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The Smell Test
While this detail-oriented debunking is both necessary and valuable for purposes of challenging ABC, it should be remembered that when the story first appeared it was incredible on its face.
Iraq and al Qaeda were implacable enemies. The last thing in the world that Iraq would want to do would be get in the way of an all-out assault on al Qaeda. There was simply no credible motive for Iraq to get involved like that. OTOH, faking out the US media--and even the government--would seem to be in line with any number of other people's agenda, from rightwing militia types to al Qaeda itself trying to throw suspicions on other actors as well.
In short, I never even seriously considered the Iraq/anthrex story. It just didn't pass the smell test.