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INTELLIGENCE agents from Prague to Swansea are uncovering a trail of clues that point to President Saddam Hussein of Iraq having a hand in al-Qaeda’s terrorist missions. Iraqi ministers have spent the week protesting Baghdad’s innocence to the United Nations, but will not say why some of its diplomats who met Mohammed Atta, one of the suspected September 11 hijackers, disappeared from their European posts after that date. Nor will Baghdad explain why Saddam’s agents were spotted at various times this year with Atta in Germany, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic. Many in the Pentagon are sure Saddam ...

March 22, 2006 Fmr. Saddam General Georges Sada On The Daily Show; Says WMDS Existed, Were Moved (VIDEO) (Hat Tip: Instapundit) General Georges Sada, who served under the command of Saddam Hussein, appeared on The Daily Show last night to discuss his new book “Saddam’s Secrets“: In his book and on The Daily Show, Sada says that Weapons of Mass Destruction existed, however they were moved to Syria prior to the American invasion in 2003. Stewart asks how he knows this; was it by documents or video, Sada responds: “I was the number two man in the air force”....

March 15, 2006 Saddam General Explains Saddam’s ‘Secrets’ — WMDs, Bombing Israel, and Genocide (AUDIO) I have yet to listen to the whole interview, however reader Anthony J. said that this is a must listen: Former Iraqi General Georges Sada, who was a military adviser to Saddam Hussein appeared on The Mike Rosen Show (850 AM KOA) (Tuesday March 14th, 2006). He is described as an expert air pilot who played a large part in saving coalition forces’ lives in Gulf War I. Sada explains what happened to the WMDs prior to the US led invasion of Iraq in...

<p>Monday, February 20th - Guest: Iraqi General, Georges Sada. General Sada's book, "Saddam's Secrets" will be the topic of discussion. Scheduled for 10:00am mountain (noon ET) on the Mike Rosen show at 850am KOA from here in Denver. This will be a rare opportunity to call in and ask a question of this particular guest.</p>

DENVER (AP) - An Army officer is scheduled to go on trial today in the grisly suffocation death of an Iraqi general amid speculation his lawyer will argue the general was already weakened by a severe beating at the hands of a group linked to the CIA. Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr is charged with murder in the 2003 death of Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush. Prosecution documents say Mowhoush had been placed headfirst in a sleeping bag and bound during interrogation, and that he died with one officer sitting on him. The documents say an electrical cord may...

DENVER (AP) - A National Guardsman testifying at a hearing for U.S. soldiers accused of killing an Iraq general said he saw classified U.S. personnel beat prisoners with a sledgehammer handle and mock the general's death, according to a transcript. The transcript, obtained by The Denver Post, includes an exchange during the hearing that suggests the CIA was involved. Sgt. 1st Class Gerold Pratt of the Utah National Guard said he saw unidentified U.S. personnel use the 15-inch wooden handle to hit prisoners. "They'd ask you a question, and if they didn't like it, they'd hit you," he said, according...

UK denies capturing Iraqi generalAs Sayliya Camp (Qatar), March 31: British forces today denied that they had captured an Iraqi general in clashes with paramilitaries south of Iraq's second city Basra yesterday. "He was misidentified as a general. He was just another officer," agencies quoted a British military spokesman as saying at war headquarters in Qatar while retracting a claim made yesterday about having captured a senior general. Asked how the mistake was discovered, he reportedly said: "We just got feedback through the channel of command." Yesterday, a British spokesman said that Royal Marine commandos had captured a general and...

PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein has decentralised the Iraqi army in preparation for urban combat and will rely on his younger son, Qusay, to co-ordinate a defensive war in the cities, according to exiled generals monitoring Iraq. "The Americans will be fighting ghosts. They will find it very hard to know where the enemy is. Those who are betting that Saddam will be defeated quickly are mistaken," said Lieutenant-General Tawfik al-Yassiri. "Tens of thousands of elite Iraqi forces have spread underground, above ground, in farms, schools, mosques, churches . . . everywhere. "They are not in camps or major installations. These units...