Posted on 11/16/2005 9:26:41 PM PST by 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."
Yo Hum!
I'll just insert the Pelosi botox needle into my forehead!
There, now that feels better,
Now what was that you said about WMD, Syria, and Saddam????
Sorry, I'm feeling sleepy!
Richard Miniter's new book. In it he points out that our troops have found
1500 gallons of chemical weapons
1000 units of radioactive materials
17 chemical warheads (5X more powerful than Sarin)
177 metric tons of enriched uranium
and, of course, several Sarin shells.
Remember that Saddam had hidden centrifuge parts in the backyard of one of his ministers, planning to reassemble the centrifuge as soon as the inspectors went away.
Also remember that, as Bill Gertz of the Washington Times, perhaps the best national security reporter in America, wrote, our satellite intelligence picked up Russian trucks hauling large loads from Iraqi weapons plants to Syria.
What do you think was in those trucks? Were they moving Shoeshine Boy's furniture?
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Unfortunately for you, I have posted the article about the documents and a list of stuf our troops found. So where did all that come from?
Of course not...Bush, Cheney, and Rove planted them, right?
"there were no WMD's no matter how much you wish there were."
No.. just 500 tons of uranium...
And the chemical artillery shells rigged as IED's.
And don't forget the cyclosarin found.
But, no WMD's found... / sarc.
We'll see what happens.
Yes, and Neil sat there, drooling like an idiot.
Yuppers.
I wandered in prior to heading to bed and saw this one.
*chuckle*
Agreed, he was pretty lame.
Now I have to scrub out my skull.
;-)
He didn't have much of a posting history.
What's your beef with NewsMax ..??
If Steven Hayes is involved and has written a report for the Weekly Standard (11/21) - it has to be legit! Steven is a very smart guy and he wouldn't be selling anything phoney.
thank you for this post!
Please be right
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