TERROR WATCH
Michael Isikoff and
Mark Hosenball
Terror Watch: Distorted Intelligence?
Secret German records cast doubt on the Saddam-Al Qaeda connection. Plus, why Qatar is footing the legal bills for an 'enemy combatant.'
Jun 25, 2003 | Updated: 12:14 p.m. ET Oct 23, 2007
Hundreds of pages of confidential German law-enforcement records raise new questions about the
Bushadministration's core evidence purporting to show solid links between
Osama bin Laden's terror network and Saddam Hussein's regime.
The voluminous German records, obtained by NEWSWEEK, seem to undercut highly touted administration claims that Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi, a hardened Jordanian terrorist who once received medical treatment in Baghdad, was a key player in Al Qaeda.
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