Iraq Daily: Saddam ordered training of Al-Qa'ida members

Memri ^ | Oct. 16, 2003 | Al-Yawm Al-Aakher

[DarthMaulrulesok]

"An Iraqi officer (L) [only identified by initial] tells us that one day a Land Cruiser belonging to the Personal Security Force (Al-Amn Al-Khass, responsible for the protection of Saddam Hussein) arrived and a senior officer from the Presidential Palace stepped out of it. He was one of those officers who used to stand behind Saddam, which means that he was one of [his] personal bodyguards. After a two-hour meeting with a select group of officers at the Special Forces School, we were informed that we would have dear guests, and that we should train them very well in a high level of secrecy - not to allow anyone to approach them or to talk to them in any way, shape, or form.

"A few days later, about 100 trainees arrived. They were a mixture of Arabs, Arabs from the Peninsula [Saudi Arabia], Muslim Afghans, and other Muslims from various parts of the world. They were divided into two groups, the first one went to Al-Nahrawan and the second to Salman Pak, and this was the group that was trained to hijack airplanes. The training was under the direct supervision of major general (M. DH. L) [only identified by initials] who now serves as a police commander in one of the provinces. Upon the completion of the training most of them left Iraq, while the others stayed in the country through the last battle in Baghdad against the coalition forces."

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Quilla]

Have you read any of Oliver North's books?

I have been looking for someone here to discuss this book, but so far I have received no responses.

I'm always looking for good reading material. I'll pick up Mission Compromised on my next trip to the bookstore and get back to you. Thank you for the suggestion.

[GraniteStateConservative]

A rule of thumb-- if the Administration isn't trumpeting it in speeches and appearances, it's probably unsubstantiated. I'll wait and see.

[Aegedius]

if the Administration isn't trumpeting it in speeches and appearances, it's probably unsubstantiated.

Either that, or they're sandbagging...waiting for Dean to get the Demo nomination.

[Eva]

Oliver North was on Hannity a few weeks ago and said that his books tell a true story that is fictionalized out of necessity, that he can tell the truth about top security issues as long as he doesn't use the real names.

There was so much information in the book that I wanted to discuss and I haven't found any one who has read the book.
I hope you do read it. There is also a lot of Christian thought in the book, that might bother some people and is probably the reason that the books get so little attention.

[PISANO]

This is a subject that I hope gets alot of coverage

Maybe FOX NEWS but other than that,....don't hold your breath.