Saddam's Philippines Terror Connection(Yes, Saddam financially supported terrorists)

Weekly Standard ^ | 03/18/2006 | Stephen F. Hayes

[KCRW]

SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME PROVIDED FINANCIAL support to Abu Sayyaf, the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group founded by Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law in the Philippines in the late 1990s, according to documents captured in postwar Iraq. An eight-page fax dated June 6, 2001, and sent from the Iraqi ambassador in Manila to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, provides an update on Abu Sayyaf kidnappings and indicates that the Iraqi regime was providing the group with money to purchase weapons. The Iraqi regime suspended its support--temporarily, it seems--after high-profile kidnappings, including of Americans, focused international attention on the terrorist group.

The fax comes from the vast collection of documents recovered in postwar Afghanistan and Iraq. Up to this point, those materials have been kept from the American public. Now the proverbial dam has broken. On March 16, the U.S. government posted on the web 9 documents captured in Iraq, as well as 28 al Qaeda documents that had been released in February. Earlier last week, Foreign Affairs magazine published a lengthy article based on a review of 700 Iraqi documents by analysts with the Institute for Defense Analysis and the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. Plans for the release of many more documents have been announced. And if the contents of the recently released materials and other documents obtained by The Weekly Standard are any indication, the discussion of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq is about to get more interesting.

[McGavin999]

People need to understand that they are going to have to plow through tons of documents that are trite and meaningless in order to find the few gems that will unlock the mysteries. It's going to be slow going but needs to be done by people who won't get discourged by the mundane nature of most of them.

[righttackle44]

The Philippine connection is extremely interesting to me.

My son's Marine platoon was the first helo'd in from the U.S.S. Exeter to help in the recovery effort after the mudslide on Leyte. (They were detailed to look for the school. They never found it, but, in digging, they found so many more folks who hadn't made it. The school was found days later 200 yards downhill.)

The Marines had gone in with weapons because Al-Qaeda (No, NOT Al-Qaeda Qatie Quric) is active in the area. Then, the Philippines requested they not carry arms. So, of course, our DOD though our d****d State Department yielded to the request and my son and his guys were out digging without their own weapons. The Philippine army was at hand, however. I'm not certain how effective the PA was because one of the companies working on another part of the community were fired upon. By the time they could get their weapons and pursue, the sniper was gone. The company is going to get a combat action ribbon.

The Philippine authorities sent politicians and military commanders to the Exeter et al to thank our guys. My son got to shake hands with a number of high Philippine commanders.

(I have not served. My tagline honors my son and my cousin.)

[GiovannaNicoletta]

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[Dad yer funny]

yup , and condensed , it mat read ,...

Abu Sayeff[*jungle muzzies*] , in consort with ME i$lamofaci$t funding ,...

used kidnapOps as cover for money laundering ,...

SHOCKED that the AntiqueMedia isn't interested [/srcsm]

[Dad yer funny]

mat=may , [sHheeeesh #@#]

[Raycpa]

Folks, there is no way the grinning liars on the left can spin this.

I'm more concerned to see some of the anti-war Bush hater's on FR to be groveling, asking for forgiveness and eating crow for lunch for the next week.

[FreedomNeocon]

Is there a date when that directive was issued?
I find item #2 very interesting.

I'm not 100% positive, but I believe it was Sept 15th 2001.

Thats the complete translation (courtesy of http://www.IraqTheModel.com ) of the document that the ABC story and all that RUSH read on friday was all about.

So, of course, it lacks the "ABC Editor Notes" and any editing they did. (It doesn't look like they did their own translation, so many lines are exactly as in the ABC news story -- probably just ripped it off the Iraqi blog)

[FreedomNeocon]

Sorry for double post guys, I'm trying to get screenshots of different Saddam doc translations into a single post. Easiest to just put it out there to grab later and add to.

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[Mo1]

later read

[cgk]

bump and PING! (Bojinka?)

[shield]

Wonder when document/s are found connecting OKCBombing to Saddam? There's never been much doubt this attack came from the middle east i.e. Iraq, Iran, Al Queda. Toon wanted Americans to take the total blame...when in fact there was evidence covered up it came from the Philippians too.

[FreedomNeocon]

Wonder when document/s are found connecting OKCBombing to Saddam?

Thats what some people are speculating about #2 in the above translation.

Things are about to get VERY interesting...

[World'sGoneInsane]

It seems very unlikely the MSM will ever print any documents that would prove they were wrong for years.

The fact that these documents were released has not been very well publicized. Do a search in Yahoo news for "documents". It appears there was a press release put out by someone. Note each of the articles hitting the same point, word for word: Documents released, dissention in Al Queda, etc. Nothing about anything else.

It is easy for the media to report from a press release. Some authority should be putting them out. I don't think the MSM is going to go through these and glean anything that would support the war or this administration.

[eyespysomething]

Saddam's Philippines Terror Connection(Yes, Saddam financially supported terrorists)

Release of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added or removed to the ping list, please Freepmail me.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents

[Paine in the Neck]

"...in January 1997 the Iraqi regime was eager to continue its relationship with bin Laden."

In other words, as early as 1997 Saddam and Bin Laden already had an existing relationship!!!!

[lonestar67]

The further research needed here is in regard to the Phillipine terror operation which sought to hijack a large number of airlines in the Philipines.

This operation was thwarted in the late 1990s but shows the continuous connection of Iraqi money to terror airline hijackings.

[texasbluebell]

"If we were to play connect-the-dots, we'd eventually end up with one relatively large single dot of Islamofanatic terrorism."

bttt!

[texasbluebell]

ping

[wolfcreek]

This is going to get better every day. Can't wait for the movie.