Hi Char, before anyone else jumps in on this thread I thought I would drop by and share this with you. While I cannot verify if the information is correct; I can come to the conclusion that the author of the topic on your thread probably meant Zawahiri and not Zarqawi.
It is very easy to confuse and/or mix up the names Zarqawi (and all his akas) and Zawahiri.
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On FreeRepublic.com - The Threat Matrix - Thread 26, a poster posted the following:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383919/posts?q=1&&page=1955#1955
To: Velveeta; freeperfromnj; neosgirl
Yes, you're correct, according to Jayna Davis:
"Clarke writes that Al-Qaeda operatives attended conventions in Oklahoma City in the early 1990’s. According to Davis ’ startling new research, Bin Laden’s No. 2 man, the notorious Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, personally visited Islamic demolitions experts residing in OKC in the spring of 1995 to insure the smooth execution of the pending terrorist strike against the Murrah federal complex."
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:y6DfUptD1JUJ:www.jaynadavis.com/press2.html+zawahiri+oklahoma&hl=en
1,955 posted on 05/07/2005 2:28:01 PM PDT by texasbluebell
Yes. I think you're right. I did read that on Jayna Davis's website, and have heard her speak about it on the Al Rantel show and on Hannity's radio broadcasts.
What I don't get is why the Bush administration didn't blow that entire untold story about Islamic connections to OK City wide open. It would have shown up the Clintons for the negligent co-presidents that they were, and it would have been the right thing to do.
So-o-o-oooo.......what's your guess as to why the Bush administration isn't explaining this to the American people? It's almost like the way that every administration since the Roswell, N.M. spacecraft crash in 1947 has denied the event!
The government is unwilling to divulge these things openly and publicly because they are unsure of what public reaction would be to the glaring fact that they can't protect us, and that there are forces at work over which they have no control. Same kind of rationale, in my opinion, with keeping the true story of OK City secret. It is very frustrating, and in some ways, it is more frightening knowing that this is true (the militant terrorist/Islamic connection), while knowing that the gov't knows it too, but refuses to level with us about it!!
The result is that we're in factual LIMBO! We know that "something wicked this way comes," but we have no tools, no information with which to decide what should be done about it.
Nam Vet
She is correct, I did mix up the two names and for this I appologize. Not that one is any better than the other, but it was a gross mistake on my part. Barb