Saddam-Bin Laden Connection: Can we put this to rest now?
How many times have you heard a Democrat politician, or a Bush basher, tell you that there was absolutely, positively no connection between Iraq and AlQaeda? A hundred? A thousand? Here’s more evidence. Sigh.
Osama Bin Laden Contact With Iraq
Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit’s summaries of five documents from Saddam Hussein’s government, which have been released by the U.S. government.
The documents discuss Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass destruction, al Qaeda and more.
A sample from one of the summaries,
Although contacts between bin Laden and the Iraqis have been reported in the 9/11 Commission report and elsewhere, (e.g. the 9/11 report states “Bin Ladn himself met with a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in Khartoum in late 1994 or early 1995) this document indicates the contacts were approved personally by Saddam Hussein.
It also indicates the discussions were substantive, in particular that bin Laden was proposing an operational relationship, and that the Iraqis were, at a minimum, interested in exploring a potential relationship and prepared to show good faith by broadcasting the speeches of al Ouda, the radical cleric who was also a bin Laden mentor.
The document does not establish that the two parties did in fact enter into an operational relationship. Given that the document claims bin Laden was proposing to the Iraqis that they conduct “joint operations against foreign forces” in Saudi Arabia, it is interesting to note that eight months after the meeting â?? on November 13, 1995 â?? terrorists attacked Saudi National Guard Headquarters in Riyadh, killing 5 U.S. military advisors. The militants later confessed on Saudi TV to having been trained by Osama bin Laden.)
March 23rd, 2006 at 4:02 pm
The US government released these documents to its propaganda arm, ABC News. Like the discredited Bin Laden video and audio tapes, I think we need to take these documents with a major grain of salt. And before you call me absurd, please consider that the US government has paid to plant rosy stories in Iraqi newspapers. The government did not want us, the American public, to know this, but it was leaked out. Deception through the media channels has precedent - major precedent with this administration.
March 23rd, 2006 at 4:15 pm
Great piece:
http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=548&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
March 23rd, 2006 at 4:36 pm
ABC News ia a propaganda arm of the government?
I guess this guy didn’t get the memo, from today,
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash9ab.htm
“A top producer at ABC NEWS declared “Bush makes me sick” in an email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT.
John Green, currently executive producer of the weekend edition of GOOD MORNING AMERICA, unloaded on the president in an ABC company email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT.
“If he uses the ‘mixed messages’ line one more time, I’m going to puke,” Green complained.
The blunt comments by Green, along with other emails obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT, further reveal the inner workings of the nation’s news outlets.
A friend of Green’s at ABC says Green is mortified by the email. “John feels so badly about this email. He is a straight shooter and great producer who is always fair. That said, he deeply regrets the sentiment expressed in the email and the embarrassment it causes ABC News.” “
March 24th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
What about this story people need to know
Afghan Man Faces Death for Allegedly Converting to Christianity
March 25th, 2006 at 8:35 am
Oh yea John, I forgot how many positive stories ABC News has done on the Bush admin. As a matter of fact, I should have known the Bush admin and probably Rove himself orchestrated these memos with the conservative powers that be at ABC. Right after they orchestrated hurricane Katrina and “global warming.” But the Bush National Guard documents are fake but “accurate.” Your supposition is preposterous- makes you sound like a whako lefty conspiracy theorist.
Gregg J
March 27th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
I’m wearied and beaten and will permanently remove myself from all further discussion on this board. I don’t consider myself liberal, conservative, Democrat or Republican but rather an American searching for the truth. Now, some final thoughts on 9/11, only because it was such a seminal moment in this country’s history. I don’t believe our government’s official explanation. Was Bush himself involved? In my opinion, he did not drive this event but allowed it to happen. Did Arabs hijack the planes and steer them into the WTC and Pentagon? I don’t know, but I have a suspicion that Muslim “terrorists” were set up as patsies to take the fall. Were the towers felled by explosives? I am convinced of this. Were Israeli Zionists involved in order to coax us into a proxy war fought on Israel’s behalf? I really think so because there’s evidence it’s happened before (USS Liberty). America’s ties to Israel trouble me deeply. Is Charlie Sheen for real? No! There is a movement underway to poison the search for truth. If the perpetrators can make us look bad, this benefits them. I leave you with these unsolicited thoughts in the hope that you investigate this tragic event further. Best of luck.
March 31st, 2006 at 3:07 pm
The effects of this war are strange
Afghan Christian Convert Drops Out of Sight After Release
April 5th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
Moussaoui Eligible for Death Penalty
he deserves it…
April 28th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
U.S. Calls for Action After Iran Defies Security Council
this is so scary…
May 4th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
I hope we never have to see him again
Moussaoui Gets Last Chance to Speak Before Going to Jail
June 1st, 2006 at 6:07 pm
Pentagon: Iraq Insurgency Strong Into 2007
oh no …
June 7th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
did you catch this…
Teenage Boy Killed in California School Shooting
June 15th, 2006 at 8:27 am
LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN iRAQ
Iraqi Army Begins Security Crackdown in Baghdad
June 21st, 2006 at 11:51 pm
what is up with this
More Rain on the Way for Flooded Houston Area, Southwest Louisiana
June 28th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
see this flood stuff…
Officials From Flooded Northeast: ‘The Worst’ is Yet to Come