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Iraq: Former PM Reveals Secret Service Data on Birth of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (Great News)
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Posted on 05/23/2005 7:15:19 PM PDT by jmc1969
Baghdad, 23 May - The number two of the al-Qaeda network, Ayman al-Zawahiri, visited Iraq under a false name in September 1999 to take part in the ninth Popular Islamic Congress, former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi has revealed to pan-Arab daily al-Hayat. In an interview, Allawi made public information discovered by the Iraqi secret service in the archives of the Saddam Hussein regime, which sheds light on the relationship between Saddam Hussein and the Islamic terrorist network. He also said that both al-Zawahiri and Jordanian militant al-Zarqawi probably entered Iraq in the same period.
"Al-Zawahiri was summoned by Izza Ibrahim Al-Douri then deputy head of the council of the leadership of the revolution - to take part in the congress, along with some 150 other Islamic figures from 50 Muslim countries," Allawi said.
According to Allawi, important information has been gathered regarding the presence of another key terrorist figure operating in Iraq - the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Allawi's remarks come after statements to al-Hayat by King Abdallah II of Jordan over Saddam's refusal to hand over al-Zarqawi to the authorities in Amman.
On this question Allawi said: ''The words of the Jordanian King are correct and important. We have proof of al-Zawahiri's visit to Iraq, but we do not have the precise date or information on al-Zarqawi's entry
In Allawi's view, Saddam's government "sponsored" the birth of al-Qaeda in Iraq, coordinating with other terrorist groups, both Arab and Muslim. "The Iraqi secret services had links to these groups through a person called Faruq Hajizi, later named Iraq's ambassador to Turkey and arrested after the fall of Saddam's regime as he tried to re-enter Iraq. Iraqi secret agents helped terrorists enter the country and directed them to the Ansar al-Islam camps in the Halbija area," he said.
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This is huge.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:15:19 PM PDT
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969; Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
You're silly................Al-Qaeda was never and is not currently in Iraq.
Don't you get the democratic talking points?
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:18:29 PM PDT
by
OXENinFLA
("And that [Atomic] bomb is a filibuster" ~~~ Sen. Lieberman 1-4-95)
To: jmc1969
This will be in the Washington Post and NY Times tomorrow, right?
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:21:50 PM PDT
by
pissant
(I've got a headache)
To: OXENinFLA
You're silly................Al-Qaeda was never and is not currently in Iraq. Just ask Chris Matthews. /sarcasm
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:23:49 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: jmc1969
The Iraqi secret services had links to these groups through a person called Faruq Hajizi, later named Iraq's ambassador to Turkey and arrested after the fall of Saddam's regime as he tried to re-enter Iraq. The anthrax for the postal attacks in the U.S. probably came from Iraq. It was probably passed (in a fairly small quantity) from Iraqi intelligence to AQ.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:34:01 PM PDT
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending.)
To: jmc1969
Bingo, it all fits, good post.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:34:05 PM PDT
by
gandalftb
To: jmc1969
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:34:24 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
To: jmc1969; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Dog; Dog Gone; Mo1; TexKat; Gucho; Howlin; ...
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:37:33 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
To: OXENinFLA
Saw this earlier. I am waiting for a more reparable source if there is such a thing.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:39:21 PM PDT
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: jmc1969
Excellent find.
Ya just have to connect the dots, folks.
The only thing I regret is that we didn't go all the way to Baghdad in 1991 and "take out the trash" sooner.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:40:36 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: OXENinFLA
In Allawi's view, Saddam's government "sponsored" the birth of al-Qaeda in Iraq, coordinating with other terrorist groups, both Arab and Muslim.
I've been beating that drum for 3 years.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:40:49 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: pissant
seriously...let's see how the media handles this....
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:42:45 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: jmc1969
But ... but ... but ... we've been assured by the Democrats and the UN that Al-Qaeda had no connection to Iraq!
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:43:35 PM PDT
by
TexasGreg
("Democrats Piss Me Off")
To: jb6; GarySpFc
This is the smoking gun, with fingerprints on it.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:43:42 PM PDT
by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: God luvs America
They'll say it was then Governor Bush's fault.
To: jmc1969
Must have been the 9-11 Concept Brief to Saddam.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:44:02 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What is that sorce link of www.adnki.com???
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:45:52 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(The "Heritage Oaks" in the Sierra-Nevada Conservancy are full of parasitic GovernMental mistletoe!!!)
To: jmc1969
Move along...nothing to see here.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; OXENinFLA
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:47:12 PM PDT
by
Gucho
To: jmc1969
Great news but convince the msm of it. Effective right now the msm needs 3 identified sources before they print the story.
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posted on
05/23/2005 7:47:16 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
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