Posted on 03/16/2006 7:44:29 AM PST by jveritas
The documents of pre-war Iraq were published this morning on the Pentagon website, I did a quick search and I found a very interesting document written in Arabic and not yet translated to English. I did the translation and I found the following:
This document is a letter written by a member of Saddam Intelligence apparatus (Al Mukabarat) on 9/15/2001 (shortly after 9/11/2001) where he addressed it to someone higher up and he wrote about a conversation between an Iraqi intelligence source and a Taliban Afghani Consul. In the conversation the Afghani Consul spoke of a relationship between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden prior to 9/11/2001, and that the United States was aware of such a relationship and that there is a potential of US strikes against Iraq and Afghanistan if the destructive operations in the US (most probably he is referring to 9/11 attacks) were proven to be connected to Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban.
Below is a translation from Arabic to English of CMPC-2003-001488 document that was posted on Pentagon Website regarding the pre-war Iraq documents. (http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/products-docex.htm#iraq).
Text of the document in English translated from Arabic.
In the Name of God the Merciful
Presidency of the Republic
Intelligence Apparatus
To the respectful Mr. M.A.M
Subject: Information
Our source in Afghanistan No 11002 (for information about him see attachment 1) provided us with information that that Afghani Consul Ahmad Dahestani (for information about him see attachment 2) told him the following:
1. That Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan are in contact with Iraq and it that previously a group from Taliban and Osama Bin Laden group visited Iraq.
2. That America has proof that the government of Iraq and Osama Bin Laden group have shown cooperation to hit target within America.
3. That in case it is proven the involvement of Osama Bin Laden group and the Taliban in these destructive operations it is possible that American will conduct strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
4. That the Afghani Consul heard about the subject of Iraq relation with Osama Bin Laden group during his stay in Iran.
5. In light of this we suggest to write to the Commission of the above information.
Please view… Yours… With regards
Signature:……, Initials : A.M.M, 15/9/2001
Foot note: Immediately send to the Chairman of Commission
Signature:………….
Click this link; details a list of Saddam/AQ connections going back through the 90's until now.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327993/posts?page=212#212
My thoughts exactly. Soon as I read this I decided to email it to every congressman and woman.
When I send it to mine, they are getting a nice letter with it, along with a phone call.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do that!
This is what freepers do best -- activism. And we desperately need to get back to that instead of just talking among ourselves.
BTTT
Bush never once denied a relationship between Saddam and al Queda.
Pretty interesting development.........of course, this will be front page of the NYT and WaPo, plus the lead news story on all the dinosaur networks.........
*rolling eyes*
WASHINGTON, D.C.-March 16, 2006 - Iraqi documents collected by U.S. intelligence during the Iraq war and released by the Bush administration show Saddam Hussein's regime was investigating "rumors" that 3,000 Iraqis and Saudis had traveled unofficially to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks to fight U.S. troops.
The documents, the first of thousands expected to be declassified over the next several months, were released late Wednesday via a Pentagon Web site at the direction of National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Many were in Arabic - with no English translation - including one the administration said showed that Iraqi intelligence officials suspected al-Qaida members were inside Iraq in 2002.
The Pentagon Web site described that document this way: "2002 Iraqi Intelligence Correspondence concerning the presence of al-Qaida Members in Iraq. Correspondence between IRS members on a suspicion, later confirmed, of the presence of an Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Moreover, it includes photos and names."
However, one of the documents translated by The Associated Press, a letter from an Iraqi intelligence official, dated Aug. 17, 2002, asked agents in the country to be on the lookout for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and another unnamed man whose picture was attached.
The letter said there were reports the two could be in Iraq and directed Iraqi security officials to be on the alert as a matter of "top priority."
Attached were three responses in which agents said there was no evidence al-Zarqawi or the other man were in Iraq.
The release of the documents, expected to continue for months, is designed to allow lawmakers and the public to investigate what documents from Saddam's regime said about such controversial issues as weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaida in the period before the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003.
The Web site cautioned that the U.S. government "has made no determination regarding the authenticity of the documents, validity or factual accuracy of the information contained therein, or the quality of any translations, when available."
A handful of prewar Iraq government documents released Wednesday had been translated into English.
They included one Iraqi intelligence document indicating Saddam's feared Fedayeen paramilitary forces were investigating rumors in the fall of 2001 that as many as 3,000 Iraqis and Saudis were going to fight in Afghanistan after the U.S. invasion.
"In the report on the status of rumors for November of 2001 regarding Fedayeen Saddam in al-Anbar, there is an entry that indicates that there is a group of Iraqi and Saudi Arabians numbering around 3,000 who have gone in an unofficial capacity to Afghanistan and have joined the mujahidin (mujahedeen, or holy warriors) to fight with and aid them in defeating the American Zionist Imperialist attack," the translated document stated.
"After presenting the matter to the Supervisor of Fedayeen Saddam, he ordered that the matter should be looked into for verification of the truth of the rumor," the translation said.
House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., requested the release of millions pages of documents and audio recordings captured during current and previous U.S. military operations in Iraq. Most have sat untranslated for years.
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Great work jveritas. I have a feeling that only FR and the blogosphere is going to be able to fully evaluate and show the signifigance of these documents.
A quick glance this morning from the Dinosaur Media showed them already highlighting that the docs have not been authenticated. They also highlighted one document making it sound like Saddam was worried about his citizens fighting in the War in Afghanistan. I'm surrrrreeeeee he was worried about his citizens getting involved in terrorism related activities... (sarcasm off).
Can you see me jumping for glee this is starting to get out!!!!
If the Republicans don't take advantage of this to bolster their own poll numbers and support for the war, they really are idiots.
Make phone calls!
So then, what is "not true" about my initial premise?
I don't want to argue too much about this because our main focus needs to be on a successful outcome in Iraq.
I don't believe the President would invade again at the same time in the same way if he had known then what we know now.
But we are there and the troops need our support and the future of the United States requires a positive outcome so we need to rally together.
Sick is right, struggling to be fair to viciously unfair is a sign of moral weakness.
The left and their rubes are on a constant mission to rewrite our history and Saddam's.
They will fail.
SMOKING GUN ALERT! Way to go jveritas. This is one for the books. Outstanding!
Absolutely. He is his own best spokesman, by far. When he delivers his own message, people like what they hear, and they like him. He should be speaking once a week, it would send his poll numbers up, and his opponents up the wall.
bttt
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