Terror Links to Saddam's Inner Circle (newly revealed document)

FoxNews ^ | June 11, 2006 | Ray Robison

[FairOpinion]

What was the relationship between Saddam Hussein's inner circle and Islamic terrorists? A newly released document captured in Iraq, but never before seen by the public, offers glimmers of new insight at the Pentagon's Foreign Military Studies Office Web site. The FMSO is a research and analysis center under the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command. This particular document mentions two men with similar names, each with ties to Pakistani religious schools known as madrassas, Jihad training camps, the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

This original translation by my translator-colleague, who goes by the nom de guerre of "Sammi," comes from a notebook kept by an Iraqi intelligence agent. It provides evidence of a cooperative, operational relationship agreed to at the highest levels of the Iraqi government and the Taliban. The notebook is lengthy and we will present it on the FOX News Web site in a series of postings. It deals extensively with meetings between Maulana Fazlur Rahman, an Al Qaeda/Taliban supporter, and Taha Yassin Ramadan, the former vice president of Iraq, and other unnamed Iraqi officials.

[cake_crumb]

"Seems these guys are so pious that anybody who doesn't follow their dogma is an infidel. I took that sentence as more of the same, but there are many possible meanings."

Yes, it's possible he simply means because we're infidels we're the terrorists, since he considers himself too pious to be anything but morally right. Then again, I've heard before over the years Arabs claiming the US was behind terrorism and framing them for it...so yes, there are many possible explanations.

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BTW, when you finish the book, let us know. I'd very much like to pre-order it.

[RayRobisonblog]

thanks, we sure will

[cake_crumb]

Thank you...sounds like it'll be a VERY interesting and informative read, loaded with ammo to use against the "I don't know why were in Iraq crowd, representatives of which I argue with almost every day.

[A. Pole]

Wake up and smell the coffee ping!

Thank you, I had my coffee. why Ronald Reagan was supporting Saddam Hussein? Bonus questions: Why the suspect terrorists are being "rendered" to Syria if Syria were to be pro-terrorist state? Why Ronald Reagan was supporting Saddam Hussein?

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"It provides evidence of a cooperative, operational relationship agreed to at the highest levels of the Iraqi government and the Taliban."

More information that doesn't fit the MSM's agenda, and therefore will never be heard by the masses.

[frogjerk]

Why Ronald Reagan was supporting Saddam Hussein?

Ronald Reagan is president? YOU stated that none of the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq. Yet this information and others support the facts that Saddam supported al-Qaeda.

9/11/2001 happened. Everything has changed since then.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

"Nothing to see here... move along!"

[A. Pole]

"Why Ronald Reagan was supporting Saddam Hussein?"
Ronald Reagan is president?

Wrong response. No cookie.

YOU stated that none of the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq. Yet this information and others support the facts that Saddam supported al-Qaeda.

So why none of the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq?

9/11/2001 happened. Everything has changed since then.

The rules of logic did not change.

[frogjerk]

I stated BUSH took the fight to the terrorists. You stated that none of the 9/11 terrorists came from IRAQ. Then you started talking about Reagan and Syria. What was your point again?

[frogjerk]

The rules of logic did not change.

So you deny Saddam was supporting terrorists?

[cake_crumb]

Why did President Reagan support Hussein? Because as leader of the free world, he HAD to have a position on the war between Iraq and Iran and it sure as heck wasn't going to be Iran. He knew perfectly well Saddam hates us as much as the mad mullahs. That's diplomacy, which happens fo be as old as civilization itself. Get used to it.

[A. Pole]

"The rules of logic did not change."

So you deny Saddam was supporting terrorists?

The only thing coming close was the financial support for the families of Palestinians who died in in suicide attacks.

[frogjerk]

The only thing coming close was the financial support for the families of Palestinians who died in in suicide attacks.

Have you even read article you are posting to?

[A. Pole]

Have you even read article you are posting to?

Yes, and I do not buy it.

[avacado]

Have you even read article you are posting to?

Yes, and I do not buy it.

Then go read the recent IPP report put out by the Pentagon. Plenty of Saddam supporting terrorists and training them.

[A. Pole]

Then go read the recent IPP report put out by the Pentagon

In general one should not rely on "recent" reports, especially put by the side to the controversy. It takes time to separate real facts from the noise and bias.

Do you have some "old" data which passed the scrutiny of critics?

[avacado]

In general one should not rely on "recent" reports, especially put by the side to the controversy. It takes time to separate real facts from the noise and bias.

If you do not wish to read the IPP then just say so. No cause for your dancing. I take it you know nothing of the IPP report or how it was put together.

If you have to have an "old" report then read the 9/11 report. Plenty of Saddam & terrorist ties.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Bump

[tobyhill]

Another MSM source a day late and a dollar short.
Here's a laugher; other MSM sources will soon follow up with more investigative reporting of the Saddam's terrorist connections.