Posted on 02/13/2006 8:38:42 PM PST by TDCAnalyst
ANOTHER FORMER HIGH-RANKING IRAQI OFFICIAL CONFIRMS WMD WENT TO SYRIA
The Changed Baathist: Interview with Ali Ibrahim Al-Tikriti
By: Ryan Mauro TDCAnalyst@aol.com
Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti was a southern regional commander for Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia in the late 1980s and a personal friend of the dictator. Units under his command dealt with chemical and biological weapons. He was known as the “Butcher of Basra” due to his campaigns and defected shortly before the Gulf War in 1991. This interview aims to gain some insight into the current situation in Iraq.
RM: Is there a single incident that you can point to that made you regret your actions and turn against the Baath Party?
IT: The single incident was my wife being willing to stand before me, not as my wife but as an Iraqi, and before one of Saddam's most brutal enforcers and question my tactics. This really made me think because no one has ever even considered to question the tactics of myself or any others and lived to tell about it. This courageous move made me think deep and hard.
RM: Do you still maintain good sources inside Iraq to draw information from?
IT: I will maintain very close sources in Iraq and outside of Iraq. Some of Saddam's key scientists are personal friends of mine as well as other key leaders in the former Iraqi military. I have helped draw information since my defecting to the United States government voluntarily and with the permission of these contacts. The only difference between many of them and I, is that I had the opportunity to defect and they didn't.
RM: Many observers say the Syrian and Iraqi Baath Parties did not trust each other and were rivals until around 2000. How serious was the disagreements between Syria and Saddam?
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"Bush NEVER Lied!"
Nah, he has to be a liar.
If this was the truth the unbiased media would make it the big story.
At this point Saddam knew that the United States were eventually going to come for his weapons and the United States wasn't going to just let this go like they did in the original Gulf War. He knew that he had lied for this many years and wanted to maintain legitimacy with the pan Arab nationalists. He also has wanted since he took power to embarrass the West and this was the perfect opportunity to do so.
After Saddam denied he had such weapons why would he use them or leave them readily available to be found? That would only legitimize President Bush, who he has a personal grduge against. What we are witnessing now is many who opposed the war to begin with are rallying around Saddam saying we overthrew a soverign leader based on a lie about WMD. This is exactly what Saddam wanted and predicted.
The evidence is mounting and the chances of Liberal Democrats of being elected to anything above dog-catcher in the next 20 years is becoming slimmer and slimmer. Let's hope this pans out.
Kinda makes me wonder why this guy isn't sitting next to Saddam Hussein in that Iraqi courtroom today.
"Let's hope this pans out."
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Why did these people wait till now to speak up? Sheesh Kerry was almost elected prez on the bush lied theme.
And why isn't Bush speaking to this?
I agree, I think the weapons went to Syria but I thought that before we even took Baghdad....there was a lot of evidence for it....I don't know why Bush didn't follow that angle.
There were no records of their destruction, no records of their where abouts, despite the fact that we all knew the existed at one time.... The MSM Media is playing a very dangerous game with the facts on Iraq and unfortunately, there are plenty of Kool-Aid drinking lefties who ignore the facts, as the threats to our way of life multiply with every one of their anti-American objections to our Commander-in-Chief doing all he can to defend all of us
. WE LIED!
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Nah.
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Keep it up Kerry, Carter, Pelosi, Reid...
The Media will not report this because it helps Pres. Bush.
BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION not to tell the American people about this directly, forcing the Media to report it.
Why do we continue to protect the Soviet Russians in their involvement in the WMD movement to Syria coverup?
Thanks ntnychik
So now we got two sources....surely NY Times will have a headline tomorrow..../s
Read this one folks, it's pretty good. The guy comes across as very level headed.
Wondering, I know the military found literally billions in cash over there. Any evidence of it coming from Syria? Seems the sale of WMD may have been the way Saddam financed the insurgency.
No reason for Syria to bother. Their estimated yearly production of them on their own exceeds whatever quantities that people claim came from Iraq.
So why isn't W et al talking about this? This, plus the book by Geroges Sada is a big deeal, if true.
None of this is a surprise. They had to go somewhere, and Iran was definately out. The only place left.
"Kinda makes me wonder why this guy isn't sitting next to Saddam Hussein in that Iraqi courtroom today."
He bolted to our camp to save his skin?
bttt
That makes two high ranking officials in the Iraqi govt who say that the WMD is in Syria. That is pretty good verification that they are there. Add to that the report that is about to be released and the horizon is looking very bright! This needs to be hammered hard!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
bttt
"there was a lot of evidence for it....I don't know why Bush didn't follow that angle."
Good point.
If there was a lot of evidence, why didn't he use it, instead of using what later turned out to be unrealiable evidence, as admitted by the president himself, Powell and many others?
Me thinks he didn't use it because there was/is no such evidence.
We simply continue to pray, Expose, expose, expose.
Some still value truth.
I personally will feel a level of satisfaction if or when all this pans out.
Thinking back to the past few years of the press, the left-wingers and even the liberal politicians been so hard on Bush over the whole deal, I think they all really do need their clocks cleaned.
It’s not that old Saddam had a real good track record and the extent of the kind of man he was could be summed up by all those mass graves and the deaths of his own people with the use of those WMDs and there the press, the left wing liberals and left wing politicians all lined up giving such a man as Saddam the benefit of doubt. In my view, that takes the height of stupidly.
The worse thing yet, they turn what should be a security issue into a political issue and they’ve spent all this time endangering this country for the sake of what they feel is political gain. This needs be thrown in their faces.
Then we have people like Al Gore going to Saudi dissing this country, traitorous act, only leaves me speechless.
With leftists history begins now. I'm still amazed, but not shocked, at all the libs who claim Hussein NEVER!!! had wmds.
Now even the most arch Bush-hating lib must admit deep down to him or herself that Hussein most certainly had and used wmds and would develop and use them again if given the chance. Or very probably sell or give them to our enemies. Why they would pin everything on not easily finding large quantities of his wmds (presumably with large red neon arrows pointing the way) as a reason to try and destroy Bush is beyond me. They leap before they look. Politics and power is everything to todays Dems...even at the cost of the nation's security.
The administration will suddenly notice all those trucks going from Iraq into Syria way back when - when they are ready to go into Syria to take Assad down. We supporters are not supposed to notice this either until we're given the signal to get all hyped up about it - so as to give the GOP backing when Bush announces plans to invade Syria.
I think we're in the pre-stages of leaks from the administration to start the whole charade of the US government "discovering" that the WMD's had been moved to Syria/Lebanon.
We are pawns - but not unwilling ones. I'm just a little jaded about having to play dumb until we're needed.
BTW - some say that if and when we invade Syria - it'll be a two-fer, since Iran will invade across the Iraqi border and attack us from the rear. If so, we'll get to whomp the crap out of the nuke development sites without worrying about being the ones that kicked off any hostitilities with Iran.
We live in interesting times.
Good points, but post 27 is the more likely scenario.
We know for a FACT that Saddam had wmd's cuz he used them in the war against Iran and on the Kurdish people, killing dozens of thousands of people in one attack...mustard gas..and it wasn't grey poupon
I agree too, however I think US\Israel will use a Tag team approach to Syria\Iran
Interesting thoughts...
BTTT
The TIMES people would have to have a Conscience first...and if they already did possess one, they'd never have printed what the printed.
1. How were you able to find this man for an interview?
2. Do you know how to use spellcheck?
...came over to our side to save his skin
As there are 17 Al-Tikritis in the card deck of wanted Iraqi criminals, it can be safely assumed some of his relatives have already been captured and/or killed.
Yeah, but if you look closely into the background of the author and his association with the "Northeast Intelligence" outfit, you have to question this report.
The author is 19 years old, has never served in uniform or overseas in any capacity, has not even finished college.
A few months ago, this same site insisted that Al Qaeda already has a few suitcase nukes and is just waiting to use them. Uh huh. OBL and Zawahiri would wait to use nukes. Yep.
Does everybody remember during the invasion and shortly thereafter, the numerous media reports of Iraqi Generals claiming there was no WMD?
I expexct that the LSM will "shotgun" the airwaves with this General's claims to the contrary.
Not.
"BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION not to tell the American people about this directly, forcing the Media to report it."
- Maybe we don't want to warn Syria of an invasion like we did with Saddam and the pre-Iraq invasion dilly-dallying. I hope our intention is to have the world think Iran, while we surprise Syria. At the same time I wouldn't be surprised to see a few nuclear sites in Iran go ka-blewy.
I hope and pray that our boys are not sacrified in the name of a war that is not in the interest of the USA. Those in favor of sending their children are free to do so, but I ain't sending my two boys there in the near future. One is this very moment serving in Iraq, but Iraq is a different story altogether.
Precisely why the WMDs did NOT go to Syria. It was a feint, a distraction, under the eyes of our satellites which everyone knew were up there. The WMDs will be found in southern Iraq. Saddam's profile says that he would not let his toys out of the country, especially to Syria.
Now maybe all the people who called me crazy for saying this will apologize... but I won't hold my breath.
There are a few questions on this thread about your article. I hope you'll return to answer them, because right now I see little to no reason to believe your story.
Ryan, get back here! )
I have confirmed that Ali is legit by talking to several people who have met him and can vouch for his authenticity. Additional methods of verification confirmed he is legit. Now, does that mean he isn't lying when he speaks? Who knows, but it does fall in line with other evidence that WMD went to Syria.
As for age, if I was just some idiot, I wouldn't be hired to be a geopolitical analyst, have a book out and be a speaker on Iraq at the Intelligence Summit 2006. And regarding the articles about Al-Qaeda's nuke efforts, there is an abundance of information that Osama Bin Laden made deals to acquire nukes, but I've specifically laid out that it is possible they never arrived, or did arrive and were destroyed or not in working condition. My objective was to lay out the available intelligence so that readers can make a decision.
Too late. The history books have been written and truth doesn't matter.
Thank you
That graveyard is full of the careers of politicians who misunderestimated Dubya. He may well be content to let the evidence mount and eventually speak for itself. That way he won't have to deal with liars and deniers in the 'rat media trying to discredit him if he were to make an announcement of some kind.
1. How were you able to find this man for an interview?
2. Do you know how to use spellcheck?
"I have confirmed that Ali is legit by talking to several people who have met him and can vouch for his authenticity. Additional methods of verification confirmed he is legit. Now, does that mean he isn't lying when he speaks? Who knows, but it does fall in line with other evidence that WMD went to Syria."
That didn't answer my first question and you didn't answer my second. Don't rely on spellcheck. If I can be of assistance, FReepmail me.
"As for age, if I was just some idiot, I wouldn't be hired to be a geopolitical analyst, have a book out and be a speaker on Iraq at the Intelligence Summit 2006."
Did I sound like a mother? (I kinda meant to ; ) You didn't need to throw your credentials at me, lil' doggie, I read them elsewhere. That's what's known as 'name dropping' and you don't need to do that- it is 'tactless' as my mother would say.
So, now that you've reported the interview, what was your opinion of the situation?
I've always believed the WMD went to Syria. As for spell check, I accidentally marked off the interview as having been edited, so I had my webmaster upload it. It should be correct now (mostly I hope). I try not to give up my methods as to how I found him, but in general I'll say I know an Iraqi that knows him.
I appreciate your answers. There are many more questions, that you likely would not want to answer for obvious reasons, but perhaps this one you would-and it is asked in all sincerity:
What in the world prompted you to get into this at this level, and, how in the world did you get into this at this level?
: )
If you put together a ping list for FR, please put me on it.
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