Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam

London Telegraph ^ | 12-14-03 | Con Coughlin

[cody32127]

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."

Although Atta is believed to have been resident in Florida in the summer of 2001, he is known to have used more than a dozen aliases, and intelligence experts believe he could easily have slipped out of the US to visit Iraq.

Abu Nidal, who was responsible for the failed assassination of the Israeli ambassador to London in 1982, was based in Baghdad for more than two decades

[elhombrelibre]

I'd seen this last night. I have a couple of questions. One, are any other news organizations finally reporting this. Two, can we get more from the real man now that we have him in custody. I'd say we can.

[evad]

It shows that not only did Saddam have contacts with al-Qaeda, he had contact with those responsible for the September 11 attacks."

Can't be..
the RATs have made it perfectly clear that this didn't happed.

MESSAGE to ALL RATs..
you better cut the crap and find a way to get on the winning side (America's side) or you'll be extinct just like sodom.

[VRW Conspirator]

Can't be..
the RATs have made it perfectly clear that this didn't happed.

Yeah! I heard Bagdad Bob say so!

[Cicero]

It's not news in this country unless the New York Times or the Washington Post give their stamps of approval. And they certainly won't, not if Pinch Sulzberger has anything to say about it.

[evad]

Yeah! I heard Bagdad Bob say so!

Hey...that's right. I forgot all about him.
Wonder what ever happened to that guy?

[evad]

It's not news in this country unless the New York Times or the Washington Post give their stamps of approval

Thank God they can no longer suppress the 'nooze' like they always have in the past.

[Grut]

Well, maybe. But it seems like an awful lot of a good thing. It's probably better to wait for further confirmation, if only because right now Saddam is THE story and therefore, even if true, this story wouldn't get any attention.

[cwb]

Tom Brokaw actually interviewed the UK journalist this AM who has the documents...so NBC did briefly cover it, and then moved on.

[Tijeras_Slim]

This probably accounts for Abu Nidal getting snuffed a while back. Saddam probably wanted to tidy up... shame he didn't think his records would be captured. :)

[elhombrelibre]

That's a start. We may see a flood of information now that Saddam is captured. It would behoove the major media to stop hidding their collective heads in the stand if they wish to enjoy the public's confidence in the future.

[freedomcrusader]

Please let Howard Dean be the demonRAT nominee, please let Howard Dean be the demonRAT nominee...

The case for not going to war with Iraq gets thinner and thinner. By Election Day '04, an antiwar candidate will be a national comedy.

[cwb]

It's a sart, but it didn't last long.
After listening to Chrissy Matthews, you can see their new strategy. According to Chris, Saddam was a threat to his own people, but he wasn't a global threat. While he applauded the capture, he said Bush has to get back to the war on terror and protecting the American people.

He absolutely denied any connection between Saddam and support for global terrorism. How pathetic that the liberals/media continue to ignore just how much Saddam contributed to various terrorist networks around the world. Hell, just the PLO/PLF fronts operating in Iraq and being financed by Saddam was enough evidence of his terrorist connections. Matthews obviously also missed his own networks interview with the UK journalist who has proof of Abu Nidal/Saddam's ties to Atta.

[Libertina]

Big shocker...

[VOA]

bump

[mykdsmom]

Check this out.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

We got our own breed of home grown RATS,,,democRATS,,,who are giving aid and comfort to these ememy RATS by opposing this fight to exterminate them all...

[evad]

We got our own breed of home grown RATS,,,democRATS..

Actually, that's the RATs I was talking about ;-)

[Dog]

Did you all see this yet??

[knak]

I think this has been posted a few times in the last day or two.