The documents are from both Afghanistan and Iraq. Had you done your homework you'd have known that and would not have wasted your time on this meaningless article of yours.

Let's see, this is a "wasted article" because some of the documents came from Afghanistan. So why was the document repository labeled "Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents"?

Whatever the provenance of the documents, if in fact some right-wing bloggers are using them as evidence that Iraq had WMDs, somebody's got to point out the truth. Not that the right wing is listening, any more, but you do what you can.

Oh lordy, someone else who thinks Iraq and Afghanistan are one and the same. Where are these people educated? Evidently someplace where believing every utterance of a sock puppet president was a requirement for graduation.

Good luck, moron. I guess critical thinking wasn't part of the curriculum.

Kudos to Mr. Umbach, who took the trouble to look into this further attempt at mass deception.

Not sure how either of you two arrive at "bogus document" or "mass deception?" The documents are what they are. Documents captured in Afghanistan and Iraq. And so far, the translated documents show Saddam supporting al-Qaeda, and funding other terrorist organizations. The documents also show the hiding of prohibitive weapons and weapons programs and the training for suicide missions against U.S. interests. They also show the Osama group and the Taliban in meeting Iraq. And they show the discussion of using anthrax on leaflets in 2003.

I understand the left's need to stomp on these documents and to smear them. They hold the truth.

Translated Iraqi Documents:

http://iraqdocs.blogspot.com/

Enjoy. The truth cannot be buried by the left.

Beth Marple, Negroponte's deputy press secretary, said amateur translators won't find any major surprises, such as proof Hussein hid stockpiles of chemical weapons.

Intelligence officials had serious concerns about turning loose an army of amateurs on a warehouse full of raw documents that include hearsay, disinformation and forgery. Mr. Negroponte's office attached a disclaimer to the documents, only a few of which have been translated into English, saying the government did not vouch for their authenticity.

Another administration official described the political logic: "If anyone in the intelligence community thought there was valid information in those documents that supported either of those questions — W.M.D. or Al Qaeda — they would have shouted them from the rooftops."

The right is attempting to claim that these documents back up the assertions made regarding the "imminent threat" from Iraq by the Bush administration prior to the war. Apparently they do not or Negroponte would be placing more significance on them and people like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Scott McClellan among others would be loudly proclaiming their vindication.

If they contained substantiation of positions taken by the administration or confirmed pre-war statements made, the Bush administration would be trumpeting them all over the media. They would not be able to resist the "I told you so" factor.

Sorry Tennessee Gal,

But there are over 2 million documents to be relesased that have NOT been translated and are just now being translated. So saying that they contain nothing is an impossible statement.

Many of the translations clearly show Saddam financing al-Qaeda, working with Osama, and the Taliban and members of Osama's group visiting Iraq. Along with training suicide bombers for missions against US interests.

Former members of the ISG (Iraq Survey Group) are translating the documents amongst other native arabic speakers.

In the words of Democrat 9/11 commissioner Bob Kerrey:

"News Docs Show Saddam a Threat"

"A bombshell Iraqi intelligence document detailing a 1995 pact between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden to conduct "joint operations" against the U.S. proves that Saddam Hussein "would collaborate with people who would do our country harm," former 9/11 Commission member, Bob Kerrey said Friday."

"This is a very significant set of facts," said Kerrey"

For translated Iraq prewar docs:

Joseph Shahdah:

http://iraqdocs.blogspot.com/

Ray Robison (member of ISG - Iraq Survey Group)

http://rayrobison.typepad.com/ray_robison/

Stick a mirror in front of a mirror and you just get a bunch of reflections of nothing going into infinity.

That is exactly what is offered by bloggers' analysis of these 'iraq docs', just continued reflections of nothing.

You may want to turn it into something bigger, heck lots of people may want to make a mountain out of it.

But, that really doesn't make it any more than the 'nothing' that it started out as being.

Gary