Terrorist Behind September 11 Strike was Trained by Saddam

The Telegraph ^ | December 14, 2003 | Con Coughlin

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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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[Killborn]

Yes he is! Those poor Taliban and that nice mustachioed dude only killed a couple of million people and the Bushmachine killed...

..hang on...

...there's got to be a truthful report of "collateral damage somewhere out there...

...let's just say a lot of innocent Iraqis and Afghanis. ALOT!!!

[Normal4me]

"Habbush writes that the successful completion of the shipment was "the fruit of your excellent secret meeting with Bashir al-Asad (the Syrian president) on the Iraqi-Syrian border", and concludes: "May God protect you and save you to all Arab nations."

Hmmmm, me thinks Syria may be next.

[Fintan]

 

[RobFromGa]

Wow.

[Maigrey]

Plug Nickel says that the major alphabet soup people won't run it.

[RaceBannon]

Hugely Serious, and spelled correctly for a reason!!!

[FreeManWhoCan]

Qustions:

1) Is there some link or scan for this evidence that we can actually see?
2) What happened to that newspaper article that was found MONTHS ago where they reported that it had a picture of Alqueda and Saddams people in it? The article was published in an Iraqi newspaper that was run by Saddam's sons and they pulled it. Some lawyer had kept a copy and some congressman (A Dem) had a copy. How come this hasn't shown up? Was this a lie? Does anyone have a link to this "eveidence".

[savedbygrace]

You are on a roll tonight, Paul. LOL.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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'Remember the Lost and Suffering on September 11, 2001'

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33

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[Paul Atreides]

Oh, yeah....he's also supressing dissent. I heard an actress in a live interview on CNN screeching about it.

[headsonpikes]

"Axis of evil" is looking like a better descriptive than ever!

[Paul Atreides]

;-)

[Paul Atreides]

Whatever the number is, it cannot be as high as the number of people that John Ashcroft has forcibly converted to Christianity.

[MEG33]

Although the thought is delicious,I just can't believe the President has information so explosive and it hasn't leaked.
This article probably will not rate a mention on US TV.

[polemikos]

Has the Telegraph lost credibility somewhere along the way that I don't know about?

methinks it probable that there is some iota of credibility that it lost somewhere that you may not be aware of - hehehe

[Paul Atreides]

Well, this is the President who was able to make a surprise visit to Baghdad....

[ConservativeMan55]

Another Thread Worthy Of A "Just Damn!"

[Ben Hecks]

"That may explain why they killed Abu Nedal."

According to reports, Abu Nidal was found dead on August 19.....I had the same thought as you.

[Dubya]

bump

[Faraday]

Dean: Look here, W, do you expect me to apologize?

W: No, Mr. Dean, I expect you to die!