I have received most of the surveys back from the blogswarm that undertook a review of the newly-released documents regarding the Guantanamo Bay detainees. Most of the study's volunteers have remarkably similar comments about the information provided in the documents. The Denbeaux study which prompted this blogswarm reached a number of conclusions that appear now to be highly subjective assumptions. For instance, the Duke wrote after his review:
Some found some strange stories in the testimony, such as this from Commander Salamander:
The CQ Blogswarm Study Group consists of these volunteers: ( too many to list here, see link for names & links )
May I draw this to your attention? And I note with some annoyance that I seemed to have been in "chat" when I hit "post new article," so it's in Chat. Oh, well, at least it's up to be read.
In Saddam's Archives
Powerline ^ | 3/16/05 | John Hinderaker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598077/posts
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013438.php
The link king strikes again!
Cool.
Will you add prewardocs to your keywords these threads are under? I've done a ping list for the threads, and that's the keyword I'm adding. I'm off to do a search on your keyword now to make sure I haven't missed any!
Ping and bookmarked
I hope somebody's coordinating the document translation.
Iraq Documents Show Saddam Terror Connections
The trove of documents discovered in Iraq has been released to the public, and were now starting to see the results; Michelle Malkin has some early translations that are already making clear Saddam Husseins connections to terroristsincluding Osama bin Laden.link: 80 comments
Newly released document links Saddam to al-Qaida
[Indicates regime was cooperating with bin Laden group to strike U.S.]
Among the pre-war documents posted online yesterday by the Pentagon is a letter from a member of Saddam's intelligence apparatus indicating al-Qaida and the Taliban had a relationship with the regime prior to the 9-11 attacks.
This shouldn't surprise anyone here;
AIM Report: Media Reports Connect Saddam to 9/11 Plot
If they hope to go thorough 48 thousand boxes of documents before elections this fall they will need to hire some Iraqis who have learned some English. There should be no shortage of translators.
Release of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added or removed to the ping list, please Freepmail me.
As always, you rock backhoe!
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In the minutes to come, we regained composure, biting our lips as Amir worked away at the rest of the document with the knife blade, as if performing open-heart surgery. A second blob of corrective fluid came off, revealing another "bin Laden." And then a third.
CNSNews.com Publishes Iraqi Intelligence Docs
Upon clicking on the individual pages of Arabic documents, readers will have an opportunity to click on the unedited English translation of those documents. We hope this serves to further illuminate a very important element of the ongoing debate.
Page 1: Jan. 18, 1993 memo from Saddam Hussein, through his secretary, to the Iraqi Intelligence Service, urging that missions be undertaken to "hunt down Americans," especially in Somalia.
Pages 2-12: Jan. 25, 1993 memo from the Iraqi Intelligence Service to Saddam Hussein, outlining the existing or developing relationships between Iraq and terrorist organizations.
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Page 13: Feb. 8, 1993 response from Saddam Hussein to the Jan. 25, 1993 memo.
Pages 14, 15: March 11, 1993 memo from the Iraqi Intelligence Service detailing plans for a meeting with "one of the leaders from the Egyptian Al-Jehad" terrorist organization.
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Page 16: March 16, 1993 response from Saddam's secretary to the March 11, 1993 memo.
Pages 17, 18: March 18, 1993 memo from the Iraqi Intelligence Service detailing plans to "move against the Egyptian regime" of Hosni Mubarak.
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Pages 19-20: Iraqi Intelligence Service internal memos regarding the information of individuals who participated at "the martyr act camp" belonging to the Iraqi intelligence directorate.
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Pages 21-26: They comprise a list of terrorists trained at a camp belonging to the Iraqi Intelligence Directorate.
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Pages 27, 28: Notes from the Iraqi Intelligence Service outlining strategies. Included is the assessment that terrorist "efforts should be concentrated on Egypt." The notes also advise against targeting the U.S. military, but recommend targeting "Americans as general" as well as "US agents inside the (Egyptian) regime."
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Page 29-40: Duplicative of pages 2-12, except in a different person's handwriting.
Page 41: Table indicating Sept. 6, 2000 acquisition of malignant pustule (anthrax) as well as sterilization/decontamination equipment.
Page 42: Table indicating Aug. 21, 2000 acquisition of mustard gas as well as protective equipment.
Bump
Not long ago, ABC News broadcast a number of tapes that recorded meetings of Iraqi officials before the American invasion, including Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. After the tapes aired, the general opinion was that the tapes had some historical and contextual interest but provided no smoking guns on Saddam's instransigence. The DoD and DNI have now posted transcripts of all the tapes, and the information contained within them may change that evaluation.
Ray Robison has begun a blogswarm to highlight the review of the documents. Be sure to read his ongoing commentary on the transcripts. For instance, page 6 of this document shows that Saddam was kept informed of the status of three German scientists working in the employ of Saddam: