New Documents Reveal Saddam Hid WMD, Was Tied to Al Qaida

NewsMax ^ | Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005 12:15 p.m. EST | Carl Limbacher

[TBP]

Recently discovered Iraqi documents now being translated by U.S. intelligence analysts indicate that Saddam Hussein's government made extensive plans to hide Iraq's weapons of mass destruction before the U.S. invasion in March 2003 - and had deep ties to al Qaida before the 9/11 attacks.

The explosive evidence was discovered among "millions of pages of documents" unearthed by the Iraq Survey Group weapons search team, reports the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes.

In the magazine's Nov. 21 issue, Hayes reveals that the document cache now being examined contains "a thick stew of reports and findings from a variety of [Iraqi] intelligence agencies and military units."

Though the Pentagon has so far declined to make the bombshell papers public, Hayes managed to obtain a list of titles on the reports.

Topics headlined in the still embargoed Iraqi documents include: • Chemical Agent Purchase Orders (Dec. 2001)

• Formulas and information about Iraq's Chemical Weapons Agents

• Locations of Weapons/Ammunition Storage (with map)

• Denial and Deception of WMD and Killing of POWs

• Ricin research and improvement

• Chemical Gear for Fedayeen Saddam • Memo from the [Iraqi Intelligence Service] to Hide Information from a U.N. Inspection team (1997)

• Iraq Ministry of Defense Calls for Investigation into why documents related to WMD were found by UN inspection team

• Correspondence between various Iraq organizations giving instructions to hide chemicals and equipment

• Correspondence from [Iraqi Intelligence Service] to [the Military Industrial Commission] regarding information gathered by foreign intelligence satellites on WMD (Dec. 2002) • Cleaning chemical suits and how to hide chemicals

• [Iraqi Intelligence Service] plan of what to do during UNSCOM inspections (1996)

Still other reports suggest that Iraq's ties to al Qaida were far deeper than previously known, featuring headlines like:

• Secret Meeting with Taliban Group Member and Iraqi Government (Nov. 2000)

• Document from Uday Hussein regarding Taliban activity

• Possible al Qaeda Terror Members in Iraq

• Iraqi Effort to Cooperate with Saudi Opposition Groups and Individuals

• Iraqi Intel report on Kurdish Activities: Mention of Kurdish Report on al Qaeda - reference to al Qaeda presence in Salman Pak

• [Iraqi Intelligence Service] report on Taliban-Iraq Connections Claims

• Money Transfers from Iraq to Afghanistan

While the document titles sound stunning enough to turn the Iraq war debate on its head, Hayes cautions that it's hard to know for certain until the full text is available.

It's possible, he writes, "that the 'Document from Uday Hussein regarding Taliban activity' was critical of one or another Taliban policies. But it's equally possible, given Uday's known role as a go-between for the Iraqi regime and al Qaeda, that something more nefarious was afoot."

"What was discussed at the 'Secret Meeting with Taliban Group Member and Iraqi Government' in November 2000? It could be something innocuous. Maybe not. But it would be nice to know more."

Hayes also notes that an additional treasure trove of evidence on Saddam Hussein's support for al Qaida may be lost forever.

"When David Kay ran the Iraq Survey Group searching for weapons of mass destruction, he instructed his team to ignore anything not directly related to the regime's WMD efforts," he reports.

"As a consequence, documents describing the regime's training and financing of terrorists were labeled 'No Intelligence Value' and often discarded, according to two sources."

[TBP]

Well, just further evidence that Saddam did have weapons of mass destruction (other than the Democrats) and he was connected to Al Qaeda. But do you think that even the Administration will acknowledge this? No, becasue they have no backbone.

[Chena]

or he had a reason.

[MinuteGal]

Every time I see a thread with this type of headline, I click on with trembling fingers and bated breath.

Then I see it's from NewsMax..........

Leni

[King Prout]

if this pans out... there will be much spin in Donk circles

[bnelson44]

The explosive evidence was discovered among "millions of pages of documents" unearthed by the Iraq Survey Group weapons search team, reports the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes. In the magazine's Nov. 21 issue, Hayes reveals that the document cache now being examined contains "a thick stew of reports and findings from a variety of [Iraqi] intelligence agencies and military units."

I don't see the article on their website.

[CheyennePress]

I'm not holding my breath on this stuff. Far too many can't misses slithered away into the sand during the Iraq invasion.

It's good news, and if it holds weight, all the better.

[King Prout]

yeah... NewsMax's credibility is only slightly less bad than those of the Alphabet News...

but IF this pans out...

[woofie]

This either true or not ...If it is true I want to hear it shouted from the rooftops

[bnelson44]

WHERE THE WMDS WENT

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003917.htm

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

You have that right. They let a prosecutor run a 2 year witch hunt over a statute that wasn't even violated. Bush is a piece of work, he falls head long into every demoncrat trap. There is a whole book out with what WMD they did find in Iraq. Yet, it is never quoted. This will not only be forgotten but will be shredded as soon as Bush finds it exists. Pubbies are all nutcases when it comes to politics.

[RandallFlagg]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523195/posts

[demlosers]

I never had a doubt.

[hattend]

BTTT

[RandyRep]

Sounds like the end of W's Rope-a-Dope is about to begin...finally.

The Dumbocrats have whined and moaned for two years about not finding WMD and that there no links of Saddam to al Qaeda. Hoist them on the petard of Saddam's documents, I say.

I can hardly wait (he says, hoping to hell this is as good as he wants it to be)!

And then we need an accounting of who was RIGHT and who was WRONG - politicians, foreign leaders, "journalists" and bloggers, TV media, etc.

[CFC__VRWC]

I've pretty much gotten to where I can tell the source of an article by just looking at the thread headline. I almost never miss the NewsMax ones any more.

[FlingWingFlyer]

While Liberal girlymen on the left have an orgasm just at the mention of WMDs, intelligent, level-headed people are asking, "Where are they?"

[Chgogal]

This is an excellent article and is a must read.

BTTT

[MJY1288]

I agree with you about NEWSMAX, but common sense tells me that Saddam had these weapons and he had help in hiding them, or removing them.

I still remember the reports that Saddam personally pinned medals on several Soviet Military officials shortly before we invaded and kicked Saddam's ass

[Jess Kitting]

This kind of information will never see the light of day with the MSM.

[Wiseghy]

WMD's were never the real reason for the invasion. However, it was never offered as the only reason for it either.