Clark in 2002: "Certainly there's a connection between Iraq and al-Qaida."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/12/politics1327EST0568.DTL

Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark said Monday a statement he made in 2002 about connections between Iraq and al-Qaida was consistent with his belief that Saddam Hussein was not linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

In an October 2002 news conference in which he endorsed a New Hampshire Democrat for Congress, Clark said, "Certainly there's a connection between Iraq and al-Qaida."

According to a videotape provided by a rival campaign, Clark said, "It doesn't surprise me at all that they would be talking to al-Qaida, that there would be some al-Qaida there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing, 'Gee, I wonder since I don't have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of al-Qaida? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?"'


There goes Clark's ability to credibly go after Bush for lying through his teeth to the American people about this bullshit "connection."