Saddam Knew 9/11 Was Coming and Colluded with OBL for a Decade

Various | April 30, 2004 | Vanity

[Peach]

In an effort to put in one place all the reasons why I/we think that Saddam Hussein worked actively with Osama Bin Laden, I am starting a thread which can be saved and added to over time.

We know Saddam worked with the PLO and other terrorists, he funded them. He at LEAST knew that 9/11 was coming.

less than two months before 9/11/01, the state-controlled Iraqi newspaper “Al-Nasiriya” carried a column headlined, “American, an Obsession called Osama Bin Ladin.” (July 21, 2001)

In the piece, Baath Party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the US “with the seriousness of the Bedouin of the desert about the way he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.”

The same state-approved column also insisted that bin Laden “will strike America on the arm that is already hurting,” and that the US “will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs” – an apparent reference to the Sinatra classic, “New York, New York”.

[Peach]

I had a computer crash and lost the link to that Iraqi state run newspaper article; if anyone has it please ping me.

[Peach]

List of newspaper article in the 90's which mention the world's concern regarding the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/946809/posts?page=1

Son of Saddam coordinates OBL activities:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/951911/posts

The AQ connection (excellent):http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/944617/posts?page=2

Western Nightmare: http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,798270,00.html

Saddam's link to OBL: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/866105/posts

NYT: Iraq and AQ agree to cooperate: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/985906/posts

Document linking them: http://tennessean.com/nation-world/archives/03/06/34908297.shtml?Element_ID=34908297

Iraq and terrorism - no doubt about it: http://www.nationalreview.com/robbins/robbins091903.asp

A federal judge rules there are links:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986293/posts

Wall Street Journal on Iraq and AQ:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/987129/posts

Iraq and Iran contact OBL: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/981055/posts

More evidence: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F04%2F27%2Fwalq27.xml

Saddam's AQ connection: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/969032/posts

Further connections: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1007969/posts

What a court of law said about the connections:
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/98110402.htm

Some miscellaneous stuff on connections:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989201/posts

[Peach]

Could you please leave this in breaking news for a bit so it gets wide coverage?

The issue is becoming a political football again, even on FR, and I think the more people who understand the links Saddam had with OBL, the more steadfast people will be regarding the fighting in Iraq.

[Madame Dufarge]

Bookmarked, and thanks for this, Peach.

[tallhappy]

Hey. In 1998 the Clinton administration officially stated that bin Laden and al Qaeda were cooperating with Iraq on weapons development as outlined in an indictment against bin Laden for the African Embassy bombings.

[pgkdan]

Thanks for taking the time to put this all together!

[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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HILLARY and TERRORISM's plan to regain the White House

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1022571/posts

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[GarySpFc]

I likewise have been keeping links of articles regarding the relationship between the two. I also have a few outside contacts in the spec. ops. community, and they provide me bits and pieces now and then.

[Peach]

Thanks for the links. I'd like to see as many posted here as we can find over time.

[yonif]

Saddam may have had links with Al Queda. But it should not matter at all. Is Al Queda the only terrorist group in the world? Is the US fighting a war on just Al Queda or on all terrorism? Iraq was a terrorist state even before 9/11.

The debate over whether or not Saddam had links to Al Queda may have some justification, but Americans should not be obsessed with it. The left makes these arguments all the time like "Saddam had no link to Al Queda." It doesn't matter at all if he did or did not. We know for a fact Saddam had links to terrorists. And this is a war on terrorism.

Looking and looking into the debate over Saddam and his links to Al Queda just to satisfy the left and others is a waste of time. If people believe in the war on terrorism, then Saddam's regime was a justified target. If they don't believe that Saddam was a justified target by the US as part of its war on terrorism, then they do not believe in the war on terrorism.

[Peach]

Anytime you can share, we'd love to hear, but we understand the need for secrecy.

The one thing I do want to know, does the Bush administration EVER plan to use the linkages between OBL and Saddam?

[Peach]

It is a matter of interest, not obsession, although I do think if we can take away the leftist argument that the war in Iraq has taken us away from the war on terror, it will only do the administration good.

That Iraq supported the PLO and others is beyond debate. That Saddam cooperated at some level with OBL is beyond debate. But too few people know about that cooperation.

[tallhappy]

"In addition, al Qaeda reached an understanding with the Government of Iraq that al Qaeda would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al Qaeda would work cooperatively with the Government of Iraq," the indictment said.

From US State Department

[Peach]

Richard Clarke used to believe in an Iraq/AQ connection:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2097901/

[Peach]

Saddam's Ambassador to Al Qaeda: (February 2004, Weekly Standard)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1083778/posts

[yonif]

You are correct. It is why it should be more of a wholesome proof of the terrorism, and not just proving links between Saddam and Al Queda, as if Al Queda was the only terrorist group, and by that fact the US going into Iraq was part of the war on terrorism.

[Peach]

Report details Saddam's support for terrorists who killed Americans (March 2004, NewsMax)

Yes - it's NewsMax but loaded with interesting bullet points.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1097521/posts?page=1

[Peach]

Found the the link and quote from the Iraqi newspaper pre 9/11:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1106657/posts?page=1

[Steven W.]

Remember Salman Pak!

[BlessedBeGod]

This thread was already started with that in mind: "Saddam's Fingerprints on N.Y. Bombings" (Wall Street Journal, June 1993)