By Alyssa A. Lappen
AmericanThinker.com | September 23, 2006

Even as the U.S. faces Iran, it’s too soon to abandon Iraq

Review of Death to America: The Unreported Battle of Iraq by Ryan Mauro, (PublishAmerica, Sept. 12, 2005), 313 pp., $24.95.

Just after the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11–and two months from a critical mid-term election–even President George W. Bush is trying to separate himself (and incumbent Republicans) from a key incentive for invading Iraq. In 2002 and 2003, ‘we thought [Saddam Hussein] had weapons of mass destruction,’ the President stated in an August 21 White House press conference.

‘It turns out he didn’t, but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction.’

Asked what role Iraq played in the attack on America, while implying that it belonged to the global terror network, the President said, ‘Nothing.’ But in October 2002, strong evidence suggested such a link might exist.

According to Ryan Mauro’s fascinating book, Death to America, documents, testimony and site inspections have since uncovered ties between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. The evidence confirms Iraq’s pre-war possession of weapons of mass destruction–and their components or building blocks. And recent evidence, Mauro writes, even suggests that Hussein may have helped to fund or plan the September 11 attacks after all. In any case, Hussein’s Iraq was certainly involved in previous attacks on the U.S., Mauro contends. Continue reading “Iraq’s Role in Terrorism” →

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