Qaeda-Iraq Link US Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim

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COMMENTARY
Always beware of unnamed sources when vetting news stories. Unnamed sources can be used to say just about anything without actual attribution. This is especially true when looking at stories from the Times, who have a history of problems with some reporter's sources. In any case, this story seems to be making hay on the coattails of the current CIA secret prisons stories.

NEWSLINE
"According to the current and former government officials. "

NEWSBYTE
Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim
(NYT) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had fabricated them to escape harsh treatment, according to current and former government officials. Read full story.

TENSION: Say who?
GRAVITY: Whatever

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