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Iraqi officer in al Qaeda, papers show
W Times ^ | 6/21/04 | Guy Taylor

Posted on 06/21/2004 3:45:16 PM PDT by swilhelm73

A senior officer in Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's security services was a member of the terrorist group that committed the September 11 attacks, a member of the commission investigating the suicide hijackings said yesterday.

"There is at least one officer of Saddam's Fedayeen, a lieutenant colonel, who was a very prominent member of al Qaeda," said September 11 commission member and former Navy Secretary John Lehman.

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911commission; ahmedhikmatshakir; alqaeda; alqaedaandiraq; iraqiofficers; johnlehman; stephenhayes

1 posted on 06/21/2004 3:45:16 PM PDT by swilhelm73
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To: swilhelm73
Not to be negative but this won't be settled until we have absolute proof that this isn't just a coincedence - two guys with the same name.

One would think that the Bush Administration would be trying very hard right now to do just that. Hopefully they will succeed and won't hide the info behind the normal "Its Classified" screen.

2 posted on 06/21/2004 3:48:42 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: swilhelm73
We'll be hearing about this all over the mass media news, right? CBS/MSNBC/ABC/CNN/NPR/PBS will cover it as their top story, right?

<sounds of crickets>

3 posted on 06/21/2004 4:51:37 PM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: coloradan

it won't mean a thing until Bush himself goes to a microphone in a prime time address and lays it all out.


4 posted on 06/21/2004 4:53:42 PM PDT by oceanview
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