Voice From Mesopotamia

Alaa tells America to listen up.

Again, be sure to read all of Charles Duelfer's ISG report, which Michael Barone pointedly summarizes here.

Update: Since Michael Barone mentions Iraq's terror connections, here are a few related links...

February 23, 1998: World Islamic Front Statement
November 4, 1998: Bin Laden, Atef Indicted in U.S. Federal Court for African Bombings
February 6, 1999: Saddam link to Bin Laden
February 13, 1999: Bin Laden reportedly leaves Afghanistan, whereabouts unknown
1999: ABC News Reports
April 30, 2001: Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism
Late 2001: Interview with Sabah Khodada
February 23, 2002: Bin Laden uses Iraq to plot new attacks
April 02, 2002: Iraqi funds, training fuel Islamic terror group
March 30, 2003: September 11 Mural
April 18, 2003: Iraq regime linked to terror group
June 25 2003: Document links Saddam, bin Laden
October 20, 2003: Officer: Saddam trained al-Qaida pre-9-11
October 21, 2003: Saddam's Terror Ties
November 2003: Case Closed
November 19, 2003: The Saddam-Osama Memo
December 22, 2003: Second 9/11 Hijacker Tied to Abu Nidal, Iraq
February 6, 2004: Saddam's Real WMD Was Terrorism
April 18, 2004: Oil-for-Terror?
May 11, 2004: The Saddam-9/11 Link Confirmed
June 4, 2004: The New Defeatism
June 16, 2004: Administration vindicated. Press buries the lead.
June 17, 2004: Iraq & al Qaeda
June 20, 2004: Our suicide mission
June 20, 2004: What the Bush Administration Said
June 25, 2004: Iraqis, Seeking Foes of Saudis, Contacted bin Laden, File Says
July 22, 2004: 9/11 Commission releases report
October 11, 2004: CNSNews.com Publishes Iraqi Intelligence Docs

Update II: Glenn Reynolds has some great comments on the Oil-for-Fraud scandal at Instapundit, and at his MSNBC blog.

Update III: Having made a conservative argument for John F. Kerry, Michael J. Totten now offers a liberal argument for George W. Bush.