[sheltonmac]

There is no doubt that Saddam KNEW that 9/11 was coming. His comments in his own newspaper, direct quotes, prove that he knew it was coming.

Then it would be safe to say that the U.S. government also knew it was coming, right?

[Peach]

Read this and tell me if you read it, along with the other DAILY threats which, when the paperwork is stacked on top of each other reaches the size of 16 large phone books, if you would know what day and where exactly the attack would be coming from. Then tell me what you'd do about it and what you think the reaction would be in a pre-9/11 world:

(BTW - be careful - your anti-Americanism is showing).

More importantly, considering that less than two months before 9/11/01, the state-controlled Iraqi newspaper “Al-Nasiriya” carried a column headlined, “American, an Obsession called Osama Bin Ladin.” (July 21, 2001)

In the piece, Baath Party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the US “with the seriousness of the Bedouin of the desert about the way he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.”

The same state-approved column also insisted that bin Laden “will strike America on the arm that is already hurting,” and that the US “will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs” – an apparent reference to the Sinatra classic, “New York, New York”.