[CLUE-Talk] More Evidence for a Hussein - AlQaeda Link

[Randy Arabie]

Quoting "Timothy C. Klein" <teece at silverklein.net>:

> * Jed S. Baer (thag at frii.com) wrote:
> > Well, here's an interesting article:
> > http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/42706.htm
> > 
> > <quote>
> > Their deadly collaboration - which may have included the bombing of the
> > USS Cole and the 9/11 attacks - is revealed in a 16-page memo to the
> > Senate Intelligence Committee that cites reports from a variety of
> > domestic and foreign spy agencies compiled by multiple sources, The Weekly
> > Standard reports.
> 
> Here is another one that is a must read, especially if you felt
> compelled by the leaked Feith memo.
> 
> http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0311.ackerman.html
> 

Or this one, especially if you felt compelled by the Washington Monthly:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/378fmxyz.asp

<quote>
An analysis that follows No. 18 provides additional context and an explanation 
of these reports: 

Reporting entries #4, #11, #15, #16, #17, and #18, from different sources, 
corroborate each other and provide confirmation of meetings between al Qaeda 
operatives and Iraqi intelligence in Afghanistan and Pakistan. None of the 
reports have information on operational details or the purpose of such 
meetings. The covert nature of the relationship would indicate strict 
compartmentation [sic] of operations.
Information about connections between al Qaeda and Iraq was so widespread by 
early 1999 that it made its way into the mainstream press. A January 11, 1999, 
Newsweek story ran under this headline: "Saddam + Bin Laden?" The story cited 
an "Arab intelligence source" with knowledge of contacts between Iraq and al 
Qaeda. "According to this source, Saddam expected last month's American and 
British bombing campaign to go on much longer than it did. The dictator 
believed that as the attacks continued, indignation would grow in the Muslim 
world, making his terrorism offensive both harder to trace and more effective. 
With acts of terror contributing to chaos in the region, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi 
Arabia, and Kuwait might feel less inclined to support Washington. Saddam's 
long-term strategy, according to several sources, is to bully or cajole Muslim 
countries into breaking the embargo against Iraq, without waiting for the 
United Nations to lift if formally." 
</quote>

That sounds like some compelling analysis (ie. not simply unrelated "raw" 
intelligence) to me.
-- 
Allons Rouler!

Randy
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