Posted on 09/15/2002 4:32:29 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's promised dossier on Iraq is to reveal that Saddam Hussein trained some of Osama bin Laden's key lieutenants, The Sunday Telegraph reported.
The dossier is also expected to disclose that the Iraqi leader has reconstructed three plants to manufacture biological and chemical weapons, it said.
Blair, facing opposition from within his own Labour Party over going to war with Iraq without U.N. backing, has recalled parliament to discuss the issue later this month and promised to publish a dossier detailing evidence against Saddam Hussein.
The Sunday Telegraph said a draft version of the dossier contains detailed information on how two alleged leading al Qaeda members, Abu Zubair and Rafid Fatah, underwent training in Iraq and are still linked to the Baghdad government.
It said Abu Zubair was an Iraqi intelligence officer trained in using terror against the Kurds in Northern Iraq. Rafid Fatah also worked with him against the Kurds, the paper added.
They were then said to have joined ranks with Osama bin Laden, accused by Washington of being the mastermind behind last year's September 11 hijack attacks.
On reports that Saddam Hussein has reconstructed three weapons plants, the paper said evidence was based on "worrying activity" captured by American satellite photographs.
One security official, quoted by the Sunday Telegraph, said the photos "clearly show very worrying activity of rebuilding work at these plants which we already knew were being used for developing chemical and biological weapons. That is what Saddam is doing again."
Dossier To Show Iraq's Osama Links (FULL REPORT)
Authorities: Al-Qaida Trained NY Men
Sept 11 mastermind trapped by phone call (ANOTHER AL QAEDA HOLD MUH BEER ALERT)
I heard someone call them "rats" last night, but I didn't know that was what they meant.
AH-HA!!! The fact that these terrorists are registered rats needs to be repeated very loudly over and over again!
Love the pic. :-)
Yes SoN, but some people have to be slapped upside the head with hard evidence.
And she was such a phony, praising W about the war but still getting jabs in at him and, of course, defending the Clinton presidency.
And at the end, all that stupid laughing-giggling when Timmy asked her is she was going to run for prez and when.....
After a hiatus of more than a year, HBO's mobster TV drama 'The Sopranos' returns to the airwaves on September 15, 2002, complete with all the knock-offs, shoot-ups and every day family issues that shot the show to prominence after its launch in 1999. Actors (L-R) Michael Imperioli, Steven Van Zandt and James Gandolfini are shown in a scene from the show. (Barry Wetcher/HBO via Reuters )
MR. RUSSERT: On September 11th, former President Clinton appeared on The David Letterman Show and offered some words of advice. Let me show you what they were about the war:
(Videotape, September 11, 2002):
FORMER PRES. BILL CLINTON: Youre looking at a couple of weeks of bombing, and then Id be astonished if this campaign took more than a week, astonished.
(End videotape)
MR. RUSSERT: Do you agree with that?
SECY POWELL: Oh, Im not going to comment on that. I will let our military authorities and Secretary Rumsfeld, in due course, comment on what the nature of any campaign might be. Were not talking about war right now. Were talking about the declaration of purpose that the president put before the United Nations the other day. He retains his options, and I can assure you that my that colleagues in the Pentagon, who I know very well and I know exactly what theyre doing right now, will put together a plan, if it ever comes to war, that well try to resolve it as quickly and as decisively as possible.
MR. RUSSERT: Ken Adelman, who worked in a former Republican administration, said it would be a cakewalk.
SECY POWELL: You know, there are a lot of people who think combats going to be a cakewalk, but it seems to me youd better let the military leaders who have to actually run this campaign decide how to conduct such a campaign, if such a campaign is necessary.
MR. RUSSERT: One concern that was raised is if we begin to build up for a military operation, would Saddam Hussein try his own pre-emptive strike. Again, heres President Clinton:
(Videotape, September 11, 2002):
MR. CLINTON: But if hes got these stocks of chemical and biological weapons and if he knows hes toast, dont you think hell use what he can and give away what he cant to people who will be using them on us for years to come, so he can have the last laugh?
(End videotape)
MR. RUSSERT: Would we, in effect, put Saddam in a position where he would use his chemical and biological weapons before we had a chance to be ready?
SECY POWELL: These are all hypotheticals which are charming to talk about in late-night talk shows, but I think that a serious show like this morning, we should not just wildly speculate about what he might or might not do. We know what capability he has and you can be sure that all of that has been factored into whatever planning we are doing now. Link
Take that clintoon!
That session of Parliament should be a rollicking good time! I'll have to watch for that one on C-Span!
Oh Lod, this is so funny; and SO TRUE!
And none were citizens, right?
In other fashion news from Page Six:
ANNA Nicole Smith has been dropped as a model for Lane Bryant because executives at the queen-size clothing line don't want to be associated with her prime-time meltdown. The former Playboy Playmate has not only gained too much weight, her speech is slurred, and she is so unsteady on her feet that she must be helped in and out of cars.
Sounds like Chelsea after a night at Groucho's. And how 'bout that Hillary trying to say - without really saying - that Blubba didn't really turn down the Sudan's offer of Bin Laden on a silver platter? Now we know why she acts like she thinks she's Cleopatra - it's all that living in De-Nile!
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