Wolfowitz Bombshell: Saddam Behind 9/11 Attacks and OKC Bombing

[Free ThinkerNY]

Wolfowitz Bombshell: Saddam Behind 9/11 Attacks and OKC Bombing

Sunday, June 1, 2003

Newsmax.com

Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, said by some to be the architect of America's war on Iraq, reportedly suspects that Saddam Hussein played a significant role in the three worst terrorist attacks ever on the U.S. - the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Discussing his soon-to-be-released Vanity Fair interview with the top Pentagon official, Sam Tanenhaus told WABC Radio's Monica Crowley on Saturday: "Wolfowitz states that there's a very strong connection, he's convinced, between Saddam and the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993. This is a very controversial idea and yet Wolfowitz embraces it and has for quite some time."

The Vanity Fair writer added, "Also I was told by a source very close to him that Wolfowitz entertains the possibility that Saddam was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995."

While a media firestorm has erupted over Wolfowitz's comments suggesting that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction played a smaller role in the decision to go to war than previously thought, Tanenhaus said the press has missed the real news in his report.

"[There are] allegations he made or that others close to him have made that, to me, are much more startling," the author told WABC's Crowley. "That's what I thought was going to be the news [coming out of this interview]."

In a transcript on the interview released by the Pentagon, Wolfowitz also indicates that he suspects Saddam was involved in the 9/11 attacks.

Asked why Iraq was at the top of the U.S.'s list when it came to taking action in the war on terror, Wolfowitz told Tanenhaus that Saddam's weapons of mass destruction played a role, but then added:

"Plus the fact, which seems to go unremarked in most places, that Saddam Hussein was the only international figure other than Osama bin Laden who praised the attacks of September 11."

Discussing the secretary's comments on MSNBC on Friday, Tanenhaus said that the reason Saddam's role in 9/11 never became the centerpiece of the Bush administration's rationale for war was because there was no consensus on the issue.

"The secretary himself has said both in his interview with me and at other times, particularly in the interview with me, that there were sharp disagreement[s] about, for instance, Saddam's involvement in other acts of terrorism," Tanenhaus explained. He cited the "World Trade Center in '93 and in 2001, September 11, and other connections with al Qaeda."

President Bush's supporters have been mystified over why the administration never spotlighted the claims of two Iraqi defectors, who, two months after the 9/11 attacks, detailed to U.S. intelligence evidence linking Saddam to training in 9/11-style airline hijacking operations.

Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer awarded the families of two World Trade Center victims $104 million based on evidence linking the 9/11 attacks to Salman Pak, a terrorist training camp located 25 miles south of Baghdad.

[Capt. Tom]

Then look at the top of the left column

[Salvey]

Correct name: Litterbox

[Sparta]

I'm thinking Liberty Forum is sending trolls here now.

[Cachelot]

because he is a rabbid zionist

Another rabbit from LibertyForum? Is it breeding season over there?

[tet68]

"I was told by","someone close to", "someone who shines his shoes", that he told someone, that he thought, that perhaps Saddam was involved.

Excellent reportage, worthy of the New York Times, we must get that guy a pulitzer.

[aristeides]

The Vanity Fair writer added, "Also I was told by a source very close to him that Wolfowitz entertains the possibility that Saddam was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995."

[Dan from Michigan]

The only reason I backed this is because of the Al Qaida connection. I've heard that from three different sources after Bush's comments on it.

It convinced me.

[Cachelot]

Where does Andreas Strassmeir fit in to Saddam?

The links between Germany and Saddam, particularly a while back, were many and important. Remember the centrifuge deal?

[vavavah]

Sorry I missed it.......Sys Mod.....fast and furious....
Thats yer job........

[Mr. Silverback]

Chatbox is now in "nobody by that name" territory already. Dang that AM moves fast! ZOT!

[Maria S]

I'd like to think that someone could connect the downing of TWA 800 to this terrorist group, too. After reading a consideration amount of what appears to be legit info, I believe that flight was brought down by a stinger missile.

And surprise, surprise! The lovely Senator Clinton from NY recently stated that more funds needed to be allocated for protecting against just such a possibility around large airports! What a clever girl she is.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Many of us are aware of the Iraq connection to these events and have been for years. If there were a decent press in this country, rather than a bunch of left-wing RAT-loving socialists, the rest of the country would be too.

There has alread been sufficient quantities of radioactive material found to justify intervention. Tons and tons of it sufficient to cause enormous damage in the hands of the terrorist groups which were operating out of Iraq.

Terrorist sponsorship was the principle danger Saddam posed to the world as anyone who has been paying attention would realize. What were the 800+ suicide belts found in several locations (including schools) for? Certainly no legitimate state has need for them.

The reason the WMD haven't been found is because Saddam has them with him. Or does the fact he can't be found mean that he never existed either?

[El Gato]

Where does Andreas Strassmeir fit in to Saddam? If Wolfowitz's claim is true, that's what I want to see.

Nazis of a feather flock together? Could be that Strassmeir was working for the Baathists? Or least a fellow traveler, working with them.?

[Dan from Michigan]

I knew Germany had ties, but Strassmeir? I know Strassmeir's dad was an aid to Helmut Kohl. Schroeder is in the opposite party.

[ex-Texan]

*BUMP!*

[Free ThinkerNY]

Eye-witnesses at OKC and possible Iraq connection info:

http://www.jaynadavis.com/

http://www.glennbeck.com/okc/index.htm

[Cachelot]

I know Strassmeir's dad was an aid to Helmut Kohl

And he himself had ties to German the German intel community, I think. Which has always been as two-faced as the US intel community under clinton.

But I seem to have some vague recollection that Strassmeir was direcly involved in the centrifuge thing, bringing documentation/blueprints the Iraqis weren't supposed to have. I think he was the link there, but I may be wrong.

[Imal]

It would be an understatement to say that I eagerly await more factual information on this topic. I hope it is forthcoming.

[TEXOKIE]

Jane Jayroe from one of the OKC stations was right! For years she has been detailing the reports about the middle east connection and John Doe number 3. She wouldnt let up, and my understanding is that she lost her job because she wouldnt. I remember seeing all the reports of John Doe 3 at the time, and finding them very plausible.

BTW, if a current message isnt showing at the top of the latest posts page for the state message board, how do I find my way to the Oklahoma message page?