Lies, stupidity and audio tape

Regarding the latest Bin Laden audio tape broadcast by Al Jazeera, Australia's foreign affairs minister, Alexander Downer, says " early advice indicates the tape is genuine and he is concerned that it indicates a possible link between bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network and the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein" according to the ABC. He says:

"This latest tape does contain some very disturbing words, it reinforces the Government's concern, if ever reinforcement was needed that if weapons of mass destruction were to fall into the hands of terrorist this would devastating consequences for global security,"

You could have no more proof of our government's obsequiousness towards President Bush, and sheer display of stupidity (or just plain contempt for the rest of us) than to claim that OSB's support for Iraq (clearly in response to USA's threats) demonstrates a "possible link" between Al Qaeda and Iraq.