That OBL and the Taliban are in contact with Iraq and that a group of Taliban and bin Laden group members visited Iraq. That the U.S. has proof the Iraqi government and "bin Laden's group" agreed to cooperate to attack targets inside America.Posted on 03/16/2006 11:11:32 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
March 16, 2006 — Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit's summaries of four of the nine Iraqi documents from Saddam Hussein's government, which were released by the U.S. government Wednesday.
The documents discuss Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass destruction, al Qaeda and more.
The full documents can be found on the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office Web site: http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/products-docex.htm.
Note: Document titles were added by ABC News.
Document dated Sept. 15, 2001
An Iraqi intelligence service document saying that their Afghani informant, who's only identified by a number, told them that the Afghani Consul Ahmed Dahastani claimed the following in front of him:
That OBL and the Taliban are in contact with Iraq and that a group of Taliban and bin Laden group members visited Iraq. That the U.S. has proof the Iraqi government and "bin Laden's group" agreed to cooperate to attack targets inside America.
That in case the Taliban and bin Laden's group turn out to be involved in "these destructive operations," the U.S. may strike Iraq and Afghanistan. That the Afghani consul heard about the issue of Iraq's relationship with "bin Laden's group" while he was in Iran.
At the end, the writer recommends informing "the committee of intentions" about the above-mentioned items. The signature on the document is unclear.
(Editor's Note: The controversial claim that Osama bin Laden was cooperating with Saddam Hussein is an ongoing matter of intense debate. While the assertions contained in this document clearly support the claim, the sourcing is questionable — i.e. an unnamed Afghan "informant" reporting on a conversation with another Afghan "consul." The date of the document — four days after 9/11 — is worth noting but without further corroboration, this document is of limited evidentiary value.)
Documents dated July-August 1999
Correspondence regarding election campaigns in France. This includes a document from the Iraqi intelligence service classified as "secret," ordering the translation of important parts of a 1997 report about campaign financing laws in France. It also includes a document from the foreign minister's office indicating the report was attached. The attached translated report included very detailed information about all the regulations regarding financing of election campaigns in France. Translation was done by someone called "Salam Abdul Karim Mohammed."
(Editor's Note: This is an intriguing document which suggests Saddam Hussein's regime had a strong interest in the mechanics and legalities of financial contributions to French politicians. Several former French politicians are implicated in receiving oil vouchers from Iraq under the U.N. Oil for Food program.)
The Dan Rather/Mary Mapes fraud letter deal has them running scared!
It is of limited evidentiary value only for the MSM, where the value of everything is measured by whether it hurts Pres. Bush.
The noose is tightening...
It's easy to be confident when you have an ace in the hole!
The ract that ABC even shows it and then tries to discredit the information is a big step forward. it means they fell they can't igore it anymore with the blogspehere erupting. Now that it has been laid out by MSM outlets, the debate can REALLY begin.
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They are just following journalistic standards, like they always do.
Really? But the Democrats and media keep telling us that there's no evidence of any such relationship. What's to debate?
No different than all the unnamed sources the MSM uses every day, is it. The hypocrisy of it all!
I've got a question: If the MSM finds anything really incendiary further linking AQ to Saddamn and/or WMD, will they release the info? Or will they spike it?
Meanwhile " unnamed administration sources( ie the janitor in the WH basement)" are taken as purveyors of absolute fact.
I don't think he worried what history might do to his legacy - he's one of the few that will do what he thinks is right no matter what idiots might think. Only a fool would have thought that Iraq didn't have WMDs and ties to the major terror organizations of the world. Sometimes glomming the overall picture gives you overwhelming proof of a situation, even if you can't get "legally binding" proof. The Dims want to use a court-like system (you know, like the system that let O.J. go) and the Prez wants to protect us and is willing to put his reputation on the line to close the loopholes.
I keep them both on my FR profile page for easy access.
What WMD's ?
There has also been speculation that President Bush knows approximately (or exactly) where Saddam's WMD's were hidden (and by whom - Russia, most likely). He's keeping quiet to prevent insurgents, al Qaeda, and other unsavory types from getting their hands on them.
The French stopped participating in No Fly Zone enforcement sometime in 1998. Shortly after the payola memo. Huh?
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