Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Yes, there definitely were links
I guess the media has moved on to something else and these links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda really don't matter anymore...
Even so, as Tim Wilson explains, documents are proving that the links WERE there:
"How else does one explain the headlines covering a report which starts with the following sentence: 'The Iraqi Perspectives Project (IPP) review of captured Iraqi documents uncovered strong evidence that links the regime of Saddam Hussein to regional and global terrorism.'
The actual report goes on to detail that, despite having examined only 15% of the documents (although they also examined all of the English document titles), they found solid links to al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al-Qaeda spokesman and Imam Sheik Omar Abdul-Rahman’s Islamic Group, al-Qaeda’s Bahranian arm known as the Army of Mohammed, the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan which was the forerunner of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar who was a key ally of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and the Abu Sayyaf group, another al-Qaeda affiliate in the Philippines. In particular, on page 42 of the report they acknowledge that 'Saddam supported groups that either associated directly with al Qaeda (such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led at one time by bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri) or that generally shared al Qaeda's stated goals and objectives. 97'
For some unfathomable reason the authors of the report decided to use the phrase “no smoking gun” to describe the above multiple connections between Saddam’s Iraq and al-Qaeda."
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Nice find. I've been posting about this topic at www.regimeofterror.com for quite some time. You may be interested in seeing what these two sides did post invasion.
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I'll be looking at your site shortly. I'm anticipating a treasure trove. [smile]
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I'll be looking at your site shortly. I'm anticipating a treasure trove. [smile]
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