Posted on 07/30/2004 7:31:33 PM PDT by neverdem
So he recants in order to hurt Bush and help Osama.
You owe me a keyboard....rotfl
But if you ask their opinion about Ahmed Hikmat Shakir, they say "Duh, wha-a-a-a?"
Don't forget Abdul Rahman Yasin.
Yeah, well, we destroyed some terrorist training camps in Iraq. I suppose Saddam would just let 'em live there, free of charge, ya? And AQ, they wouldn't even think to ask for weapons, 'cuz that'd be WRONG, just WRONG I tells ya!
BTW, Iraq LOST this lawsuit.103. On July 21, approximately six weeks before the September 11 th attacks, IRAQI columnist Mulhalhal reported that BIN LADEN was making plans to “demolish the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.”
104. Mulhalhal’s July 21 article further informed that BIN LADEN would strike America “on the arm that is already hurting.” Upon information and belief, this references a second IRAQI sponsored attack on the World Trade Center. This interpretation is further bolstered by another reference to New York as “[BIN LADEN] will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra everytime he hears his songs.” (e.g., “New York, New York”) identifying New York, New York as a target.
105. Mulhalhal further indicated, “The wings of a dove and the bullet are all but one and the same in the heart of a believer.” (Emphasis supplied) This appears to be a reference to the use of commercial aircraft as a weapon. The information was reported in an IRAQI newspaper who’s editor-in-chief serves as secretary to UDAY HUSSEIN’S Iraqi Syndicate of Journalists. The article expressed IRAQI admiration and support for BIN LADEN’s plans and its appearance in the newspaper would clearly have to be endorsed by SADDAM HUSSEIN himself.
106. All IRAQI news media is strictly controlled and censored by the government of SADDAM HUSSEIN and is under the direct oversight of UDAY HUSSEIN. Various members of IRAQI intelligence work at and control the content of each and every newspaper published inside IRAQ. 107. The information contained in Mulhalhal’s published statements were known prior to the events of September 11 th , and that Mulhalhal has ties to IRAQI intelligence, demonstrates foreknowledge of the planned attacks by BIN LADEN and indicates support by IRAQI co-conspirators.
Well, that's because they knew there was no connection between Iraq and al Quaida, so they didn't need to report anything this guy had to say. Journalists are so much smarter than people who actually work for a living. If working people were as smart as journalists, they would be able to figure out how to make money without working.
I notice we haven't been seeing as many suicide bomber attacks in Israel lately. It isn't just the fence, either. And the Palestinians are fighting with each other now, like strung-out herion addicts fighting over the last fix.
update:
One of the officials leaking about Zubaydah was a guy named Kiriakou... he wass blabbling to NY Times reporter[s] and the NY Times reporter was passing the information to the terrorists’ defense team.
Kiriakou’s wife had to resignher spot at the CIA after he was charged and her position there was as an analyst of Iran.
Kiriakou, one of the guys leaking to the NY Times on Zubaydah’s interrogation and on the interrogators, later turned up on John Kerry’s staff as a matter of fact, and also worked with the US Senate committee in question...before getting charged ...
Only on Free Republic does one get answers to eleven year old questions...
And then this guy just up and dies after getting a visit from HRW in Libya... imagine that.
Follow up:
Al-Qaeda chief commits suicide in Libyan prison, report says
AM · by bruinbirdman · 33 replies · 1,102+ views
The Telegraph ^ | 5/11/2009 | Duncan Gardham
Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, whose real name was Ali Mohammed al-Fakheri, 46, took his own life in his prison cell, ... Information gained from the interrogation of al-Libi was cited on several occasions by the Bush administration as justification for the war in Iraq. He told his CIA interrogators that al-Qaeda had sent two men to Iraq to seek training in chemical and biological weapons in December 2000....
My recollection is that there were multiple connections between Hussein and terrorists -- including Al-Qaeda.
Aside from al-Libi's revelations, Hussein also maintained a training site south of Baghdad and he hosted Abu Nidal, along with several other Palestinian groups.
Moreover, prior to the 2nd Gulf War, Jeff Greenfield of the New Yorker reported that Iraq was harboring a terrorist cell led by Abu Musab Zarqawi, a "suspected al-Qaeda affiliate and chemical and biological weapons specialist".
Trump shouldn't give Saddam Hussein any credit on this front.
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