Iraqi Official Testifies to Links Between Saddam and Al Qaeda

The New York Sun ^ | September 14, 2006 | ELI LAKE

[PerConPat]

BTTT!

[FreeKeys]

Thanks for posting this. I've added a link to the NY Sun article to the very top of http://FreedomKeys.com/whyiraq.htm

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

Thanks for the ping.

"This is a little different than a prewar docs thread, but its close enough."

I agree. This is not prewar docs, but it does support what we have learned from some of the prewar docs. For that reason it is appropriate for a ping.

[april15Bendovr]

I would like to point out that the Senate Intelligence Select Committee and the 911 Commission are incompetent and that is the correlation. Not are they ignoring translated documents and Able Danger but also the testimony of Iraqi Officials.

As I stated in an article I wrote at Newsbusters.org

http://newsbusters.org/node/6872

I am in agreement with syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin on her blog entry titled “9/11 Commission Ignored Key Facts On Hijackers,” In which she said: “The 9/11 Commission was supposed to give the American people a complete, unbiased story of the government failures that led up to the September 11 terrorist attacks. But the Commission now admits its acclaimed Final Report ignored key information provided by a U.S. Army data mining project, Able Danger, which identified Mohammed Atta and several other hijackers as potential terrorists prior to the September 11 attacks. The Able Danger team recommended that Atta and the other suspected terrorists be deported. That recommendation, however, was not shared with law enforcement officials, presumably because of the ‘wall’ between intelligence activities and domestic law enforcement. According to the New York Times, the 9/11 Commission officials said that Able Danger had not been included in their report because some of the information sounded inconsistent with what they thought they knew about Atta. In other words, the Commission staffers were told about the project but ignored it because it didn't fit their pre-conceived conclusions.”

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"I would like to point out that the Senate Intelligence Select Committee and the 911 Commission are incompetent and that is the correlation. Not are they ignoring translated documents and Able Danger but also the testimony of Iraqi Officials.

As I stated in an article I wrote at Newsbusters.org

http://newsbusters.org/node/6872

I am in agreement with syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin on her blog entry titled “9/11 Commission Ignored Key Facts On Hijackers,” In which she said: “The 9/11 Commission was supposed to give the American people a complete, unbiased story of the government failures that led up to the September 11 terrorist attacks. But the Commission now admits its acclaimed Final Report ignored key information provided by a U.S. Army data mining project, Able Danger, which identified Mohammed Atta and several other hijackers as potential terrorists prior to the September 11 attacks. The Able Danger team recommended that Atta and the other suspected terrorists be deported. That recommendation, however, was not shared with law enforcement officials, presumably because of the ‘wall’ between intelligence activities and domestic law enforcement. According to the New York Times, the 9/11 Commission officials said that Able Danger had not been included in their report because some of the information sounded inconsistent with what they thought they knew about Atta. In other words, the Commission staffers were told about the project but ignored it because it didn't fit their pre-conceived conclusions.”"

I think I will bump this so it will show for those who might miss it otherwise.

[FlashBack]

Thanks for the PINGS...I can't believe that these Hezbocrats can say (with a stright face) that there was no Iraqi (Saddam) ties with terrorists before we went to war. They cannot actually believe that with all the evidence out there, they've just got to be betting that most of the sheeple that vote for them are too lazy to go find the news for themselves. Well, I guess they've got about a 50 / 50 shot huh!

[MEGoody]

Doesn't matter how many people present evidence of this link - the left is never going to believe it existed.

[april15Bendovr]

God forbid we try and disrupt the progress of a Socialist Utopian society movement and ask the left in America to step outside their liberal prism.

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

Actually, it was april15Bendovr who made the reply. I just copied and pasted it and bumped so others could see it too.

I do agree with what april15Bendovr said though.

[ikez78]

Everyone PLEASE contact these members of the Senate intel committee and let them know what they missed on this report.

Pat Roberts
Washington D.C. Office:
109 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1605
Phone: 202-224-4774
Fax: 202-224-3514

Orrin Hatch
Washington DC Office
104 Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-5251
Fax: (202) 224-6331

Mike Dewine
Washington, D.C. Office
140 Russell Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2315
Fax: (202) 224-6519
TDD: (202) 224-9921

Kit Bond
Washington, DC Office:
274 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
(202)224-5721

Trent Lott
Phone: (202) 224-6253
Fax: (202) 224-2262

Olympia Snowe
Toll free in Maine: (800) 432-1599
TDD - Maine Relay Service: 1-955-3323

Chuck Hagel
Washington, D.C. Office
248 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-4224
Fax: (202) 224-5213


Senator Saxby Chambliss
Republican - Georgia United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-3521
Evan Bayh
463 Russell Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5623
(202) 228-1377 fax

[april15Bendovr]

I'm afraid I would trust the leaders of Budapest more than the results of the SSCI phase 11 report.