Posted on 06/21/2002 2:45:50 AM PDT by lavaroise
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
China's military provided training for Afghanistan's Taliban militia and its al Qaeda supporters, according to a U.S. intelligence report.
The intelligence was obtained from anti-Taliban Afghan sources. It was surprising to U.S. analysts because China is a target of Islamic separatists, who are known to have been trained in terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
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As you know, I have been suspicious of possible Chinese involvement in 9/11 all along. I think there is a good chance we are going to see more stories of activity behind the scenes on the part of China.
And I hereby predict that we won't. It's a "red" herring. Gertz is at it again.
Some military planners are advocating a slow, disguised buildup of land forces and aircraft so as not to spark a pre-emptive strike by Saddam Hussein. Planners fully expect Saddam to unleash all the weaponry at his disposal — including chemical and biological warheads — if he feels his regime and his power are at stake. President Bush wants to topple Saddam before his first term ends, but has not approved a war plan.
The timeframe for removing Saddam keeps getting pushed out, as I predicted it would, months ago. Now we're talking another three years. Basically, nothing serious is going to happen to Saddam Hussein until we are in a position to neutralize the threat outlined in the anthrax letters. That is the overriding issue, and any discussion that you see or read that does not feature it front-and-center is bogus pablum.
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