1999 ABC News Report : The Osama - Hussein Connection

Radio America ^ | January 1999 | ABC News

[christie]

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1999 ABC News Report : The Osama - Hussein Connection

http://www.radioamerica.org/audio/MR_ABC-Osama-Hussein-connections.mp3

Here is a transcript of the linked MP3 file.

-- Sheila MacVicar, ABC News, January 14, 1999

'". . . [Mamdouh Mahmud] Salim, alleged to be a key military advisor and believed to be privy to bin Laden's most secret projects, is also apprehended. The US government alleges that he was under secret orders to procure enriched uranium for the purpose of developing nuclear weapons.

These are allegations bin Laden does not now deny. "It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims, but how we could use these weapons if we possessed them is up to us.

With an American price on his head, there weren't many places bin Laden could go, unless he teamed up with another international pariah, one also with an interest in weapons of mass destruction. Osama believes in the 'enemy of my enemy is my friend, and someone I should cooperate with.' That is certainly the current case with Iraq. Saddam Hussein has a long history of harboring terrorists: Carlos the Jackal, Abu Nida, Abu Abbas. The most notorious terrorist of their era all found shelter and support at one time in Baghdad.

Intelligence sources say bin Laden's long relationship with the Iraqis began as he helped Sudan's fundamentalist government in their efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Three weeks after the bombing, on August 31st, bin Laden reaches out to his friends in Iraq and Sudan. Iraq's vice president arrives in Khartoon to show his support for the Sudanese after the US attack. ABC News has learned that during these meetings, senior Sudanese officials, acting on behalf of bin Laden, asked if Saddam Hussein would grant him asylum.

Iraq was indeed interested. ABC News has learned that in December, an Iraqi intelligence chief, named Farouk Hijazi, now Iraq's ambassador to Turkey, made a secret trip to Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden. Three intelligence agencies tell ABC News they cannot be certain what was discussed, but almost certainly, they say, bin Laden has been told he would be welcome in Baghdad.''

And intelligent sources say that they can only speculate on the purpose of an alliance. What could bin Laden offer Saddam Hussein? Only days after he meets Iraqi officials, bin Laden tells ABC news that his network is wide and there are people prepared to commit terror in his name who he does not even control.

'It's our job to incite and to instigate. By the grace of God, we have done that.'"

[LSUfan]

If anyone has an attributed link to this file or a page at Radio America, please provide it. I have a contact in the media who wants to run this story but cannot go straight from the MP3. He needs the original link on radio america.org. Please help.

[christie]

"Hello, Peter? ...........About the story ABC did back in 1999 about bin Laden-Saddam cooperation, ...........are you saying that the ABC report was based on forged documents?"

That was great!

[christie]

. . .my husband, who thinks "Bush lied" about the Iraq connection.

The trouble is, most of the country think this.

The Pajama Brigade needs to beat MSM and get this information out, just like the SwiftBoat Vets and Rathergate.

[christie]

Maybe someone can contact Sheila McVicar for comment. She must know the facts. Pretty sure CBS isn't going to touch this.

[christie]

The question isn't "How come they lied about weapons for mass destruction.

The question is:

Where did they go?

It drives me nuts. Barely a week after taking Baghdad, the lying media was making noise about no WMDs. Considering life as we know it and civilization could be at stake, playing politics to destroy a President is unconscionable.

[christie]

Well, Ted Koppel and the ABC Evening News staff ought to be told about this. They've been arguing the opposite for a couple of years now.

It's funny how the homeless come and go depending on who's in the White House, too.

Bubba wants to take out Saddam - good

Bushie wants to take out Saddam - bad

Funny thing, I think people see that Bush isn't so scary, awful, mean, and so on, as they like to portrait Republicans. He's kinda likable. Of course, you have the nitwit kool-aide drinkers.

[nutmeg]

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[Rocky]

Wow. Thanks for posting. Hope the Bush campaign has the trancript.

[jonatron]

bump

[radu]

Great find, christie! I can think of several folks who need to hear this.
And several others who will appreciate your website as I do. Bookmarked!

Thanks for the ping, Tonk!
You're right...."Kerry and Dims WRONG again!"

[YaYa123]

Please click and listen to the 1999 audio tape of ABC's premier foreign corespondent, Sheila McVicar, describe the relationship of Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden. It just takes a minute or two.

The Kerry campaign and the MSM have attacked President Bush relentlessly for going to war with Iraq under the guise of fighting terrorism. The MSM has argued Saddam had nothing to do with terrorism or 9-11, and the MSM tries to portray Americans as dumber than dirt for believing President Bush was right to go to war with Iraq to fight terrorism.

I'm so grateful for this thread, I hope everone will send it to contacts in the media, just so they know, President Bush's position in 2001 was well-known and accepted, back in 1999.

[cyncooper]

Also see this thread documenting media reports from the same timeframe as your ABC find, 1999:

Bin Laden and Iraq

[cyncooper]

Thanks Henry. I missed your ping yesterday (talking too much on other threads and it got buried!) but YaYa123 just flagged me and I finally read it.

I just posted a link to a thread from over a year ago where we documented numerous 1999 reports linking bin Laden and Iraq.

There can be no denying it, the dem-symps in the media lie to us, boldly and often.

[cyncooper]

I wonder if the news media needs a memory jog

No. They are knowingly lying to us.

We've long known about not just this, but many many many media reports from that timeframe that spoke of this link.

[cyncooper]

Please see the link at my post #74.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1229608/posts?page=74#74

Somebody's lying and it's the media who reported one way in 1999 when their boy Clinton was in charge and are now blinded to getting Bush no matter the effect on our safety or security.

[cyncooper]

Thanks YaYa. See my post #74 here linking us to yet more 1999 media reports.

That thread was posted back in 2003 and I even noted on it that as I was Googling up article after article stating the link as a matter of fact I was hearing tv reports of how Bush had made the whole connection up in order to pursue his single-minded intent (so the dem/media spin goes) of invading Iraq.

[christie]

Did you see my site Connect the Dots . . . Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden?
http://www.archive-news.net/Articles/SH040923.html

I included as many articles as I could that still have live links. I'm still going through lists so I may find others, and I'll crosscheck with your post.

[christie]

UPDATE: Here is the source of the MP3 clip:

ABC NEWS
ABC NEWS Saturday Night
January 14, 1999
Crime and Justice
J. Miller, J. McWethy, S. MacVicar, Cynthi McFadden
Target America: The Terrorist War

ANNOUNCER: From ABC News, this is Crime and Justice.
CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, ABC News: (voice-over) The enemy is out there. Terrorists targeting Americans around the world.

I have the full transcript and will format it later.

If any of you have media contacts who are interested in this, this is the source. Spread the word.