UNRELIABLE SOURCES: On the one hand, you’ve got this:
An Iranian government official with ties to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran sides with the Americans on one big issue — Saddam Hussein’s weapons.
“Yes, we agree with the Americans. Our intelligence indicated that Iraq did possess weapons of mass destruction and was hiding them from the U.N.,” the official said.
On the other hand, there’s this:
Two of the highest-ranking leaders of Al Qaeda in American custody have told the C.I.A. in separate interrogations that the terrorist organization did not work jointly with the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein, according to several intelligence officials.
The former, of course, supports an Administration claim; the latter contradicts one. Is either reliable? Who knows?