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Baath - al Qaeda cooperation recently included suicide attacks using aircraft
Regime of Terror ^ | 12-12-07 | Mark

Posted on 12/12/2007 2:44:55 PM PST by ikez78

Baathist - al Qaeda collaboration extends beyond borders of Iraq

A recent Treasury Department designation and an October arrest in Italy appear to indicate that Baathist and al Qaeda members in both Europe and the Middle East have discussed and attempted various forms of suicide attacks on coalition forces which include the use of aircraft in suicide attacks.

As first pointed out the Counter Terrorism Blog, on December 6 the U.S. Treasury Department announced the designation of 7 individuals for their support of the insurgency in Iraq and/or their support of former regime officials. The designations named Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi (al Rawi pictured at right via Terrorist Scorecard) in the release and cited his leadership of the Iraqi branch of the Syrian Baath Party, material support for al Qaeda, supporting Muhammad Yunis Ahmad's network in Iraq, meeting with the former commander of Saddam Hussein's Army of Muhammad and attending a meeting in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, with other senior AQI representatives "where they discussed financing, unifying AQI forces, (and) conducting airborne improvised explosive device attacks."

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; baathists; iraq; saddam

1 posted on 12/12/2007 2:44:57 PM PST by ikez78
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To: Torie; Rameumptom; mnehrling; SJackson; weegee; texanyankee; 1035rep; roses of sharon; ...

PING for Saddam/terrorism


2 posted on 12/12/2007 2:45:16 PM PST by ikez78 (http://www.regimeofterror.com)
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To: ikez78
I sure hope no waterboarding was involved in extracting this information! < /DUmmy>
3 posted on 12/12/2007 2:48:58 PM PST by null and void (things that are really questions are touted as answers.)
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To: ikez78

Baathists and al-Qaeda jihadists - fascists and Nazis.


4 posted on 12/12/2007 2:57:04 PM PST by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: ikez78

Sounds like a big rubber band needed to be found to power the craft...


5 posted on 12/12/2007 2:57:58 PM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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To: null and void

No, we have “courageous” Senators to make sure al Qaeda’s “rights” are protected.


6 posted on 12/12/2007 2:58:25 PM PST by ikez78 (http://www.regimeofterror.com)
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To: bill1952

I should have actually put ATTEMPTED aircraft attacks. Oops.


7 posted on 12/12/2007 3:00:42 PM PST by ikez78 (http://www.regimeofterror.com)
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To: ikez78
Thanks. I feeeeeeeel sooooo much better...
8 posted on 12/12/2007 3:04:22 PM PST by null and void (things that are really questions are touted as answers.)
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To: null and void

No, but they did threaten them with panties...


9 posted on 12/12/2007 3:04:37 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Those bastards!


10 posted on 12/12/2007 3:06:09 PM PST by null and void (things that are really questions are touted as answers.)
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To: ikez78
>>>No, we have “courageous” Senators to make sure al Qaeda’s “rights” are protected.<<<

I'm confident that these brilliant Senators could negotiate a satisfactory peace with these guys....they seem to be ultimately reasonable people.

[/Sarcasm]

11 posted on 12/12/2007 3:08:42 PM PST by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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12 posted on 12/12/2007 3:32:51 PM PST by SJackson (we're gonna change the rules and have voting only on the Internet, then we're gonna win!, Ron Paul)
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The joint House and Senate report from Decembeber 2002 mentioned intelligence was received about a possible Iraqi suicide pilot unit.

"Joint Inquiry into the Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001" - 5 MB pdf file - (page 211)

In February 1999, the Intelligence Community obtained information that Iraq had formed a suicide pilot unit that it planned to use against British and U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf. The CIA commented that this was highly unlikely and probably disinformation.

13 posted on 12/12/2007 3:48:08 PM PST by faq
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To: ikez78

Wrong wrong wrong!

Don`t you know? Terrorists were everywhere except Iraq.

Least that`s what the socialist/marxist kook leftists

tell us.


14 posted on 12/12/2007 3:48:50 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: HardStarboard
Yah know? Maybe we could offer any senator who wanted to an opportunity to interrogate a freshly captured al Queada one-on-one to protect them from any possible abuse.

You know, lock ‘em in a room together until they reach an understanding...

15 posted on 12/12/2007 4:54:44 PM PST by null and void (things that are really questions are touted as answers.)
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To: ikez78

Thank you for the ping!


16 posted on 12/12/2007 5:58:54 PM PST by jrooney (Ron Paul makes Jimmy Carter look tough and Dennis Kucinich look sane.)
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To: ikez78

Evil working with evil.


17 posted on 12/12/2007 6:09:01 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: ikez78

Obviously the remnants of Saddam’s supporters must be hunted down and put behind bars. As for al-Qaeda. Tis going to be a long term battle as we can surmise. Years of dedicated work by many intel agencies world wide. Of course there are no other sane options on the table.


18 posted on 12/12/2007 6:18:45 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Duncan Hunter for POTUS)
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To: ikez78

They linked my page! Cool!


19 posted on 12/12/2007 7:52:41 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: ikez78

Thank you


20 posted on 12/12/2007 11:32:43 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: faq

Bump for reference...


21 posted on 12/12/2007 11:44:08 PM PST by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: ikez78

Flying IED’s?? Yikes!!


22 posted on 12/13/2007 1:19:57 AM PST by TNdandelion
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To: ikez78

Thanks for the ping. Interesting.


23 posted on 12/13/2007 5:35:36 AM PST by PGalt
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To: null and void
>>>You know, lock ‘em in a room together until they reach an understanding...<<<

That would result more in an "education" session than a "negotiation". I vote Reid and Durban be put in room with any two lightweight al Qaeda types.

The "negotiation" should be broadcast live on CNN.

24 posted on 12/13/2007 11:08:48 AM PST by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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To: ikez78

Thanks for the ping!


25 posted on 12/13/2007 11:09:27 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: HardStarboard

CNN? Naaaaaahhhhh. Make it clinton, and show it on PPV.

We could fund the whole war...


26 posted on 12/13/2007 11:40:25 AM PST by null and void (things that are really questions are touted as answers.)
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To: ikez78

This Baathist-terrorist connection was apparent well before the Allied military action in Iraq which overthrew the Saddam regime. Unfortunately the Dummycrats’ denial of this connection was a constant theme of their campaign in ‘04, and many of them still have their heads in the sand about this.


27 posted on 12/14/2007 1:55:56 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: ikez78

Bump!

Thanks for the post and ping, ikez!


28 posted on 12/15/2007 2:16:54 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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