Posted on 03/23/2006 10:18:22 AM PST by DallasMike
Hat tip to Ace of Spades on this one. The ABC News Investigative Unit has provided summaries of 5 documents that have been newly released by the US government.. The documents do not have a seal but they indicate that they were personally reviewed by Saddam. The mainstream media may be getting hot under the collar -- sooner or later they'll have to report that what they've been telling us for 3 years has been a lie:
"Osama Bin Laden Contact With Iraq"
A newly released pre-war Iraqi document indicates that an official representative of Saddam Hussein's government met with Osama bin Laden in Sudan on February 19, 1995 after approval by Saddam Hussein. Bin Laden asked that Iraq broadcast the lectures of Suleiman al Ouda, a radical Saudi preacher, and suggested "carrying out joint operations against foreign forces" in Saudi Arabia. According to the document, Saddam's presidency was informed of the details of the meeting on March 4, 1995 and Saddam agreed to dedicate a program for them on the radio. The document states that further "development of the relationship and cooperation between the two parties to be left according to what's open (in the future) based on dialogue and agreement on other ways of cooperation." The Sudanese were informed about the agreement to dedicate the program on the radio.
The report then states that "Saudi opposition figure" bin Laden had to leave Sudan in July 1996 after it was accused of harboring terrorists. It says information indicated he was in Afghanistan. "The relationship with him is still through the Sudanese. We're currently working on activating this relationship through a new channel in light of his current location," it states.
(Editor's Note: This document is handwritten and has no official seal. Although contacts between bin Laden and the Iraqis have been reported in the 9/11 Commission report and elsewhere, (e.g. the 9/11 report states "Bin Laden himself met with a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in Khartoum in late 1994 or early 1995) this document indicates the contacts were approved personally by Saddam Hussein.
It also indicates the discussions were substantive, in particular that bin Laden was proposing an operational relationship, and that the Iraqis were, at a minimum, interested in exploring a potential relationship and prepared to show good faith by broadcasting the speeches of al Ouda, the radical cleric who was also a bin Laden mentor.
The document does not establish that the two parties did in fact enter into an operational relationship. Given that the document claims bin Laden was proposing to the Iraqis that they conduct "joint operations against foreign forces" in Saudi Arabia, it is interesting to note that eight months after the meeting — on November 13, 1995 — terrorists attacked Saudi National Guard Headquarters in Riyadh, killing 5 U.S. military advisors. The militants later confessed on Saudi TV to having been trained by Osama bin Laden.)
Ace of Spade commenter Sue Dohnim reminds us of how easily the media saw the connection between Osama and Saddam in the Clinton years.
Actually, there is probably more static interference in their transmission without the foil rub. Picture the MSM with their boatload of 'newspaper wrapped' fish going down in the 'Perfect Storm'. The one thing I cannot remember from that Clooney movie is, did they finally dump their load of fish or did they go down with their load of fish still in the boat ?
That last link is a beaut!
I do not hold to a religious faith that our politicans are always right. President GWBush is an example--wrong on immigration protection, wrong on government spending; wrong on intelligent design.
It is time to end this dead horse. There is no evidence that Saddam had any real control over substantial WMD. He is known to have lied for his own for self promotion. If he had WMD, he did not use any against Coalition/USA forces.
The real question is: Saddam knew the onslaught was coming. Why didn't he flee with $billions to be safe?
This will be the lefts last stand. Sure Saddam and his henchemen admitted to having made biological WMD, having made chemical WMD, having used chemical WMD on Northern Iraq, having used chemical WMD on Iran, having lied to the UN inspectors, having concealed from the UN inspectors, having misled the UN inspectors, but hey, he was just lieing about still being in posession of them in the end because of his self promotion.
The bottom line is, what lies are we to believe ? We are talking Weapons of Mass Destruction. He had to be invaded at least so we could determine which lies were lies and which lies were truth.
"I'm going to take some aluminum foil over to the Palestine Hotel and rub it on CNN's satellites they have there."
Um. I don't know how to say this, but I don't think the satellites are the problem. I think it is a 2-legged problem.
I thought everybody was using "PREWARDOCS" ... Thanks for the listing!
"LA LA LA I'm not listening....LA LA LA LA, I can't hear anything you say LA LA LA LA"
MSM
Um. I don't know how to say this, but duh, I'm aware of what the problem is. I've been watching the news vs. the reality in Iraq for over two years now.
I guess you have to have a sense of humor to understand my aluminum foil post.
"I guess you have to have a sense of humor to understand my aluminum foil post."
Whew. I was afraid you really thought the satelittes were the problem. I should have known better.
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