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Bin Laden bedazzled Saddam with jewel - $60 million Pearl of Allah 'evidence of al-Qaida link'
World Net Daily ^ | October 29, 2004 1 a.m. EST | Aaron Klein

Posted on 10/28/2004 10:27:53 PM PDT by HereComesTheGOP

Osama bin Laden tried to purchase the world's largest pearl, the Pearl of Allah, as a gift to Saddam Hussein "to unite the Arab cultures," and Hussein was prepared to accept, according to the pearl's owner.

Victor Barbish, who owns sixty-six percent of the pearl on behalf of his daughter, told WorldNetDaily he received an offer in 1999 from individuals who said they were "from bin Laden's group" to purchase the pearl for $60 million to give to Hussein as an overture of unity between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


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To: GeorgeBerryman; dighton; dennisw; aculeus; In_25_words_or_less; DainBramage; Tijeras_Slim; ...

"500 Quatloos on the newcomer."

41 posted on 10/28/2004 10:57:43 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Chani

for later consumption


42 posted on 10/28/2004 10:58:47 PM PDT by Chani
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To: SunkenCiv
Interesting article abotu the Bin Laden-Saddam connection -- with a story of the Pearl of Allah, that may be worth a GGG PING.

The Pearl of Allah, the largest pearl on record, was recovered from a giant clam on May 7, 1934, off the coast of Palawan Island, Philippines. The pearl is 9.4 inches long and weighs about 14 lbs. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the San Francisco Gem Laboratory has valued the pearl at $40 million. The Muslim diver who found the pearl said its surface bore the image of a turbaned face, and he named it the Pearl of Allah.

The Pearl of Allah has been ensconced in an ocean of legend. (in the last quarter of article they go into more interesting details.)

43 posted on 10/28/2004 11:00:22 PM PDT by FairOpinion (GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
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Lol damn, Please don't kill the messenger, While I agree with FairOpinion....don't kill me on this....I know what "it" looks like makes the story seem ludicrous...


44 posted on 10/28/2004 11:00:22 PM PDT by HereComesTheGOP
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To: Kirkwood

Look like the Elephant Man taking a nap to me....don't you see the face????

Or perhaps The Incredible Hulk from Marvel Comics???


45 posted on 10/28/2004 11:01:24 PM PDT by Duaine (Peace is our profession....)
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To: HereComesTheGOP

Oh sorry! I meant the article I linked to in #22. It has more info on "bin Laden's agent Amiri" - including his CA gas stations - and how his nephew is being sent back to Iran.


46 posted on 10/28/2004 11:01:29 PM PDT by cgk (I'll keep posting it until you READ IT. Pay attention!)
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To: cgk

Well that's a good find ;) good job, you were ok too hehe


47 posted on 10/28/2004 11:02:20 PM PDT by HereComesTheGOP
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To: FairOpinion

Muhammed Faed can be spelled also as Mohammed Fayed. He IS based in London, IS rich, and IS a Muslim.


48 posted on 10/28/2004 11:02:43 PM PDT by cgk (I'll keep posting it until you READ IT. Pay attention!)
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To: FairOpinion
I'll add it to the list, but not ping everyone. :') After the election's over (which should be sometime before the scheduled swearing-in, if 2000 is any guide) I'll go back to pinging at the drop of a hat. :') Interesting story, nice photo.
Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest
-- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

49 posted on 10/28/2004 11:03:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: HereComesTheGOP

Pearl

50 posted on 10/28/2004 11:04:35 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Duaine

I see it! I see it!

I also think it looks like Kerry's left testicle.


51 posted on 10/28/2004 11:06:07 PM PDT by Kirkwood (I think, therefore I am Republican!)
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To: GeorgeBerryman

It's a polished dinosaur dropping!


52 posted on 10/28/2004 11:06:28 PM PDT by LibWhacker (Got a flu shot shortage? You can thank Kerry's running mate.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I've been wondering what happened to the 'hat'. ;)


53 posted on 10/28/2004 11:10:27 PM PDT by Chani
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To: Thinkin' Gal

That's rich...I see you're up on your original series quotes...lol


54 posted on 10/28/2004 11:10:45 PM PDT by Nexus6
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To: FairOpinion

The only attention it's getting is how weird-looking the pearl is <sigh)


55 posted on 10/28/2004 11:12:59 PM PDT by cgk (I'll keep posting it until you READ IT. Pay attention!)
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To: cgk

People are too lazy to read the article.

This is blockbuster news, proof of direct collaboration between Bin Laden and Saddam -- with hard evidence of faxes, corroborating witnesses, and a credible witness who is revealing it, and all people commenting on is the peculiar shape of the pearl.

This is serious proof -- you don't give $40 million dollar gifts to just anybody. Maybe Bin Laden was giving this to Saddam, in exchange for Saddam providing him with WMD.


56 posted on 10/28/2004 11:17:49 PM PDT by FairOpinion (GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
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To: FairOpinion

I should have made it CLEAR NOT TO LOOK AT THE PEARL!


57 posted on 10/28/2004 11:20:13 PM PDT by HereComesTheGOP
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To: cgk

I did indeed read the article. I was just pointing out that the thing looks like a big lumpy tumor.


58 posted on 10/28/2004 11:22:32 PM PDT by GeorgeBerryman
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To: HereComesTheGOP

I don't know what the excerpting rules are from WND, but in retrospect, you could have posted more of the article, then most likely people wouldn't have bothered to even click on the link, and would have gotten the gist of it.

This is a very important revelation, from a credible person, with evidence.

This should make the Dems eat crow, if the Republicans would just serve it to them.


59 posted on 10/28/2004 11:23:12 PM PDT by FairOpinion (GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
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To: HereComesTheGOP

20/20 hindsight -- I wouldn't have expected that the picture will be more important than the facts.
(in my previous post, when I said what you should have done, I didn't mean it as a reproach, I meant it as "now we know!)


60 posted on 10/28/2004 11:24:34 PM PDT by FairOpinion (GET OUT THE VOTE. ENSURE A BUSH/CHENEY WIN.)
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