{"id":1778,"date":"2003-11-16T04:11:02","date_gmt":"2003-11-16T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mossback.org\/archives\/2003\/11\/the-connection\/"},"modified":"2003-11-16T04:11:02","modified_gmt":"2003-11-16T11:11:02","slug":"the-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/16\/the-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThose still skeptical about the Saddam\/Al Qaeda connection had best read <a title=\"lgf: Case Closed\" href=\"http:\/\/littlegreenfootballs.com\/weblog\/?entry=8942_Case_Closed\">the Weekly Standard article<\/a> on a 50-point memo detailing the connections:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>OSAMA BIN LADEN and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logistical support for terrorist attacks, al Qaeda training camps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financial support for al Qaeda&#8211;perhaps even for Mohamed Atta&#8211;according to a top secret U.S. government memorandum obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This really should come as no surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/rogerlsimon.com\/\">Roger Simon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/michaeltotten.com\/\">Michael Totten<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/littlegreenfootballs.com\/\">Little Green Footballs<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those still skeptical about the Saddam\/Al Qaeda connection had best read the Weekly Standard article on a 50-point memo detailing the connections: OSAMA BIN LADEN and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logistical support for terrorist attacks, al Qaeda &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/16\/the-connection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The connection&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbifyw-sG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}