Posted on 06/08/2004 11:13:12 AM PDT by truthfinder9
Weekly Standard reporter Hayes marshals a wealth of evidence that, in contrast with the tenuous connections that have so far made news, point to ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaeda. Most intriguingly, Hayes finds links between Iraq and the 1993 World Trade Center bombers, one of whom apparently received shelter and financial support from Iraq after the attack. Hayes also gets confirmation by Czech officials of the alleged Prague meeting between September 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence agent. Elsewhere, Hayes points to Iraqi intelligence documents that mention a "good relationship" with bin Laden. Other sources note an alleged agreement for Iraq to assist al-Qaeda in making chemical and biological weapons. Relying both on "open sources" like news articles, transcripts from the 1998 embassy bombing trials, as well as anonymous intelligence reports and informants, Hayes allows that some of these stories may prove unreliable. But he contends that the number, consistency and varied provenance of reports of high-level contacts between al-Qaeda and Iraq throughout the past decade allows one to "connect the dots" into a clear pattern of collaboration.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060746734/terraspacedock
I heard Steve Hayes interview last night with John Batchelor at WABC Radio. He has it nailed tightly. How anyone can think that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda aren't a "connection" is beyond common sense.
Even liberal Batchelor admitted he was really upset with Bill Clinton dallying with Monica while all this was going on right under his bright red bulbous nose.
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”.
In the late 90's the Clinton administration said that Osama bin Laden agreed not to attack Iraq in exchange for WMD training.
During the Clinton administration, hundreds of articles were written from some mainstream newspapers and magazines including the NYT and Newsweek about the world's alarm at the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam.
It's been fun to watch the leftists now forget that which they once knew. LOL
Many many links between OBL and Saddam documented here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127451/posts
The good news is when ever one of the morons says no connecttion, just ask if he read the book.
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