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   Clave wrote:   
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   > "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:3FC7D791.DD7DE510@backpacker.com...   
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   > >   
   > > Clave wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack )"   
   > > >  wrote in message   
   > > > news:3FC7A0A0.BC567EFF@backpacker.com...   
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   > > > <...>   
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   > > > > I'm not claiming that Saddam was involved in 9/11. I don't know whether   
   > > > > he was or not. I know he didn't want to make his links to al Qaeda all   
   > > > > that obvious. In any case, you have no evidence that Saudi Arabia was   
   > > > > involved in 9/11, yet you claim just because bin Laden chose to use   
   > > > > mostly Saudis that that must be the case. Of course that defies   
   > > > > logic...   
   > > >   
   > > > It defies the truth too.  He never claimed any such thing.   
   > > >   
   > > Let's see what I said and his response:   
   > >   
   > > #begin quote   
   > > > > The stupid claim that Saudi Arabia is at fault because al Qaeda chose   
   to   
   > > > > use mostly Saudi al Qaeda operatives in the 9/11 attacks. It is fact   
   > > > > that Saudis, pre-9/11, had a much easier time getting into the United   
   > > > > States therefore using them makes logical sense.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Furthermore, it is fact that bin Laden has it in for the Saudi   
   > > > > government and wants to separate them from the United States. There is   
   > > > > no restriction on the countries that al Qaeda can draw from for it   
   > > > > attacks, certainly no restriction on Arab countries.   
   > > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > So you have no VERIFIABLE proof that Iraq had anything to do with 9/11.   
   > > >   
   > > #end quote   
   > >   
   > > Notice that no claim that Saddam was directly involved in 9/11 was made   
   > > by me. Bringing one up is a strawman which proves both of you have no   
   > > brains.   
   >   
   > Interesting that you don't quote *him* saying what you're arguing against.   
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   How far back do we have to go? Bush didn't say that Saddam was directly   
   involved in 9/11. Claiming so is a strawman argument.   
      
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