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The Damning Evidence: Iraq-Bin Laden Connection In an address on October 7, 2002, President Bush said: We know that Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back for a decade…. Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists. Alliance with terrorists could allow the Iraqi regime to attack America without leaving any fingerprints. Smoking Gun: Iraq Tempts Bin Laden To Attack West Posted by Uncle Bill 7 comments Posted on 09/18/2001 11:30 PM EDT Smoking Gun:Was bin Laden working with Iraq? Posted by...

Photos Prove Connection Between Iraq and Al-Qaeda Terrorists March 14, 2003 About 20 minutes before show time, we posted satellite imagery of Salman Pak - home of the terrorist training center in Iraq we've been telling you about. I want to thank Gary Napier and his whole staff from Space Imaging, Inc. for these images from their IKONOS satellite. It's not in geo synchronous orbit, so they can move it to map, measure and monitor anywhere on earth. The third of the three shots zeros in on what looks like a Boeing 727 fuselage to me. Everyone says it's...

Iraq's Tie to Al-Qaeda Terrorists, Airline Hijackings From: Aviation Week & Space TechnologyHeadline: Satellite Photos Believed To Show Airliner for Training Hijackers Byline: Michael A. Dornheim Dateline: Los Angeles, January 7, 2002 Satellite images of a facility near Baghdad show an airliner that Iraqi defectors say is used to train terrorists in the art of hijacking.Space Imaging, which operates the Ikonos civilian surveillance satellite, was prompted to look for the aircraft in existing photos after a ''Frontline'' television show interviewed two Iraqi defectors who described the hijacker training and the aircraft used for the mock attacks. One of them...

Patriotism and the Pledge of Allegiance in School This informational letter has been sent to all U.S. State School Superintendents and to the District of Columbia urging them to allow displays like "God Bless America," and urging them to permit students to say the Pledge of Allegiance in all public schools and provides a legal foundation for these requests.Dear School Superintendent: In response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on our country, a number of public school districts have instituted a campaign to strengthen and encourage patriotism among our citizens, especially our youth. Various public schools have put up "God...

<p>SECRETARY of State Colin Powell put a snarky Iraqi reporter in his place the other day. The scribe tried to sandbag the statesman by asking, "Isn't it true that only 13 percent of young Americans can locate Iraq on a map?" "That may be true," Powell snapped. "You're probably right. But unfortunately for you, all 13 percent are Marines."</p>

Facts on Who Benefits From Keeping Saddam Hussein In Powerby The Heritage Foundation WebMemo #217 February 28, 2003 |  | FRANCE According to the CIA World Factbook, France controls over 22.5 percent of Iraq's imports. French total trade with Iraq under the oil-for-food program is the third largest, totaling $3.1 billion since 1996, according to the United Nations. Roughly 60 French companies do an estimated $1.5 billion in trade with Baghdad annually under the U.N. oil-for-food program. France's largest oil company, Total Fina Elf, has negotiated a deal to develop the Majnoon field in western Iraq. The Majnoon field purportedly contains up...

The Iraqi-Bin Laden Connection News Reports on Iraqi-Bin Laden Connection Iraq’s State Sponsorship of Osama bin-Laden and the al-Qaeda Terror Network 1999 Article: Iraq tempts bin Laden to attack West Al-Qaeda Big Confirms Terror Ties to Iraq White House Says it Has Evidence of Iraq-Al Qaeda Ties The Iraq Connection: Was Saddam involved in Oklahoma City and the first WTC bombing?World Trade Center Attack Complaint (Iraq named as plaintiff)Complaint (PDF) Lawsuit claiming a 9/11 link between Iraq and al Qaeda. Sept. 3, 2002Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view (Iraq believed to be behind 9/11)Iraq and al...

What will they say when the dungeons are opened? As the clock ticks down to what appears to be an inevitable military take down of the Iraqi regime the worldly sophisticates in France and Germany, just to name two, have decided that under no circumstances can there be any justification for an American led attack on Saddam and his cruel henchmen. Leave aside for the moment the utter hypocrisy of France, who thinks nothing of sending it’s army and mercenaries into African countries without even as much as notice to their beloved United Nations, or the memory-deficient Germans, who obviously...

The Washington Times FORUM 8 December 2002/Pg. B5 CAN KISSINGER BE TRUSTED? The two articles in the Nov. 28 Times ("Biographer: Kissinger right for panel," by Joyce Howard Price and "Kissinger to head probe of 9/11," by Joseph Curl) thoroughly covered Henry Kissinger’s background and accomplishments, which would seem to confirm the wisdom of his being selected to head the panel to investigate the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. However, the Price article also acknowledges that many of his critics said that his approach to foreign policy emphasized the importance of geopolitics and advancing national interests at the expense of...

Wed 13 Nov 2002 Putin suggests circumcision and Islam to French journalist ROBERT WIELAARD BRUSSELS RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin, in an extraordinary outburst, suggested that a French reporter who questioned the Kremlin’s policy in Chechnya convert to Islam and come to Moscow for circumcision. Mr Putin’s remarks - made at a press conference in Paris on Monday, of which a full translation only became available yesterday - came after he accused Chechen rebels of wanting to kill all non-Muslims. A reporter for the French newspaper, Le Monde, had asked him about reports that Russia used heavy weapons against Chechen civilians....

The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic invites all FReepers and lurkers in good standing, as well as their friends and families, to join us in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 26, 2002 for the Patriots Rally for America II.As the United States prepares to take the next step in the war on terrorism, we will be gathering to show support for our troops, America and to serve as a patriotic counter-point to the anti-American leftists who will be holding an "anti-war" rally and march the same day in D.C.The "anti-war" rally, organized by International ANSWER, will be held right next...

VENICE (Reuters) - After last year's attacks on the United States, President Bush ( news - web sites) declared "You're either with us or against us." But film directors exploring the world's reaction to Sept. 11 say things are not that black and white. Almost a year after suicide hijackers killed more than 3,000 people and brought down New York's World Trade Center towers, the Venice Film Festival is abuzz with discussion about "11'09"01 September 11" -- 11 directors' responses to the day America came under attack. Some of the short films have been accused of anti-Americanism, linking U.S. foreign...

Johannesburg (CNSNews.com) - Hundreds of "anti-summit" protestors took to the streets here Thursday to criticize what they see as the "sustainable poverty" agenda of environmentalists at the Earth summit, formally known as the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development. "Everything they are discussing here is actually going to retard development, and this is being done in the name of the poor. I think that is appalling, I think that is criminal," marcher Barun Mitra told CNSNews.com . Mitra is a farming advocate for India and a member of the Liberty Institute of New Delhi. The protestors - including disgruntled street...

This best-selling recording was performed by the legendary John Wayne. It's finally available as Duke’s spoken-word CD of poetry. It's a must-have for all patriotic Americans... Track listings: 1. Why I Love Her 2. The Pledge of allegiance 3. The Hyphen 4. Mis Raices Estan Aqui 5. The People 6. An American Boy Grows Up 7. Face the Flag 8. The Good Things 9. Why Are You Marching, Son 10. Taps

Article exposes the machinations of America's most active traitor and anthrax hoaxer, Dr. Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, aka Dr. Strangelove, who has just begun yet another of her periodic agitprop campaigns.

<p>Teen Columnist: The key word in 'illegal immigrants' is 'illegal'</p> <p>The Workmans, Bennetts and Cioffis traveled months at sea to gain freedom properly.</p> <p>For 400 years, my family's blood has been shed on the battlefields of the Revolution, the Civil War, WWI, WWII and Vietnam. My uncles and grandfathers before me fought savagely against foes, and together they and their brothers in arms fulfilled their duty to God and country.</p>

University of California Expells Internationals WASHINGTON: Earlier today, Nauman Zaidi and Robert O'Neill, illegally detained American nationals held in Masiyahu prison (Ramle, Israel), were called in to the warden's office. They were presented with a fax from their American university, the University of California, which informed them they had been expelled due to their involvment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Both young men had been part of the group who took food and medical assistance to the beleaguered Palestinians and clergy in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem. The two men are studying under an 'Education Abroad' programme, and have...

Democrat Political Attacks Democrat insinuations that the President and Administration had prior knowledge of the September 11th tragedy is an outrageous political attack on the Commander-in-Chief during wartime. Principled dissent and disagreement are at the heart of democracy. However, principled dissent should not be confused with the political gamesmanship and partisan attacks being launched by Democrats. The insinuation that President Bush had prior knowledge of the September 11th attacks is nonsensical but not without precedent. Conspiracy theorists have long accused FDR of having prior knowledge of the December 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Conspiracy theories are as American...

These are hard times for the Schocken Group and for Ha'aretz. One week after the publication of a letter from Irit Linur in which she announced that she was canceling her subscription to the newspaper -- a letter that sparked a huge storm -- a new storm has arrived. Army Radio's Amit Segal reported yesterday that Ha'aretz has experienced a wave of subscriptions cancellations, and that the paper has provided a list of special instructions in order to give the newspaper's sales representatives tools to respond to readers who want to cancel their subscriptions. The list includes answers to questions...

(Dan Burton, [R-Indiana] Investigating) Allegations that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is tied to Islamic terrorists.McVeigh the story goes, met in an Oklahoma City motel with Iraqi agents before the 1995 explosion.Part Two: Unsubstantiated reports that two 9/11 hijackers holed up with the suspected 20th hijacker Zacarais Moussaoui in the same motel room last July.Coincedence?Sources say Burton sent investigators to Oklahoma City to sniff around, tasked three staffers to the probe, and asked David Schippers, who led a house panel on Bill Clinton's impeachment, to advise.But that's not all:Burton wants more staff.While there's a lot of circumstantial evidence to investigate,...