> Is it so far fetched to think the commercial aircraft in Sal Pak (outside Bagdad) were used to train hijackers and some of these were among the 9/11 terrorists? Saddam claimed credit for the 9/11 attacks. Maybe it was true.
Yes, not only is it completely far-fetched, it is outright false, and in 2016 you should smack yourself for still being of a mind to pin 9/11 on Hussein. The Salman Pak plane is the same thing we do here to train emergency personnel, its existence implies nothing else.
9/11 was done by the Saudis, perhaps with the cooperation of the Bush administration. That latter point remains unsettled.
” The Salman Pak plane is the same thing we do here to train emergency personnel”
It’s also been suggested that Saddam used them for anti-terrorism drills.
We know Saddam supported terrorism. He paid families of suicide bombers who targeted Israel. Iraq was a safe haven for retired terrorists. Initial intelligence reports identified Salman Pak as one of three terrorist training facilities. President Clinton went to war against Saddam Hussein and Iraq. There was a long pipeline of people prepared, probably trained, in airplane hijacking. Where did they practice?
9/11 did involve Saudi nationals, that in itself proves nothing.