SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY IRAQ AL QAEDA LINK

JULY 7, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
IRAQ - AL QAEDA LINK

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on claims made by the White House about a pre-war connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda.

Reuters reported on July 6, 2004 that earlier this year, Vice President Cheney said that "The notion that there is no relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda just simply is not true," and that "the vice president also suggested he might have more information" about such a relationship than the 9/11 Commission.

However, in a one sentence statement, the Commission members stated: "The 9-11 Commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9-11 attacks,"

Earlier, a Commission staff report has found "no evidence of a collaborative relationship between the Iraqi leader and al Qaeda leading up to the [9/11] attacks."