April 06, 2006
Saddam recruited suicide terrorists to hit US interests
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The latest Iraqi document (BIAP 2003-000654) to be translated is a classified letter dated 11 March 2001, that reveals the regime in Baghdad recruiting suicide bombers to strike U.S. interests.
To all the Units
Subject: Volunteer for Suicide Mission
The top secret letter 2205 of the Military Branch of Al Qadisya on 4/3/2001 announced by the top secret letter 246 from the Command of the military sector of Zi Kar on 8/3/2001 announced to us by the top secret letter 154 from the Command of Ali Military Division on 10/3/2001 we ask to provide that Division with the names of those who desire to volunteer for Suicide Mission to liberate Palestine and to strike American Interests and according what is shown below to please review and inform us.
The letter is written by high-level Iraqi Air Force officers from the Ali Bin Abi Taleb Air Force Base and addressed to "all units." The memo further highlights the strong ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and Palestinian terrorism, but goes beyond that in suggesting American interests are targeted and also appears to indicate some degree of direct operational control over suicide bombers striking Israel.
Posted by C.S. Scott at April 6, 2006 02:33 AM
April 06, 2006
More On Saddam's Support for Terror
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The reference to "liberat[ing] Palestine" is no surprise, as it was no secret that Iraq rewarded the families of Palestinian suicide bombers in order to encourage violence against Israel. It is possible that the "American interests" referred to in the memo could be encompassed by an attack on Israel.
Only those who have their hands over their ears while shouting "La-la-la, I can't hear you" continue to deny that Saddam's regime supported terrorism. This memo is clearly one more piece of evidence to that effect. But its real significance can only be assessed in context with a great many other documents. As I've said before, the ongoing review of captured Iraqi and Taliban documents isn't like a search for a smoking gun or a needle in a haystack; it is much more like the patient assembly of a very large mosaic, one tile at a time.
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