Exhaustive review sponsored by the Pentagon finds NO link between Saddam, al Qaida

DadsDream said
You missed the entire point. See Bulldawg's post above.

Operational (standard English) - Working, viable.

Operational (Pentagon-ese) - A level of war involving Division-sized elements confined to a given geographical region, limited in size and scope, ie: Operation Desert Storm.

The headline of the story you posted is totally misleading and way off base. The report it cites is a Pentagon report, written in Pentagon lingo. It doesn't say there was "no link" it says there was no "direct operational link."

Given that al-Qaeda doesn't do conventional warfare, using division-sized maneuver elements, this is hardly surprising.

Non-news.

This is a huge stretch. The Pentagon has assigned a direct operational link between AQ and others. Why has their "lingo" suddenly changed when talking about Iraq?

It's clear what the meaning of the report is but like I said if Christ came down and said there was no link some folks would parse the statement and refuse to believe it.