqi group.
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Al-Qaida-linked followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the suicide attack that killed three British soldiers south of Baghdad, according to a statement posted Friday on an Islamist Web site.
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An aide of the head of al-Qaida in Iraq was arrested last week, and U.S. and Iraqi forces killed or captured more than 600 suspected members of the terrorist group in September, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said Wednesday.
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The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden
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The Iraqi government&#039;s list of the 41 most wanted fugitives suggests that former members of Saddam Hussein&#039;s regime form the backbone of the insurgency despite attention paid to the role of religious extremists such as al-Qaida in Iraq.