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Terrorist Behind September 11 Strike was Trained by Saddam
The Telegraph ^
| December 14, 2003
| Con Coughlin
Posted on 12/13/2003 4:24:43 PM PST by quidnunc
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To: highlander_UW
No kidding.
I've checked out DU and I swear I can't tell the men from the women...
To: Angelus Errare
The disputed trip to Prague was in April if it occurred, was it not?
To: Angelus Errare
Plus, getting approval to go on to Iraq would be an excellent reason to meet Al-Ani in Prague.
To: lstanle; quidnunc; Shermy; swarthyguy; aristeides
The Telegraph reported on May 18, 2003 that the same Tahir Jalil al-Habbush al-Tikriti may have escaped to Europe following the American invasion; a Syrian employee of a French embassy reported that Habbush was given a French-originated European passport in Mid-April 2003. If Habbush were in U.S. hands it would seem logical that this most recent report would have surfaced long ago.
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:42:27 PM PST
by
gaspar
To: Angelus Errare
Glad you saw this; was going to ping you.
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:43:21 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: quidnunc
This does nothing but show more of Iraq's terrorist links. But this should serve for only those leftists who say that going into Iraq was wrong.
I could care less if Iraq had anything to do with 9/11, because the US is fighting a war on ALL TERRORISM not a single war against Al Queda and those who did 9/11. And Iraq was a terrorist state even before 9/11.
But nevertheless, this proves, if true, Iraq had a hand in a big terrorist attack on Americans.
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:44:08 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: quidnunc
Hmmmm....
It will be VERY interesting to see more information come out on this letter.
To: Angelus Errare
See post #184.
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:45:00 PM PST
by
gaspar
To: Dan(9698)
Connecting dots.
189
posted on
12/13/2003 6:45:43 PM PST
by
StriperSniper
(The "mainstream" media is a left bank oxbow lake.)
To: yonif
You hit the nail squarely on the head...
It amazes me to this day that the looney left can't see this simple fact...
To: aristeides
Does what we know of Atta's chronology allow him to spend three weeks in Iraq in the summer of 2001? I checked my timeline of the hijackers, and there is a period from July 18 (when Atta returned to the USA from Madrid, Spain) to August 6 (when he rented a car in Florida) when Atta's movements are not specifically accounted for. If there was a summer trip to Baghdad, it would have happened at this time.
This story is the bombshell of bombshells if true.
To: aristeides
To: gaspar
Here's a FR search on Salman Pak.
Two titles out of that search:
9/11 Bombshell: Judge Rules Saddam Trained Hijackers [Salman Pak]
Yellowcake, Forged Documents, and Salman Pak
This better work. Don't think I've ever linked a FR search before.
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:47:38 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: aristeides
I had an e-correspondence going with a Czech reporter in Prague for awhile. From talking to him, it is more than conceivable that Atta was in Prague and did meet with Al Ani. He wasn't 100% but he was leaning toward the meeting occuring.
To: denydenydeny; Angelus Errare
Read on in the thread. Angelus errare pointed out to me that Atta's stay in Iraq would have had to be before July 1, 2001 (because of the date of the document). And three weeks was the result of my hasty misreading -- Atta's stay was three days, which, taking travel time into account, I estimate would require five consecutive days unaccounted for.
To: txflake
Limbaugh to WH: What about Salman Pak? Last Wednesday, Iraq made its own response to the news of the meetings between al-Ani and Atta. Tariq Aziz, Saddam's Deputy Prime Minister, denied Iraq had anything to do with the hijackings, saying: 'Even if that [the meetings] happened, that would mean nothing, for a diplomat could meet many people during his duty, whether he was at a restaurant or elsewhere, and even if he met Mohamed Atta, that would not mean the Iraqi diplomat was involved.'
Yet the striking thing about the meetings is the lengths to which Atta went in order to attend them. In June last year, he flew to Prague from Hamburg, only to be refused entry because he had failed to obtain a visa. Three days later, now equipped with the paperwork, Atta was back for a visit of barely 24 hours. He flew from the Czech Republic to the US, where he began to train as pilot. In early April 2001, when the conspiracy's planning must have been nearing its final stages, Atta was back in Prague for a further brief visit - a journey of considerable inconvenience.
On 17 April, the Czechs expelled al-Ani, who had diplomatic cover, as a hostile spy. Last night, a senior US diplomatic source told The Observer that Atta was not the only suspected al-Qaeda member who met al-Ani and other Iraqi agents in Prague. He said the Czechs monitored at least two further such meetings in the months before 11 September.
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:53:33 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: denydenydeny; Angelus Errare
Your timeline appears to leave Atta unaccounted for between May 13, 2001 and some unspecified date in June. During that period, he missed a court appearance, and a warrant was issued for him because of that failure to appear.
To: jwalsh07
Ping.
To: FreeManWhoCan
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posted on
12/13/2003 6:56:53 PM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
("Howard Dean is incontrovertible proof that God is on Bush's side in the 2004 election"- Dick Morris)
To: aristeides
Exactly.
That, combined with some kind of potential cash deal for the plot, would explain the Prague trip and the meeting with al-Ani.
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