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Started by Gleeful *Stargis
Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:22
Accuracy in Media: Saddam's Links to Al Qaeda
Author: Gleeful *Stargis
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:22
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:22
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Liberals is done served!............. "It is frustrating to have to keep correcting the media. And it is even more frustrating when national television programs deliberately distort the evidence on a matter as important as Saddam Hussein's links to Al Qaeda. It's an old controversy but some in the media still insist on getting the facts wrong.".................... http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/4198_0_2_0_C/ Excerpts....... "Stephanopoulos, who used to work for Clinton, should remember that, back in 1998, the Clinton Administration issued a sealed indictment of bin Laden that read, in part, "...Al-Qaida reached an understanding with the government of Iraq that al-Qaida would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al-Qaida would work cooperatively with the government of Iraq." What evidence did they have? And ABC reported in December of 1999 that "ABC News has learned that in December, an Iraqi intelligence chief, named Farouq Hijazi, now Iraq's Ambassador to Turkey, made a secret trip to Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden. Three intelligence agencies tell ABC News they cannot be certain what was discussed, but almost certainly, they say, bin Laden has been told he would be welcomed in Baghdad." Reports of this type were common then. No one doubted Saddam's link to radical Islamic terrorists, including Abu Nidal and Abu Abbas, who had sought and gained refuge there. He also had links to Al Qaeda. Reports to the contrary are primarily anti-administration propaganda and disinformation." "Even Hillary Clinton acknowledged the Saddam-Al Qaeda connection in her speech announcing support for the authorization of the use of force against Iraq in 2002."
Re: Accuracy in Media: Saddam's Links to Al Qaeda
Author: greathornedlizard
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:31
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:31
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It's frustrating to point out that we seem to have yet another Iraqi telling us about yet another meeting between Al Queda and Iraq in yet another foreign city.... There is actual video that show's Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands and yukking it up with Saddam way back in the day, (although it was post chemical weapons crimes that he's now on trial for), I think he was maybe even selling Saddam some new ones, ( I read that somewhere, that he was there on business;) Is Accuracy In Media ( a fully funded organ of the Ultra RightWing Association of GooseSteppers in the Service of Themselves) demanding that Donald Rumsfeld be charged with selling CWMD's to Saddam? or just insisting that Rumsfeld be a witness in Saddam's trial and explaining to Judge and Jury why he was so friendly with a mass murderer, back in the day when Reagan was playing Cowboys with foreign policy?
Re: Accuracy in Media: Saddam's Links to Al Qaeda
Author: Gleeful *Stargis
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:54
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:54
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On 4 Dec 2005 12:31:43 -0800, greathornedlizard@yahoo.com wrote: >It's frustrating to point out that we seem to have yet another Iraqi >telling us about yet another >meeting between Al Queda and Iraq in yet another foreign city.... > >There is actual video that show's Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands and >yukking it up with Saddam way back in the day, (although it was post >chemical weapons crimes that he's now on trial for), I think he was >maybe even selling Saddam some new ones, ( I read that somewhere, that >he was there on business;) > Is Accuracy In Media ( a fully funded >organ of the Ultra RightWing Association of GooseSteppers in the >Service of Themselves) demanding that Donald Rumsfeld be charged with >selling CWMD's to Saddam? or just >insisting that Rumsfeld be a witness in Saddam's trial and explaining >to Judge and Jury >why he was so friendly with a mass murderer, back in the day when >Reagan was >playing Cowboys with foreign policy? The facts in the article are correct. Sorry. The stories reported in the nineties did indeed make the connections. The connections between Saddam and Al Quada was made by the Clinton admin and many news sources in the ninties. Before Bush and Iraq were even issues. Before 9-11 even happened. Sorry. I know that all that was supposed to be only after Bush was President. And they never said once that Iraq was behind 9-11. That Islamo-facism would use Iraq for its goals is no question. Saddam encouraged the attacks, and was delighted about 9-11........ http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/12/mideast.reaction/ From CNN September 12, 2001 - LONDON, England -- Leaders of Middle Eastern nations, including U.S. foes Libya and Iran, have condemned the terror attacks on the U.S. -- with one notable exception. Saddam Hussein's Iraq said the United States deserved Tuesday's attacks in New York and Washington as the fruits "of its crimes against humanity." Under the headline "America burns," the official newspaper Al-Iraq said that "what happened in the United States yesterday is a lesson for all tyrants, oppressors and criminals." Overnight an official Iraqi statement said: "The American cowboys are reaping the fruit of their crimes against humanity." The Herald By Ian Bruce December 28, 1999 The world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, has been offered sanctuary in Iraq if his worldwide terrorist network succeeds in carrying out a campaign of high-profile attacks on the West over the next few weeks. Intelligence sources say the Saudi dissident believed responsible for the bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and a US military barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1998, is running out of options for a safe haven. He is now thought to have overcome his initial rejection of Saddam Hussein, whom he regarded as an exploiter of the Islamic cause rather than a true believer, and is considering the offer of a bolt-hole from which he can continue to mastermind terrorism on a global scale. A US counter-terrorist source said yesterday: "Our State Department issued a worldwide warning on December 11. We have solid information that many of the groups operating under bin Laden's patronage are planning 'spectaculars' to coincide with the period leading up to and through the millennium celebrations. "They want to inflict maximum loss of life in return for publicity. Now we are also facing the prospect of an unholy alliance between bin Laden and Saddam. The implications are terrifying. CNN 1999... "Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has offered asylum to bin Laden" http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9902/13/afghan.binladen/ AND............. ABC 1999.... 1999 ABC News Report : The Osama - Hussein Connection http://www.radioamerica.org/audio/MR_ABC-Osama-Hussein-connections.mp3 ABC News, January 14, 1999 '". . . [Mamdouh Mahmud] Salim, alleged to be a key military advisor and believed to be privy to bin Laden's most secret projects, is also apprehended. The US government alleges that he was under secret orders to procure enriched uranium for the purpose of developing nuclear weapons. These are allegations bin Laden does not now deny. "It would be a sin for Muslims not to try to possess the weapons that would prevent the infidels from inflicting harm on Muslims, but how we could use these weapons if we possessed them is up to us. With an American price on his head, there weren't many places bin Laden could go, unless he teamed up with another international pariah, one also with an interest in weapons of mass destruction. Osama believes in the 'enemy of my enemy is my friend, and someone I should cooperate with.' That is certainly the current case with Iraq. Saddam Hussein has a long history of harboring terrorists: Carlos the Jackal, Abu Nida, Abu Abbas. The most notorious terrorist of their era all found shelter and support at one time in Baghdad. Intelligence sources say bin Laden's long relationship with the Iraqis began as he helped Sudan's fundamentalist government in their efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Three weeks after the bombing, on August 31st, bin Laden reaches out to his friends in Iraq and Sudan. Iraq's vice president arrives in Khartoon to show his support for the Sudanese after the US attack. ABC News has learned that during these meetings, senior Sudanese officials, acting on behalf of bin Laden, asked if Saddam Hussein would grant him asylum. Iraq was indeed interested. ABC News has learned that in December, an Iraqi intelligence chief, named Farouk Hijazi, now Iraq's ambassador to Turkey, made a secret trip to Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden. Three intelligence agencies tell ABC News they cannot be certain what was discussed, but almost certainly, they say, bin Laden has been told he would be welcome in Baghdad.'' And intelligent sources say that they can only speculate on the purpose of an alliance. What could bin Laden offer Saddam Hussein? Only days after he meets Iraqi officials, bin Laden tells ABC news that his network is wide and there are people prepared to commit terror in his name who he does not even control. 'It's our job to incite and to instigate. By the grace of God, we have done that.'"
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