Posted on 10/17/2004 1:46:57 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
Saddam Hussein secretly bankrolled a notorious Palestinian terrorist group with $72 million worth of vouchers from the U.N.'s corrupt oil-for-food program, according to a bombshell new report.
The former dictator funded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine through a Syrian business front, the Scotsman newspaper reported, citing records uncovered by investigators in Iraq.
It could be one of the strongest links yet of Saddam's ties to known terrorists.
Thousands of documents handed over to authorities by a former Iraqi oil minister, include a paper trail showing that the scheme to give money from oil vouchers to the PFLP was carried out in full.
U.S. officials have long accused Saddam of financial dealings with the PFLP, but up until now they were unable to prove it.
Saddam used a Syrian company, Awad Ammora & Partners, as a conduit to give vouchers for two million barrels of oil — about $72 million worth — to the PFLP, the newspaper said.
The PLFP first made its mark during the 1970 "Black September" hijackings. Its members commandeered, evacuated, then blew up four planes bound for New York — three in Jordan and one in Cairo.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Now, why would Saddam be supplying oil vouchers to the PFLP? I thought the sanctions were working and Saddam wasn't a threat to anyone. /sarcasm
So UN corruption supported terrorism via Saddam.......NOW CAN WE BOMB THE UN?
No need to bomb the UN. All we need to do is serve an eviction notice. Those are some nice buildings they are occupying. It would be a waste to bomb them.
A blast from the past...
Q: Michael Gordon, New York Times: "...Given that we're talking about matters of war and peace, does the administration plan to make a further report and provide intelligence information to address these concerns stated by the IAEA in its public report, and to buttress its claims that Iraq has resumed the production of weapons of mass destruction? And if not, is this because of targeting concerns, sources and methods, or do you simply not have reliable information that would stand up in a public forum on this?
Wolfowitz: I think the short answer, Michael, really is there is a lot of evidence; as the evidence accumulates, our ability to talk about it undoubtedly will grow. But we don't have a lot of time; time is running out, and I repeat: What has clearly not happened is any change of attitude by the Iraqi regime.
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/t01232003_t0123cfr.html
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"as the evidence accumulates, our ability to talk about it undoubtedly will grow"
""There is no Saddam-terrorist connection!" The libs have said it so many darn times, we'll have to stuff the report down their throats....printing in progress!"
Let's move the goal posts. It wasn't Terrorists Saddam was connected to. We knew that all along. It was Al Queida that we were mentioning specifically.
"No need to bomb the UN. All we need to do is serve an eviction notice."
I have a better idea. Let's put 5 or 6 hundred Gitmo terrorists, all strapped into their seats on a recently decommisioned 747 and remote control the thing into the UN building one fine monday morning.
Let's be sure and invite the klintoons, chiroc, arrafat, Kofi and several other prominant, left wing trouble makers and terrorist heads of state to be in attendance that morning.
Like Michael Corleone said, "Today we settle all family business."
Paging John Kerry....Has John said jack about the Oil For Food scandal, BTW? Anyone recall?
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I'm much better now.
Drain the swamp! was a battle cry following 911. Clearly, Saddam nurtured his swamp.
No no no... I was writing that as what a Democratic talking point might look like.
If you felt I presented that statement as my own opinion, I do apologize. It was not meant that way.
They connected the dots in 1998 but Senator Kerry and MSM can't seem to connect the dots in 2004.
Here is an easy to read chart of what the media was saying pre-911 (and after): Connect the Dots...Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
Lots of facts and quotes about the president-wannabe at the John F. Kerry Timeline.
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lol, I would still rather keep the buildings. Turn them into condos or something.
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