然而根據這份報告，研究人員沒有發現薩達姆與進行了2001年9/11恐怖襲擊以及針對美國目標的另幾次重大襲擊的基地組織有任何直接關聯。五角大樓發言人懷特曼說，美國軍事研究人員以前對所繳獲文件進行過至少兩次分析，也得出同樣的“與基地組織無關”的結論。

"This is part of a huge database, which, as it gets translated is being released," said Bryan Whitman. "It came to the same type of conclusion."

懷特曼說：“這是一個巨大資料庫的一部分，信息在翻譯的過程中被發表。隨后得出了同樣的結論。”

Other reports have also reached the same conclusion, including the U.S. September 11th Commission and the Pentagon's Inspector General.

其它報告也已得出同樣結論，其中包括美國9/11委員會的報告和五角大樓監察長的報告。

The point is important because an alleged connection between Saddam and al-Qaida was one of the Bush administration's justifications for the invasion of Iraq five years ago, and the toppling of Saddam's regime.

這是一個重要的論點，因為薩達姆涉嫌勾結基地組織正是布什政府5年前出兵伊拉克、推翻薩達姆政權的理由之一。

Foreign Policy Analyst Olga Oliker at the Rand Corporation research organization says it would not have made sense for Saddam to support groups like al-Qaida that were dedicated to overthrowing secular governments like his own. And she says many other reports, both before and after the U.S.-led invasion, have come to the conclusion that he didn't support those groups.

研究機構蘭德公司的外交政策分析人士奧利克說，對于薩達姆這種領導非宗教政府的人說來，支持基地組織之類的集團是沒有道理的，因為基地組織致力于推翻非宗教政權。她還說，在美國主導出兵伊拉克行動前后，還有許多其它報告也得出了薩達姆并未支持那些恐怖集團的結論。

"I think what's news about it or what's interesting about it is that it is an additional report by a U.S. government agency that refutes an assertion that was made by people in the Bush administration," said Olga Oliker. "It would be really hard to find something that does support what members of the administration had said."

她說：“這次報告的新聞價值或者意義所在是：這是一個美國政府機構再次發表報告否定了布什政府官員作出的一項論斷。而支持布什政府觀點的論據實在是難以找到的�！�

The Pentagon released the three-page executive summary of the Iraqi Perspectives Project on Thursday after reporters complained that the full report's release was being delayed. The Pentagon said the delay is a matter of logistics because the report includes several volumes of material.

五角大樓星期四發表了“伊拉克透視項目”的3頁報告摘要。此前媒體曾抱怨該報告全文發表時間的拖延。五角大樓表示，由于后勤方面的原因而推延了報告的發表時間，因為有關報告包括的資料多達數冊。

上一頁  [1] [2]