Posted on 04/30/2004 10:23:00 AM PDT by Peach
In an effort to put in one place all the reasons why I/we think that Saddam Hussein worked actively with Osama Bin Laden, I am starting a thread which can be saved and added to over time.
We know Saddam worked with the PLO and other terrorists, he funded them. He at LEAST knew that 9/11 was coming.
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”.
bttt
A topic from April 30, 2004, still handy to have around, especially given the Iran NIE BS. Thanks Peach.
Oops. No Peach.
“This account has been banned or suspended.”
Good to have you back Peach, I’ve missed your posts. Please put me on any ping lists you have.
I have bookmarked tons of FR threads about this. I’ll go through them as soon as I meet a deadline I have today.
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