Concern Grows over Democratic House Leader Pelosi's Support for Iraq War
by Stephen Zunes

As a counter to those who argued that the war was a diversion of critical personnel, money, intelligence, and other resources from the important battle against Al-Qaeda terrorists, Pelosi also went on record declaring that the Iraq invasion was actually "part of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism." As recently as this past September, despite a CIA report that Islamist terrorist Abu Musab Al-Zaqarwi -- who allegedly has ties to Al-Qaeda -- had not received sanctuary or any other support from the former Iraqi regime, Pelosi also went on record claiming that, under Saddam Hussein, "the al-Zarqawi terror network used Baghdad as a base of operations to coordinate the movement of people, money, and supplies."

Such assertions proved costly to the Democrats in this past November’s election: exit polls showed that 80% of those who believed that the war in Iraq was part of the war on terrorism voted for President Bush.

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