Posted on 03/18/2002 2:54:42 AM PST by SharpEye
Lawsuit claims Iraq behind OKC bombing
For more than six years, the federal government has maintained that Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols acted alone in bombing the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
But now, a lawsuit charges that agents of Iraq in whole or in part 'orchestrated, assisted and aided' in the plot to blow up the building.
Officially, McVeigh and Nichols are held responsible. But an Oklahoma City lawyer alleges that a master terrorist workng for Iraq was behind the bombing. His name is Ramzi Youssef.
"They planned to send him out on a campaign of international terror," attorney Michael Johnston said.
There is no doubt Ramzi Youssef is a master bomber. He was convicted for his involvement in the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. He also blew up a 747 in the Philippines in 1995, killing one man.
Youssef is now serving 240 years in prison. His sidekick, Abdul Murad, is also serving a prison sentence. On the day of the Oklahoma City bombing, Murad claimed responsiblity, saying the Liberation Army had done it. An FBI report shows he made the statement to an FBI agent.
Former CIA official Vince Cannistraro received a warning about the attack, the FBI report shows. Cannistraro got a call from a Saudi counter-terrorism expert before the bombing, who said there was a squad of people currently in the United States, very possibly Iraqis, who had been tasked with carrying out terrorist acts aginst the country. First on the list was the federal building in Oklahoma City.
The connection between Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, Ramzi Youssef and Abdul Murad is the Phillippines. Nichols had a Phillipine wife. He traveled there often. And there, lawyer Michael Johnston says, under the instruction of Ramzi Youssef, Nichols learned to make a bomb like Youssef had made in New York.
"They were both large fertilizer bombs," Johnston said. "They were both delivered to the scene by Ryder trucks that were rented in adjoining states. And, they were both positioned in such a way to bring down the buildings that were the targets of the attack."
Terry Nichols' passport records, obtained by News 8, show he was in the Philippines at the same time as Youssef. Another report, from a high-ranking Philippine official, notes that in 1996, Philippine officials thought Terry Nichols was a Pakistani, Arab, or U.S. National.
The suit was filed by the conservative Washington-based legal group Judicial Watch. It has filed a number of lawsuits alleging wrongdoing in the Clinton and Bush administrations. One of the goals of the lawsuit is to obtain evidence that's been under seal in Federal Court in Denver, Colo. Another goal of the suit is compensation: the victims are asking for $1.4 billion in punitive damages from the Republic of Iraq.
I wonder if Fox would be interested in a "Celebrity Boxing Match" between the two?
all swept under the carpet by Clinton.
As far as I'm concerend there's only one question here: What did Bubba know and when did he know it? As for why Bubba chose not to act, I think the answer to that is simple: Hussein was blackmailing him. So much for idea that character doesn't matter.
I wonder if Fox would be interested in a "Celebrity Boxing Match" between the two?
EEEEOOOOW! And I was just getting ready to eat breakfast. Thanks a lot for that truly frightening mental image.
Several stories about the lawsuit were posted late last week on FR. I believe I flagged you for both articles. You may want to check.
See reply #7 also about Iraq.
questions for OKCsub:
is attorney Michael Johnston a new player for us?
who is the fibber named "Vogel"
who is the CIA guy: terry johnson?
Waco Junkie- Anyone who cannot accept the fact that it is over with regard to finding the truth about the Branch Davidian Massacre. Anyone who cannot accept the fact that this atrocity has been swept under the rug, and nothing will effect the final outcome. These individuals are clearly addicted to Waco in the same way that some people become addicted to a soap opera.
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