Posted on 05/26/2004 9:23:04 PM PDT by Kaslin
One thing we've learned about Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein is that the former dictator was a diligent record keeper. Coalition forces have found--literally--millions of documents. These papers are still being sorted, translated and absorbed, but they are already turning up new facts about Saddam's links to terrorism.
We realize that even raising this subject now is politically incorrect. It is an article of faith among war opponents that there were no links whatsoever--that "secular" Saddam and fundamentalist Islamic terrorists didn't mix. But John Ashcroft's press conference yesterday reminds us that the terror threat remains, and it seems especially irresponsible for journalists not to be open to new evidence. If the CIA was wrong about WMD, couldn't it have also missed Saddam's terror links?
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What?? But ... but ... I thought Al Queda and Iraq had nothing to do with each other!!!!!! That's what ABCCBSNBCCNNPMSNBC all keep saying!
Not only that, but it seems there is a connection between Saddam and planning 9-11.
"One striking bit of new evidence is that the name Ahmed Hikmat Shakir appears on three captured rosters of officers in Saddam Fedayeen, the elite paramilitary group run by Saddam's son Uday and entrusted with doing much of the regime's dirty work. Our government sources, who have seen translations of the documents, say Shakir is listed with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
This matters because if Shakir was an officer in the Fedayeen, it would establish a direct link between Iraq and the al Qaeda operatives who planned 9/11. Shakir was present at the January 2000 al Qaeda "summit" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at which the 9/11 attacks were planned. The U.S. has never been sure whether he was there on behalf of the Iraqi regime or whether he was an Iraqi Islamicist who hooked up with al Qaeda on his own.
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Saddam's Fingerprints on the NY Bombings, 1993: Laurie Mylroie.
O'Reilly had some good talking points the other day about the connection between Iraq and Al aeda.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120964,00.html
"Salman Pak is located 15 miles southwest of Baghdad. It was here that Saddam Hussein trained terrorists. Both Iraqi and non-Iraqi Arabs learned how to hijack airlines, make and plant bombs, and stage assassinations, among other things. According to Saba Khodada (ph), a terrorist instructor at Salman Pak who worked for Saddam, the camp was run by an international terrorist called "the ghost", who has yet to be identified. When the Marines raided the camp last spring, they found vats of industrial chemicals, manuals on how to fool U.N. weapons inspectors, and mass graves. They also found a passenger jet.
Here's another question for you. How much do you know about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi? He's a 37-year-old Jordanian terrorist who was wounded in Afghanistan while fighting for the Taliban. He was shipped to Baghdad, where his leg was amputated. He has direct ties to al Qaeda and is believed to have executed American Nicholas Berg.
So let's connect some dots here. Bin Laden will murder any way he can. That's a given. Saddam was training terrorists and helped top Al Qaeda-linked guy Zarqawi, who continues to kill Americans. That's what President Bush should have told the nation last night because those facts are solid and have a direct meaning to us all.
All Americans should wake up and wise up. Terror is terror. We must defeat it totally. Retreat is not an option. "
Then Bush should demand as much air time as needed on ALL TV networks to present the evidence from ties to Al Queada to WMD programs, to oil for food payoffs, to Syrian/Iranian influence in Iraq. It is too important to the country to rely on the good intentions of the media.
Don't miss this.
Of course Saddam's terrorists cooperated with other terrorist groups. Professionals are always attracted to others in the same profession.
I'm getting sick of waiting for historians to correct all the lies of our current mainstream media. I hope some of us live long enough to see the truth win finally.
...but the Slimes tells me there is no link between Saddam Hussein and terrorism, let alone 9/11. They also tell me there are no WMDs in Iraq (only a trace of sarin in old ordinance). I'm confused.
Unfortunately you are correct
I like how Rush refers to them....ABSNBSCBSMSNBSPBSCNNBS...
Patience, patience.....we've got until NOVEMBER 2nd!!! Don't want to unload everything all at once!
If anyone believes there is no connection between Saddam and 9/11 (although not directly) is in denial
I think the day following the Democrat convention would be about right.
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Seems like you're looking at the wrong source of information. By youtr tagline, it seems like you are from a very liberal part of the country, thus the manure is quite rampant. I, for one, am convinced that: "More will be revealed". Unfortunately, the lib press will probably ignore the facts since it won't fit their political agenda. The GOP needs to do find a dramatic way to get it out to the sheltered libs that there IS WMD and a connection between Iraq an Al Queda and 9/11. Be patient, it'll come soon enough.
Timing is everything. I'm pretty sure Bush will have the last laugh.
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