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Saddam's Terror Training Camps
http://www.weeklystandard.com ^ | 01/16/2006, | Stephen F. Hayes

Posted on 01/06/2006 3:22:52 PM PST by Para-Ord.45

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1 posted on 01/06/2006 3:22:53 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: Para-Ord.45

"Many of the fighters were drawn from terrorist groups in northern Africa with close ties to al Qaeda, "

But,but..didn't the 911 Commission determine there were no ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq??


2 posted on 01/06/2006 3:31:28 PM PST by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Maybe these terrorists weren't wearing Al Qaeda badges.
3 posted on 01/06/2006 3:36:01 PM PST by Ben Mugged (Unions are the stormtroopers of socialism)
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To: Para-Ord.45
This surely has to be a mistake. There was definitely no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Ask any Dem and they'll tell you.
4 posted on 01/06/2006 3:36:35 PM PST by jazusamo (A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
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To: Bigh4u2
You could have Saddam admit to the whole frigging world that he was training terrorists and the Left would STILL be in denial.

Overall, this article is great news but it won't sway the Cindy She-Mans of the world.

5 posted on 01/06/2006 3:36:54 PM PST by kromike
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To: Para-Ord.45
"The discovery of the information on jihadist training camps in Iraq would seem to have two major consequences: It exposes the flawed assumptions of the experts and U.S. intelligence officials who told us for years that a secularist like Saddam Hussein would never work with Islamic radicals, any more than such jihadists would work with an infidel like the Iraqi dictator. It also reminds us that valuable information remains buried in the mountain of documents recovered in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past four years."

 

"Other officials familiar with the captured documents were less cautious. "As much as we overestimated WMD, it appears we underestimated [Saddam Hussein's] support for transregional terrorists," says one intelligence official.

Speaking of Ansar al Islam, the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group that operated in northern Iraq, the former high-ranking military intelligence officer says: "There is no question about the fact that AI had reach into Baghdad. There was an intelligence connection between that group and the regime, a financial connection between that group and the regime, and there was an equipment connection. It may have been the case that the IIS [Iraqi Intelligence Service] support for AI was meant to operate against the [anti-Saddam] Kurds. But there is no question IIS was supporting AI."


6 posted on 01/06/2006 3:38:47 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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Hard to believe that the Weekly Standard is the only rag that has seen these documents... if they exist...


7 posted on 01/06/2006 3:41:31 PM PST by oolatec
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To: Para-Ord.45

This appears to be a major story. Shouldn't this be breaking news? I won't hold my breath waiting for the evening news to report it.


8 posted on 01/06/2006 3:41:36 PM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: kromike
Overall, this article is great news but it won't sway the Cindy She-Mans of the world.

That's because Cindy-Lou (who?) shares the same trait that other liberal have: Minds of Concrete! (Throughly mixed and permanently set)

9 posted on 01/06/2006 3:43:52 PM PST by dirtbiker (I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head that far up my a$$....)
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To: Para-Ord.45

"...transregional terrorists..."

Great. Just what we need. Yet another "Special Interest" group for the left to embrace. *Rolleyes*

Great news, but it will sadly be ignored far and wide, across the land.


10 posted on 01/06/2006 3:46:48 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

The sheer volume of documents they had in one warehouse alone was overwhelming. Considering how difficult it is even for native speakers to read, translate, and transcribe, 50,000 documents doesn't seem all that bad.

And, fwiw, there were classrooms near Ramadi where offensive use of chemical weapon was in the training materials.


11 posted on 01/06/2006 3:47:43 PM PST by Eagle Eye (There ought to be a law against excess legislation.)
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To: Bigh4u2

I believe they said there were no operational ties. Talk about splitting hairs!
Besides this Saddam was a good overall guy though, even Ramsey Clark says so.
/s/


12 posted on 01/06/2006 3:48:07 PM PST by JerseyDvl ("Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"-Samuel Johnson to the Dems of today.)
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To: backhoe; Peach
Other officials familiar with the captured documents were less cautious. "As much as we overestimated WMD, it appears we underestimated [Saddam Hussein's] support for transregional terrorists," says one intelligence official.

13 posted on 01/06/2006 3:49:00 PM PST by faq (www.reasons-for-war-with-iraq.info)
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To: Para-Ord.45

I think in all fairness that what they say is there is no link between Iraq and 9-11.

But you say tomato and I say.........

I still hate libocrats


14 posted on 01/06/2006 3:51:26 PM PST by stockpirate (John Kerry & FBI files ==> http://www.freerepublic.com/~stockpirate/)
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To: Bigh4u2

Stephen Hayes has done a heroic effort in getting out the truth about Saddam's connections to Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups while Democrats and their media lapdogs keep defending Saddam and claiming he was a little angel guilty of no wrong doing against America. Everyone should read Hayes' outstanding book "The Connection: How Saddam's Connections to Al Qaeda Endangered America." Great read. Thank you Mr. Hayes for working against the agendized media and getting the truth out about Saddam and terrorism.


15 posted on 01/06/2006 4:01:40 PM PST by MikeA
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To: Para-Ord.45
But Saddam had no connection to terrorism. Hasn't Turban Durbin, Pitiful Pelosi, Chuckie Schumer, Teddy Kennedy et al told us so? The collective mantra Bush lied, people died; no connection to terrorism; and Bush has no strategy is cast in stone for the Demonrats.
16 posted on 01/06/2006 4:09:15 PM PST by luvbach1 (Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
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To: luvbach1

Oh I mispoke. I should also have stated "Bush has no exit strategy" as an important component of the Demonrat mantra..


17 posted on 01/06/2006 4:11:51 PM PST by luvbach1 (Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
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To: Mo1; Howlin; OXENinFLA; Ernest_at_the_Beach

For your records!


18 posted on 01/06/2006 4:12:23 PM PST by hipaatwo
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To: oolatec
Hard to believe that the Weekly Standard is the only rag that has seen these documents... if they exist...

They're prolly the only "rag" to bother looking.

19 posted on 01/06/2006 4:19:45 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut (metal god ... visit The Ponderosa .... www.vandelay.com ... DEATH BEFORE DHIMMITUDE)
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To: oolatec

The author, Stephen Hayes, is one of the best. The Weekly Standard is NOT a rag.


20 posted on 01/06/2006 4:25:17 PM PST by hipaatwo
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