Hey Mr Clarke...Call me!
Posted on 03/22/2004 3:43:13 PM PST by quidnunc
From Drudge -- "STAHL'S INTERVIEW WITH CLARKE WAS THE TOP-RATED SHOW OF SUNDAY NIGHT WITH 11.9 RATING/19 SHARE."
Viacom pumped huge money into ad spot time to push this interview.
Alright Graham, show me someone who is an expert in ALL areas. No such person exists. Dr. Rice has 10x the brain power of all of the buffoons put together, and I have no doubt she knew of al Qaeda.
So, Clarke can stuff his petty comments about "leftover cold war warriors." I like how Clarke even had to take a potshot at the Star Wars program. Who is going to be laughing a few years from now when SDI and expertise in Russia and Communism proves indispensable?
Too bad Leslie Stahl couldn't devote more time to the Clarke interview so that he could weigh in on the No Child Left Behind Act, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, faith-based initiatives, and George Bush's personal relationship with God.
I reckon his nickname should be "Clueless Clarke"...
1992 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP BEGINS : EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADER ZAWAHIRI AND AL QAEDA OFFICER MEET WITH IRAQI INTELLIGENCE AGENTS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ : MEETING COROBBORATED BY IRAQI SERVING WITH TALIBAN, WHO CONFIRMED THAT IRAQI CONTACTS WITH AL QAEDA BEGAN IN 1992) "39. Upon information and belief, there have been numerous meetings between IRAQI Intelligence agents and high-ranking AL QAEDA terrorists to plan terror attacks. Once such meeting occurred in 1992, when Zawahiri (Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader and Al Qaeda officer) met with Iraqi intelligence agents in Baghdad, Iraq over several days. An Iraqi serving with the Taliban who fled Afghanistan in the fall of 2001, was captured in Kurdistan and has corroborated this meeting and confirmed that Iraqi contacts with Al Qaeda began in 1992. " - findlaw
1990s early : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : SUDAN : IRAQ & AL QAEDA : ISLAMIC NATIONAL FRONT'S AL-TOURABI ARRANGES MEETING BETWEEN BIN LADEN & IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS; BIN LADEN MEETS WITH IRAQI INTELLIGENCE AGENT AL-HIJAZI IN SUDAN ; AL HIJAZI WOULD LATER HEAD IRAQI INTELLIGENCE) "During the early 1990s, Sudan’s Sheikh Hassan al-Tourabi of the Islamic National Front arranged meetings between BIN-LADEN and IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officials. BIN LADEN met with FARUQ AL-HIJAZI, an IRAQI INTELLIGENCE agent in the Sudan who would later head IRAQI INTELLIGENCE for SADDAM HUSSEIN." - findlaw
1994 (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : SUDAN : BIN LADEN MEETS WITH IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, INCLUDING IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR AL-HIJAZI, ALLEGEDLY TO WORK TOGATHER ON PROJECTS AGAINST THE US) "BIN LADEN again met with IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officers in 1994 and 1995 in the Sudan. At these meetings, BIN-LADEN and IRAQI INTELLIGENCE secret service director FARUQ AL-HIJAZI agreed to work together on terrorist projects directed against the U.S. " - findlaw
1990s mid : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA : IRAQI AGENTS GO TO AFGHANISTAN TO TRAIN AL QAEDA MEMBERS IN DOCUMENT FORGERY) "Iraqis continued to visit bin Laden in his new home in Afghanistan. A senior defector, one of Saddam's former intelligence chiefs in Europe, says Saddam sent his agents to Afghanistan sometime in the mid-1990s to provide training to al-Qaeda members on document forgery." - according to later Colin Powell speech, see "Exposed: Saddam's Prohibited Missiles and Support of al-Qaeda Terrorism," Colin Powell spech, via Newsmax.com, Feb. 5, 2003
1995 (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : SUDAN : BIN LADEN MEETS WITH IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, INCLUDING IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR AL-HIJAZI, ALLEGEDLY TO WORK TOGATHER ON PROJECTS AGAINST THE US) "BIN LADEN again met with IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officers in 1994 and 1995 in the Sudan. At these meetings, BIN-LADEN and IRAQI INTELLIGENCE secret service director FARUQ AL-HIJAZI agreed to work together on terrorist projects directed against the U.S." - findlaw
1990s late - 2001 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : IRAQI EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN ACTS AS LIASON TO AL QAEDA) "From the late 1990s until 2001 the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan played the role of liaison to the al Qaeda organization." - according to Colin Powell, - "Exposed: Saddam's Prohibited Missiles and Support of al-Qaeda Terrorism," Colin Powell address to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, via Newsmax.com, Feb. 5, 2003
1996 - 2001 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : MULLAH OMAR , IRAQI INTELLIGENCE AND BIN LADEN, ESTABLISH AT LEAST 5 TRAINING CAMPS IN ORDER TO CREAT "ISLAMIC FOREIGN LEGION" CAPABLE OF ATTACKING TARGETS WORLDWIDE ; CAMPS TRAINED MEN FROM 15 NATIONS) "55. From 1996 until 2001, BIN LADEN with the financial and logistical support of OMAR and others in the TALIBAN and IRAQ and IRAQI INTELLIGENCE, created, supplied and operated at least five training camps in order to create an “Islamic Foreign Legion” capable of attacking their enemies throughout the world. These camps trained men from 15 nations in guerrilla warfare, terrorist activities, rocket warfare, demolition and bombing, including the use of mines, grenades, TNT, nitroglycerine and plastic explosives. Classes were also given in “how to kill a policeman” and “traps, murder and terrorist moves.” - findlaw
1997 - 2000 : (AL QAEDA OPERATIVE ABU ABDULLAH AL-IRAQI IS SENT TO IRAQ SEVERAL TIMES TO GET HELP IN ACQUIRING CHEMICAL WEAPONS; HE IS AID TO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL) "He [captured Al Qaeda operative Husseini] says that a militant known as Abu Abdullah al-Iraqi had been sent to Iraq several times between 1997 and 2000 for help in acquiring poisons and gases. Abdullah al-Iraqi characterized the relationship he forged with Iraqi officials as "successful." " - - according to Colin Powell, - "Exposed: Saddam's Prohibited Missiles and Support of al-Qaeda Terrorism," Colin Powell address to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, via Newsmax.com, Feb. 5, 2003
FEBRUARY 1997 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : BIN LADEN EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR IRAQ) "57. In February 1997, BIN LADEN publicly expressed his support for IRAQ in its conflict with the United States stating:
“The hearts of the Muslims are filled with hatred towards the United States of America and the American president for American conduct towards IRAQ.”- findlaw
(IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : IRAQ & AL QAEDA : SALMAN PAK) "59. IRAQ upon information and belief, agreed to supply arms to AL QAEDA and provide AL QAEDA with access to and training in the use of chemical and biological weapons and agreed to instruct AL QAEDA terror trainers at its Salman Pak camp in Baghdad that contained a Boeing 707 used to practice hijacking. IRAQ also agreed to supply AL QAEDA terrorists with new identities and passports from Yemen and the United Arab Emirates." - findlaw
(IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : AL QAEDA AGREES TO CARRY OUT ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTACKS IN AREAS OF IRAQ NOT UNDER REGIME CONTROL TO ASSIST IRAQI REGIME; AL QAEDA AGREES TO PROVIDE PERSONNEL TO CARRY OUT TERROR ATTACKS IN CONCERT WITH IRAQ AGAINST COMMON ENEMIES SUCH AS THE US) "60. AL QAEDA agreed to provide protection from political opponents to IRAQ and SADDAM HUSSEIN, and to commit assassinations and other acts of violence to create instability in regions of IRAQ, particularly Kurdistan, to assist the regime of SADDAM HUSSEIN. AL QAEDA further agreed to provide trained terrorists, assassins and martyrs to carry out terror attacks in concert with IRAQ against their common enemies, including the United States. " - findlaw
APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 1998 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : AL QAEDA COMMANDERS MUHAMMAD ABU-ISLAM & ABDULLAH QASSIM VISIT BAGHDAD FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH HUSSEIN'S SON QUSAY, TOP HEAD OF IRAQI INTELLIGENCE ; IRAQ ALLEGEDLY AGREES TO PROVIDE AID TO AL QAEDA) "64. Between April 25 and May 1, 1998, two of BIN LADEN’s senior military commanders, MUHAMMAD ABU-ISLAM and ABDULLAH QASSIM, visited Baghdad for discussions with SADDAM HUSSEIN’s son -- QUSAY HUSSEIN -- the “czar” of IRAQI INTELLIGENCE. "65. QUSAY HUSSEIN’s participation in those meetings highlights the importance of the talks in both symbolic and practical terms. Upon information and belief, as a direct result of these meetings, IRAQ again made commitments to provide training, intelligence, clandestine Saudi border crossings, financial support and weapons and explosives to AL QAEDA. - findlaw
FEBRUARY 19, 1998 : (IRAQ : TOP SECRET MEMO REFERS TO PLANS FOR AL QAEDA ENVOY'S TRIP FROM SUDAN TO BAGHDAD) One of the pages [found in April 26, 2003 in Baghdad by reporters working for the Sunday Telegraph was], dated Feb. 19, was marked "top secret and urgent" and referred to plans for the trip from Sudan of the unnamed envoy, who is described in the file as a trusted confidant of bin Laden's, the paper said. The document, signed, "MDA," which the newspaper said is a code name believed to belong to the director of one of the Iraqi intelligence sections, said the Iraqis sought to pay for the envoy's costs while in Iraq "to gain the knowledge of the message from bin Laden and to convey to his envoy an oral message from us to bin Laden." The message to bin Laden "would relate to the future of our relationship with him, bin Laden, and to achieve a direct meeting with him," the newspaper quoted the document as saying. The envoy traveled from Khartoum in Sudan to Baghdad in March 1998 and that he stayed at the al-Mansour Melia hotel. - "Intelligence documents reveal Iraq link to al-Qaida, London paper reports (France) " AP via Tribnet , 4/26/02
FEBRUARY 19, 1998 : (IRAQI MUKHABARAT DOCUMENT WRITTEN ON THIS DATE BY THE DIRECTOR OF ON OF IRAQ'S INTELLIGENCE SECTIONS WITHIN THE MUKHABARAT CONCERNING MEETINGS BETWEEN IRAQI OFFICIALS AND AL QAEDA, NOTE INDICATES IRAQ SAW BIN LADEN AS A SAUDI OPPOSITION LEADER - DOES THIS INDICATE BIN LADEN CONTACTED IRAQ FIRST?)
Document 1, dated February 19, 1998Marked "Top Secret and Urgent" in the margin and signed by "MDA", thought to be the codename for the director of one of the intelligence sections within the Mukhabarat.
"The envoy is a trusted confidant and known by them. According to the above mediation we request official permission to call Khartoum station to facilitate the travel arrangements for the above-mentioned person to Iraq. And that our body carry all the travel and hotel expenses inside Iraq to gain the knowledge of the message from bin Laden and to convey to his envoy an oral message from us to bin Laden, the Saudi opposition leader, about the future of our relationship with him, and to achieve a direct meeting with him."At the foot of the page, after the signature, the director recommends bringing the envoy to Iraq because "we may find in this envoy a way to maintain contacts with bin Laden". The deputy director general gives a signature of approval.
- Source : 'We'll pay all expenses to gain the knowledge from bin Laden and convey a message back,' (Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden ) The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003
FEBRUARY 20, 1998 : (UK : LONDON : AZZAM ISSUES DUA TO BE READ IN MOSQUES WORLDWIDE CODIFYING THE ROLE OF THE ANTI-AMERICAN JIHAD OVER IRAQ IN CONTEXT OF WORLDWIDE JIHAD) February 20, 1998 saw the beginning of a new theological process: the legitimization and authorization of an all-out terrorist jihad against the West, and not just as a reaction to the ongoing crisis in Iraq. In London the Azzam Organization, the mother organization of "Afghan" and "Bosnian" mujahideen as well as Islamist terrorists within the emigre communities in the West, issued the text of a dua (a prayer-sermon instructing the believer how to answer the call of Islam) to be read in mosques worldwide during the key Friday prayer. This dua codified the role of the anti-American jihad over Iraq in the context of the escalating worldwide jihad. The Azzam Organization reminded the listeners and readers that Prophet Muhammad decreed that "indeed Dua is the weapon of the Believer." - "Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America," by Yossef Bodansky, p 233
FEBRUARY 23, 1998 : (IRAQI DOCUMENT D1/3/4/375 CONCERNING HOTEL BILL FOR AL QAEDA REPRESENTATIVE'S MEETING WITH IRAQI OFFICIALS IS DATED TODAY) - 'We'll pay all expenses to gain the knowledge from bin Laden and convey a message back,' (Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden ) The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003
FEBRUARY 23, 1998 : (IRAQI MUKHABARAT DOCUMENT "INFORMATION M4 D1/3/4" ADDRESSED TO PERSON OR ORG CODENAMED "M4/7" WRITTEN ON THIS DATE CONCERNING MEETINGS BETWEEN IRAQI OFFICIALS AND AL QAEDA INDICATES IRAQI DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE GRANTED PERMISSION FOR IRAQI STAFF TO SECURE HOTEL RESERVATIONS FOR AL QAEDA REPRESENTATIVE "ENVOY H" IN BAGHDAD, INDICATES THIS ORDER WAS CARRIED OUT AND RESERVATIONS WERE ALSO EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL WEEK)
Document 2, dated February 23, 1998- 'We'll pay all expenses to gain the knowledge from bin Laden and convey a message back,' (Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden ) The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003Addressed to codename "M4/7", marked "Information M4 D1/3/4" and given the number 375 by the Mukhabarat bureaucracy.
"The permission of Mr Deputy Director of Intelligence has been gained on 21 February for this operation, to secure a reservation for one of the intelligence services guest's for one week in one of the first class hotels [the Al Mansour Melia hotel in Baghdad]".Signed by "M.D. 1/3", next to which is written February 22.
In the margin it is written that this has been done in co-ordination with the chief of the Saudi section [of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, the Mukhabarat] and that they write to extend the period of host for one more week.
A note at the bottom of the page says "The envoy H arrived 5th March". Another note mentions "room 414" next to the name, Mohammed F. Mohammed Ahmed.
MARCH 1998 : (AL QAEDA ANVOY INVITED TO IRAQI CAPITAL) An al-Qa'eda envoy was invited clandestinely to Baghdad in March 1998 - "The proof that Saddam worked with bin Laden," By Inigo Gilmore, UK Telegraph, Filed: 27/04/2003
MARCH 1998 : (AL QAEDA ENVOY MEETS WITH IRAQI OFFICIALS IN BAGHDAD, ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR BIN LADEN TO VISIT BAGHDAD) Papers found Saturday [April 26, 2003] by journalists working for the Sunday Telegraph would eventually reveal that an al-Qaida envoy met with officials in Baghdad in March 1998. The envoy traveled from Khartoum in Sudan to Baghdad in March 1998 and that he stayed at the al-Mansour Melia hotel. The paper said the documents show that the purpose of the meeting was to establish a relationship between Baghdad and al-Qaida based on their mutual hatred of the United States and Saudi Arabia. The meeting went so well that it was extended by a week and ended with arrangements being discussed for bin Laden to visit Baghdad, the newspaper said. - "Intelligence documents reveal Iraq link to al-Qaida, London paper reports (France) " AP via Tribnet , 4/26/02
MARCH 5, 1998 : (AL QAEDA "ENVOY H" ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ, TO MEET WITH IRAQI MUKHABARAT OFFICIALS, ACCORDING TO IRAQI DOCUMENT DATED FEB 23, 1998) - 'We'll pay all expenses to gain the knowledge from bin Laden and convey a message back,' (Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden ) The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003
MARCH 24, 1998 : (IRAQI MUKHABARAT INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT #736, CODED "M 4/7/2" AND SIGNED BY CODENAME "M.M. 4/7" IS WRITTEN ON THIS DATE AND IS ADDRESSED TO CODENAME "2/D1/3"CONCERNING BAGHDAD HOTEL BILLING FOR AL QAEDA REPRESENTATIVE TO IRAQ)
Document 3, dated March 24, 1998 :- 'We'll pay all expenses to gain the knowledge from bin Laden and convey a message back,' (Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden ) The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003Written by hand and labelled number 736 and marked "Secret" in the margin. This paper has been given the code number M 4/7/2 and is addressed to codename "2/D1/3".
"Your information numbered D1/3/4/375 dated 23rd February 1998, we enclose herewith the bill to host a guest in Mansour Melia Hotel. Please let it be known and get the official permission to spend the amount and return the permission back with our regards. Include the name of bills of the hotel." Signed by another official with the codename M.M. 4/7At the foot of this document there is another note, dated April 13, that says that after 21 days:
"We have been informed by Saudi section chief [of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, the Mukhabarat] that we get permission to send the amount and the permission is sent to directorate accountant."
APRIL 13, 1998 : (IRAQI MUKHABARAT NOTE IS MADE ON THIS DATE SAYS IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS HAD BEEN GiVEN PERMISSION TO PAY BILL FOR AL QAEDA REPRESENTATIVE'S HOTEL STAY IN BAGHDAD)
"We have been informed by Saudi section chief [of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, the Mukhabarat] that we get permission to send the amount and the permission is sent to directorate accountant."
- 'We'll pay all expenses to gain the knowledge from bin Laden and convey a message back,' (Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden ) The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003
1998 summer : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : AFGHANISTAN : IRAQI OFFICIALS MEET SEVERAL TIMES WITH BIN LADEN IN AFGHANISTAN ; AL QAEDA OPERATIVES FROM SAUDI ARABIA WERE TRAINED BY IRAQI INTELLIGENCE TO SMUGGLE WEAPONS & EXPLOSIVES INTO SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES, WHICH THEY ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT FUTURE ATTACKS) "66. IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officials met with BIN LADEN in Afghanistan several more times. A second group of BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA operatives from Saudi Arabia were then trained by IRAQI INTELLIGENCE in IRAQ to smuggle weapons and explosives into Saudi Arabia and other countries, which they later accomplished in an effort to carry out future terrorist acts of violence. "
1998 later in the summer : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : AL QAEDA OPERATIVES RECEIVE A MONTH OF TRAINING FROM IRAQI OFFICIALS) "A third group of BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA operatives received a month of sophisticated guerrilla operations training from IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officials later in the Summer of 1998."
JULY 1998 mid month : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : BIN LADEN SENDS EGYPTIAN Al-ZAWAHIRI TO IRAQ TO MEET WITH SENIOR IRAQI OFFICIALS IN CLUDING VICE PRESIDENT RAMADAN ; ZAWAHIRI TOURED AN IRAQI MILITARY BASE & CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACILITY NEAR AL-FALLUJAH TO OBSERVE IRAQI TRAINING OF AL QAEDA OPERATIVES AT THE AL-NASIRIYAH FACILITY IN IRAQ) "67. Despite philosophical and religious differences with SADDAM HUSSEIN, BIN LADEN continually sought to strengthen and reinforce the support he and AL QAEDA received from IRAQ. In mid-July 1998, BIN LADEN sent Dr. AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, the Egyptian co-founder of AL QAEDA, to IRAQ to meet with senior Iraqi officials, including Iraqi vice president TAHA YASSIN RAMADAN. Upon information and belief, the purpose of this meeting was to discuss and plan a joint strategy for a terrorist campaign against the United States. " "69. During the July 1998 visit ZAWAHIRI toured an IRAQI military base and nuclear and chemical weapons facility near al-Fallujah in IRAQ and upon information and belief, observed training by IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officials of AL QAEDA operatives at the al-Nasiriyah military and chemical weapons facility in IRAQ. "
DECEMBER 1998 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : AFTER OPERATION DESERT FOX, HUSSEIN DISPATCHES IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR AL-HIJAZI TO AFGHANISTAN TO MEET WITH BIN LADEN : AL HIJAZI PRESENTS BIN LADEN WITH BLANK YEMENI PASSPORTS. FOLLOWING HIJAZI'S VISIT, IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS, INCLUDING SOME FROM "UNIT 999" PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO AL QAEDA OPERATIVES IN AFGHANISTAN) "79. Following the December 1998 air strikes on IRAQ, SADDAM HUSSEIN dispatched FARUQ AL-HIJAZI to Kandahar, Afghanistan in order to meet with BIN LADEN and plot their revenge. "
"81. To demonstrate IRAQ’s commitment to BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA, HIJAZI presented BIN LADEN with a pack of blank, official Yemeni passports, supplied to IRAQI INTELLIGENCE from their Yemeni contacts. HIJAZI’s visit to Kandahar was followed by a contingent of IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officials who provided additional training and instruction to BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA operatives in Afghanistan. These Iraqi officials included members of “Unit 999,” a group of elite IRAQI INTELLIGENCE officials who provided advanced sabotage and infiltration training and instruction to AL QAEDA operatives. " "82. At that meeting, upon information and belief, BIN LADEN, AL QAEDA and IRAQ agreed to join efforts in a detailed, coordinated plan for a protracted terrorist war against the United States."
1998 during or after : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : ANTHRAX : IRAQ AGREES TO PROVIDE AL QAEDA WITH HELP TO DEVELOP A BIOWARFARE PRODUCTION LAB IN AFGHANISTAN) "84. IRAQ maintains an advanced chemical and biological weapons program and is one of only three countries in the world producing a highly developed weaponized anthrax. Some time during or after 1998, IRAQ agreed to help BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA develop a laboratory in Afghanistan designed to produce anthrax. "
1999 : (IRAQ & HAMAS : HAMAS OPENS OFFICE IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ) - - according to Colin Powell, - "Exposed: Saddam's Prohibited Missiles and Support of al-Qaeda Terrorism," Colin Powell address to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, via Newsmax.com, Feb. 5, 2003
JANUARY 1999 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : AL QAEDA OPERATIVES ARE BEING TRAINED BY IRAQI OFFICERS JUST OUTSIDE OF BAGHDAD) "85. In addition to the al-Nasiriyah and Salman Pak training camps, by January 1999, BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA operatives were being trained by IRAQI INTELLIGENCE and military officers at other training camps on the outskirts of Baghdad. "
JANUARY 1999 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : IRAQ REORGANIZES ITS INTELLIGENCE NETWORKSTHROUGHOUT EUROPE TO ACCOMODATE AL QAEDA; IRAQI MUKHABARAT AGENT HAQI ISMAIL LEAVES IRAQ TO TRAIN IN AFGHANISTAN AL QAEDA CAMP; ISMAIL IS BELIEVED TO BE A LIASON BETWEEN IRAQ, TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA. HE WAS GIVEN A POSITION IN THE TALIBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY) "86. In January 1999, IRAQ began reorganizing and mobilizing IRAQI INTELLIGENCE front operations throughout Europe in support of BIN LADEN and AL QAEDA. HAQI ISMAIL, believed to be a member of the IRAQ’S MUKHABARAT Secret Service, left IRAQ to train in an Afghanistan AL QAEDA camp. ISMAIL was believed to be a liason between IRAQ, the TALIBAN and AL QAEDA and was rewarded with a position in the TALIBAN Foreign Ministry."
2000 spring : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : IRAQI INTELLIGENCE AGENTS MET WITH SEPT 11 HIJACKERS JARRAH & AL-SHEHHI IN DUBAI, UAE) "110. According to U.S. and foreign intelligence officials, in the spring of 2000, IRAQI INTELLIGENCE agents met with September 11 th pilot hijackers ZAID SAMIR JARRAH and MARWAN AL-SHEHHI in Dubai, UAE in order to advance the hijacking of U.S. aircraft to commit terrorist acts. Not long after the meeting, AL-SHEHHI entered the United States on May 29 and JARRAH entered on June 27, to begin preparations for attacks.
2001 : (ZARQAWI ASSOCIATE ABU ATIYAH DISPATCHES AT LEAST 9 NORTH AFRICAN TERRORISTS TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE TO CONDUCT POISON AND EXPLOSIVES ATTACKS) "According to detainees, Abu Atiyah, who graduated from Zarqawi's terrorist camp in Afghanistan, tasked at least nine North African extremists in 2001 to travel to Europe to conduct poison and explosive attacks. " - according to later speech by US Secretary of State Colin Powell - "Exposed: Saddam's Prohibited Missiles and Support of al-Qaeda Terrorism," Colin Powell spech, via Newsmax.com, Feb. 5, 2003
JULY 21, 2001 : (IRAQ & AL QAEDA RELATIONSHIP : IRAQI STATE-RUN NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST MULHALHAL REPORTS THAT BIN LADEN IS PLANNING TO "DEMOLISH the PENTAGON AFTER HE DESTROYS THE WHITE HOUSE.") "103. On July 21, approximately six weeks before the September 11 th attacks, IRAQI columnist Mulhalhal reported that BIN LADEN was making plans to “demolish the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.” " "104. Mulhalhal’s July 21 article further informed that BIN LADEN would strike America “on the arm that is already hurting.” Upon information and belief, this references a second IRAQI sponsored attack on the World Trade Center. This interpretation is further bolstered by another reference to New York as “[BIN LADEN] will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra everytime he hears his songs.” (e.g., “New York, New York”) identifying New York, New York as a target. " "105. Mulhalhal further indicated, “The wings of a dove and the bullet are all but one and the same in the heart of a believer.” (Emphasis supplied) This appears to be a reference to the use of commercial aircraft as a weapon. The information was reported in an IRAQI newspaper whose editor-in-chief serves as secretary to UDAY HUSSEIN’S Iraqi Syndicate of Journalists. The article expressed IRAQI admiration and support for BIN LADEN’s plans and its appearance in the newspaper would clearly have to be endorsed by SADDAM HUSSEIN himself. " "106. All IRAQI news media is strictly controlled and censored by the government of SADDAM HUSSEIN and is under the direct oversight of UDAY HUSSEIN. Various members of IRAQI intelligence work at and control the content of each and every newspaper published inside IRAQ. " "107. The information contained in Mulhalhal’s published statements were known prior to the events of September 11 th , and that Mulhalhal has ties to IRAQI intelligence, demonstrates foreknowledge of the planned attacks by BIN LADEN and indicates support by IRAQI co-conspirators. "
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