[Angelus Errare]

Yes, though the Spain note made me remember that Yusuf Galan, the top deputy of Abu Dahdah (the contact between the hijackers and the al-Qaeda C-in-C Mohammed Atef in Afghanistan) was invited to the Iraqi Embassy - under his al-Qaeda codename prior to the attacks.

I'll have to check an Atta timeline to be sure, but I think that he could easily have squeezed in a couple of days to go to Iraq.

[aristeides]

Three days spent in Iraq would probably require at least something like five consecutive days otherwise unaccounted for.

[Peach]

Glad you saw this; was going to ping you.

[Peach]

Then there were the predictions by an Iraqi with ties to Iraqi intelligence, Naeem Abd Mulhalhal, in Qusay's own newspaper several weeks before the attacks that stated bin Laden would “demolish the Pentagon after he destroys the White House and ”bin Laden would strike America “on the arm that is already hurting.” (referencing a second IRAQI sponsored attack on the World Trade Center). Another reference to New York was “[bin Laden] will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra everytime he hears his songs.” (e.g., “New York, New York”) which identified New York, New York as a target. Mulhalhal also stated, “The wings of a dove and the bullet are all but one and the same in the heart of a believer." which references an airplane attack.

[Peach]

This link, posted on FR some months ago, details some meetings and dates we know about for Atta and other notables.

http://www.geocities.com/republican_strategist/Iraq-Bin-Laden.html