Ron,

I know that you do not read, or listen to, material from source, that you admitted to when you told us that on the "Propaganda" Thread ages ago.

Now once again for the umpteenth and whatever time, get it into your thick head it is YOU who are linking Saddam and OBL.

The question that was asked of the Security and Intelligence Agencies of the United States of America and the task that was set the House Security Committee was to identify what was the greatest threat to the United States of America, the interests of the United States of America and to her Allies. This was done in the wake of the Al-Qaeda attacks of 11th September, 2001. Please note Ron Davies et al, they were not asked to identify who was responsible for those attacks.

The greatest threat to the United States of America was identified as follows:
a) An attack carried out by an international terrorist organisation (Please Note there were no names of international terrorist organisations named here)
b) Involving the use of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, biological or chemical).
c) That such weapons, material and technology is furnished to the international terrorist group by a rogue government or regime (Again please note there were no names of such rogue governments or regimes given at that point, that was a further question and evaluation)

The above combination of a + b + c = "The Axis of Evil".

The term Axis of Evil never, ever, described any form of alliance between Iraq, Iran, North Korea.

Having been identified the House Security Committee and the Intelligence Agencies were then asked to identify potential "Rogue States". They did and came up with a list in which, ranked in order of threat, Iraq topped the list, then Iran and then North Korea. Now the fact (well documented) that Saddam publically praised those responsible for 911 may have drawn attention to Saddam's feelings about the US, but let's face it it was not Saddam's wisest move, there again he will not be remembered for making wise decisions will he.

Now go and check Ron, the same people within the US intelligence and security communities who carried out this evaluation were the same people that three years previously had advised Bill Clinton - Any surprises there Ron - I don't think so.