Why Iraq?
This post of RL's took awhile to find but it was worth it.
Key quotes:
In Kabul, Afghanistan, Wakeel Ahmed Mutawakel, the foreign minister of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government, told the Arab television network Al Jazeera, "We denounce this terrorist attack, whoever is behind it."
So we even have the Taliban denouncing the attack...meanwhile...
In Baghdad, Iraqi state television hailed the attacks as "a natural reaction to American rulers hegemony, deception and foolishness."
In a broadcast monitored by the BBC the television station said: "The American cowboy is reaping the fruits of his crimes against humanity."
So you think when most of the world denounces the attack the ones who didn't might've sponsored and supported it?
It was only logical for Bush to suspect that Saddam was up to his eyeballs in supporting terror in the US.
A most hearty thanks to RL for recording those quotes for posterity. Those quotes are probably already very hard to find now as history gets rewritten by those in bed with Saddam.