THE EDITOR'S DESK

摘要

On Feb. 5, 2003, secretary of State Colin Powell went before the United Nations to make the case for going to war with Iraq. Among his arguments: that the United States had solid evidence of ties between Saddam Hussein and a murderous Al Qaeda leader named Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. Yet in the weeks before, Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff and Michael Hirsh had published reports questioning that connection, and citing intelligence sources who believed Zarqawi had closer links to Iran than Iraq.