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Terrorist Behind September 11 Strike was Trained by Saddam
The Telegraph ^
| December 14, 2003
| Con Coughlin
Posted on 12/13/2003 4:24:43 PM PST by quidnunc
Iraq's coalition government claims that it has uncovered documentary proof that Mohammed Atta, the al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks against the US, was trained in Baghdad by Abu Nidal, the notorious Palestinian terrorist.
Details of Atta's visit to the Iraqi capital in the summer of 2001, just weeks before he launched the most devastating terrorist attack in US history, are contained in a top secret memo written to Saddam Hussein, the then Iraqi president, by Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, the former head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.
The handwritten memo, a copy of which has been obtained exclusively by the Telegraph, is dated July 1, 2001 and provides a short resume of a three-day "work programme" Atta had undertaken at Abu Nidal's base in Baghdad.
In the memo, Habbush reports that Atta "displayed extraordinary effort" and demonstrated his ability to lead the team that would be "responsible for attacking the targets that we have agreed to destroy".
The second part of the memo, which is headed "Niger Shipment", contains a report about an unspecified shipment believed to be uranium that it says has been transported to Iraq via Libya and Syria.
Although Iraqi officials refused to disclose how and where they had obtained the document, Dr Ayad Allawi, a member of Iraq's ruling seven-man Presidential Committee, said the document was genuine.
"We are uncovering evidence all the time of Saddam's involvement with al-Qaeda," he said. "But this is the most compelling piece of evidence that we have found so far. It shows that not only did Saddam have contacts with al-Qaeda, he had contact with those responsible for the September 11 attacks."
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To: quidnunc
Interesting, and certainly worth looking into...
101
posted on
12/13/2003 5:34:16 PM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I don't hear voices. I AM the voices...)
To: Dan(9698)
"That may explain why they killed Abu Nedal."It may indeed!
102
posted on
12/13/2003 5:34:53 PM PST
by
Davea
To: Paul Atreides
OOOO! I'm getting a mental picture and it ain't pretty.
To: VeritatisSplendor
Maybe, maybe not. If both are true, it is plausible that all were in action at the same time...
To: Drango
I'm sorry I don't believe it...and I think it makes conservateves look like idiots when they grasp at straws such as thisI think the idiots are folks that think conservtives are grasping at straws. I don't see anyone that has said the accepted this report as true on this thread yet. The responses on topic are virtually all people questioning this. The vast majority are opining on the reaction of liberals to this news.
105
posted on
12/13/2003 5:39:48 PM PST
by
VRWC_minion
(Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
To: quidnunc
bump
106
posted on
12/13/2003 5:39:56 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: highlander_UW
LOL. Where is ole Comical Ali now?
107
posted on
12/13/2003 5:41:35 PM PST
by
Killborn
(I'd rather have Big Bizniz than Big Guvmint.)
To: quidnunc
I fully expect this to be reported by Jennings, Rather, and Brokaw on Monday. .....And to see it plastered in big block letters on the front page of the NYT and WP.
.....When pigs fly.
To: Killborn
Where is ole Comical Ali now?I hear that he has a new job, and is rising fast, in the DNC ranks.
109
posted on
12/13/2003 5:43:12 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: quidnunc
I hope this is verified as true... Not that I don't believe it, because I find it highly likely. I just want to make sure the crow the looney left will have to eat is HUGE!!!
To: Dan(9698)
Yes, indeed.
To: Paul Atreides
I wish you wouldn't continue to propagate that false rumor, the secret whispers that Kerry was in Vietnam.
To: quidnunc; swarthyguy; appalachian_dweller; freeperfromnj; bonesmccoy; Reactionary; Oorang; ...
113
posted on
12/13/2003 5:46:03 PM PST
by
LayoutGuru2
(Call me paranoid but finding '/*' inside this comment makes me suspicious)
To: Dan(9698)
Didn't even think of that...
When exactly did Abu Nidal "commit suicide" again?
To: Paul Atreides
Yeah. Since Bush lies about all, he planted the evidence.
115
posted on
12/13/2003 5:46:40 PM PST
by
At _War_With_Liberals
(It's more than a lib/con thing- All 3 branches of govt colluded to limit the 1st amendmenthave been)
To: Dan(9698)
"That may explain why they killed Abu Nedal"
Exactly.
To: rllngrk33
The DemocRATs have been telling us there's no link between Saddam and 9-11. </sarcasm off> If this turns out to be proven true, the 'Rat party will be exterminated.
To: All
Here's an interesting thought that nobody's brought up so far:
What if Atta's trip to Iraq was unrelated to the hijacking and instead referred to him being trained how to handle weaponized anthrax?
That certainly puts a different outlook on things, doesn't it?
To: Paul Atreides
"Say hello to our new Democratic Presidential candidate, sure to take Bush's seat in 2004, Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf!"
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posted on
12/13/2003 5:48:02 PM PST
by
Killborn
(I'd rather have Big Bizniz than Big Guvmint.)
To: Angelus Errare
Oh please let this be true. I would like nothing more than see the lefties implode over this and to rub it in the faces of my liberal buddies on Airliners.net.
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