No Question About It - Saddam and the Terrorists

National Review ^ | September 19, 2003 | James S. Robbins, Editor

[Peach]

A VERY interesting compilation of facts surrounding Saddam Hussein's support of terrorists and AQ specifically.

[RaceBannon]

bump

[Peach]

Love your tagline. Thanks for the bump.

Can't get over how many naysayers there are on FR. Wish the administration would speak more about this matter - support for the war would increase tenfold.

[Peach]

If you think this article is worthy of more discussion and before it disappears from the screen, could you please bump to breaking news? Thanks for your consideration.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the post, Peach. Nice summary. Enemy of my enemy is my friend: Saddam and Al Qaeda, Saddam and the press, Saddam and Democrats, Saddam and Hollywood, Saddam and UN-France-EU vs. America.

 Thanks, Tonkin!

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[browardchad]

If Atta was under such a high degree of scrutiny, one wonders why the FBI did not know more about him or what he was up to.

Very good point in an excellent synopsis.

[Peach]

Thanks for the pings, Regtime Cowgirl. It's obvious what the press is doing and it's misleading by mischaracterization - again.

[MizSterious]

Alas, not just the press, but a number of Freepers as well.

[r9etb]

Wish the administration would speak more about this matter - support for the war would increase tenfold.

I think the reason they don't is because it's spook-world stuff. Consider the story about the nice people in the Phillipines. The Filipinos merely kicked them out of the country, but we're not told what happened to them after that -- I doubt we'd be dumb enough to just let them get lost in the crowd.

Or the Atta meeting in the Csech Republic, which the US is allegedly not pursuing. Really? Or is it just a matter of not pursuing it publicly?

Personally, I think there's a whole lot of stuff going on in the shadows. I hope we get to hear about it some day.

[Peach]

I've been quite astounded at the number of Freepers who seem to be all too willing to find fault with the Bush administration, and spin the administration's words in a way that would make the press proud.

[Peach]

I'm sure you're right that there's a lot going on behind the scenes and it's spook stuff. Perhaps someday we'll hear about it much like it took a while for so much of the same sort of spook stuff to come out about WWII.

[Eva]

Great article, thanks for posting.

[Peach]

You're most welcome.

[Let's Roll]

Local idiot "conservative" talk show host has been ranting all week about how the Bush admin misled us. "If you didn't say Saddam was responsible for 9/11, why do most Americans believe he was?" etc.

Oh, gee, I dunno - maybe because "most Americans" applied common sense, as in Saddam did support terrorists in the Philippines and paid blood money to Pali homicide bombers but then we were supposed to believe that he wouldn't dream of supporting AQ? If this local afternoon drive time guy had any competition, he would be toast.

[jwalsh07]

Nice one.

[Peach]

People believe Iraq was behind 9/11 because they READ - and they read articles that aren't all written by a liberal, lying press.

You're right - it doesn't take much of a leap to understand that Iraq and AQ have a common enemy - us.

Talked with someone yesterday who lived across the street from the WTC when it was bombed in 1993. They were astounded by the lack of interest and response by the Clinton administration.

Same couple saw the second plane go into the WTC on 9/11 - they were standing across the street and watching the flames from the first plane.

They said they and all their NY friends were extremely pleased with the actions taken by the Bush administration. They have all talked that it was obvious the terrorists would be back to finish the job. And they will be back again if we don't keep after them. Everybody understood how to deal with bullies and those who would hurt you in third grade. Well, everyone but Clinton and his ilk.

[Peach]

Thank you. Here's to hoping the administration sends someone out to talk about more of these linkages.

The White House press briefing used to be shown each day but it's fallen off the radar screen. Does anyone know when it's held and if it's aired on ANY channels?

[MHGinTN]

Great find, Peach! It is now bookmarked for future referncing. [BTW, under sinkEmperor, the CIA and FBI were not communicating with each other enough to track a terrorist moving froma foreign country to Florida. Sadly, too many liberal minded CIA and FBI higher-ups still infest the two agencies. But at least there is a framework upon which information will now be shared/swapped.

[blackie]

Bump!

[Peach]

Good point about the CIA and FBI not working well enough together to track a terrorist in those days. We need to find a way to make these jobs more attractive to our youngest and brightest and clear out the cell pool of "dead enders".