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"An Operational Relationship"

Doug Feith really is intent on living up to his billing as the "stupidest f'ing man in the world." Via Kevin Drum...

Doug Feith Today:

Nobody in my office ever said there was an operational relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It's just not correct. I mean, words matter.

Doug Feith then, as characterized by The Weekly Standard:

OSAMA BIN LADEN and Saddam Hussein had an operational relationship from the early 1990s to 2003 that involved training in explosives and weapons of mass destruction, logistical support for terrorist attacks, al Qaeda training camps and safe haven in Iraq, and Iraqi financial support for al Qaeda--perhaps even for Mohamed Atta--according to a top secret U.S. government memorandum obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

Not his fault, I suppose. The Weekly Standard must have chosen its words poorly. Or something...