Rumsfeld: No &#39;Hard Evidence&#39; of Iraq-Al Qaeda Link
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Monday he knew of no &quot;strong, hard evidence&quot; linking Saddam Hussein&#39;s Iraq and al Qaeda, despite describing extensive contacts between the two before the Iraq invasion.
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Syria yesterday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting Al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON Senator John McCain declined on Sunday to endorse the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and questioned whether the planned increase in US forces in Iraq would provide enough security for the country&#39;s elections on Jan. 30.
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The latest report on Iraq&#39;s illicit weapons found no evidence that the country was in possession of any nuclear, chemical and biological weapons by the time of the US-led
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The U.S. military on Friday cast doubt on a report from the Iraqi government that al Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded in clashes with police.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfelde departed from the Republican party line Monday and admitted he had not &quot;seen any strong evidence&quot; that linked former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein and terrorist leader Osam bin Laden.
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Iraq &quot;looks bleak&quot; and is a &quot;tough situation,&quot; but there is no question that the United States will prevail over insurgents, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
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U.S. intelligence cannot confirm that al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is the man whose voice appeared this week in an audio message urging the kidnapping of Westerners, officials said on Friday.
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The U.S. military denied on Thursday reports it had killed the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Iraqi officials said they were awaiting the results of DNA tests on several suspects killed in a raid.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have  failed to provide reliable estimates of the size of Iraq's  insurgency, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Wednesday.
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A CIA report has found no conclusive  evidence that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein harbored  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, which the Bush administration asserted  before the invasion of Iraq.
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A statement attributed to al Qaeda and posted on the Internet on Tuesday denied Islamists had killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, saying Lebanese, Syrian or Israeli intelligence were behind the attack.
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld flew into Iraq on Friday to inspect U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces and said they must accept responsibility for defeating the country's insurgents.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appeared Monday to back off earlier statements suggesting Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had links to al Qaeda.
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WASHINGTON - Contradicting the main argument for war in Iraq, the top US arms inspector reported yesterday that he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991.
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Appleton - US security officials say there is no evidence that al-Qaeda is planning an attack on America in the run up to Tuesday&#39;s presidential election.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have  failed to provide any reliable estimates of the size of Iraq's  insurgency, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Wednesday.