Posted on 03/17/2006 2:27:40 PM PST by Calpernia
March 17, 2006: Declassified documents from Iraq show 3,000 Saudi and Iraqi mujihideen depart Iraq in Nov 2001 to fight US in Afghanistan
The newly declassified documents shed more and more light on the evolution of the violent insurgency in Iraq, and show that Saddam Hussein’s government was aware not just of the presence of Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Mus’ab Al Zarqawi, but also was aware that the Anbar province in Iraq was being used as a launch point for organized groups of jihadis headed to fight the United States in Afghanistan.
The document, addressed to the Security Board, Fedayeen Saddam at the office of the Presidency in Iraq, reports what it describes as a “rumor”, says:
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 to fight with and aid them in defeating the American Zionist Imperialist attack
This clearly indicates that Iraq was being used as a transit point or launch point for Saudi Arabian jihadis, as well as Iraqis, who wanted to go join the forces of Osama Bin Laden in Iraq in November 2001, nearly a year and a half before the US and Coalition forces commenced military action against Saddam Hussein’s regime.
The sheer volume of “mujahideen” that reportedly departed from the Anbar province, combined with the presence of Zarqawi in Iraq, indicates the presence of an organized Al Qaeda infrastructure within Iraq just a few months after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The Anbar province is Iraq’s largest province and is located east and southeast of Baghdad. Anbar borders the neighboring states of Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, making it a popular transit point for the insurgents moving in and out of Iraq.
A complete translation follows:
In the name of God the most Merciful, the most Compassionate
Republic of Iraq
The Presidency
Fedayeen Saddam
Security Board
SECRET AND PERSONAL
Number: 1/22/11836
Date: 12/1/2001
To: Iraqi Intelligence Service
Re: Rumor
Greetings.
1. 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 to fight with and aid them in defeating the American Zionist Imperialist attack.
2. 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.
Please review and inform us.
Ping!
Don't underestimate them
Surprise, surprise....
HEY JEDIFORCE, I DON'T THINK YOUR MESSAGE GOT ACROSS, PERHAPS YOU CAN USE SOME MORE CAPITAL LETTERS NEXT TIME. AND WRITING (BLEEP) IN YOUR POST LIKE YOU ARE TRANSCRIBING A RADIO BROADCAST WITH NAUGHTY WORDS IS A REALLY FUNNY AND CLASSY WAY TO SWEAR WITHOUT GETTING MODS ANGRY AT YOU.
They are ignoring it for they're own gain!
Terror Central was Baghdad.
That is Ben Laden's ultimate goal. Maybe you can join forces.
Impeachment wise your fantasy goes nowhere.
Okay, so it's a rumor. That's interesting. It's not anything we could use to prove anything, though. Let's hope that some of these translated documents contain more concrete facts.
I really REALLY want to take some actual documented facts, written down in black and white, and shake them in the faces of the lefties. Supposedly there's an article coming out on The Weekly Standard on Monday that will connect more dots. Until then I'm not using any of this as reference material.
This may be true. It is undeniable that 17 of the 9/11 group were Saudi's. Saddam was funding Palestinian extremists, as was Saudi Arabia. KSA did not crack down on their homegrown terror cells until their economic interests in the kingdom were threatened. This is termed reluctant cooperation.
Missed this one- thanks!
>>It is undeniable that 17 of the 9/11 group were Saudis.
It is indeed. And everybody in the Bush administration knows it. The Saudis are not our friends. Nevertheless, they have something we want and it would be contrary to our interests to act honestly and ethically towards them. Instead we refer to them as allies. This is called politics.
ping
Just confirm, this wasn't the right thread? This new doc isn't a follow up to this translation right?
Thank you
I'm very sorry, I had up the wrong window... this is one from the new batch, but is 'old' in that its the one being reported on Friday.
I got it right now. You did post it to the correct thread. I messed up thinking it went as a follow up to this one ;)
My fault. But fixed.
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