First declassified documents from prewar Iraq released

AP ^ | March 15 2006

[jmc1969]

The Bush administration Wednesday night released the first declassified documents collected by U.S. intelligence during the Iraq war, showing among other things that Saddam Hussein's regime was monitoring reports that Iraqis and Saudis were heading to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks to fight U.S. troops.

The documents, the first of thousands expected to be declassified over the next several months, were released via a Pentagon Web site at the direction of National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.

Many were in Arabic – with no English translation – including one the administration said showed that Iraqi intelligence officials suspected al-Qaeda members were inside Iraq in 2002.

The Pentagon Web site described that document this way: "2002 Iraqi Intelligence Correspondence concerning the presence of al-Qaeda Members in Iraq. Correspondence between IRS members on a suspicion, later confirmed, of the presence of an Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Moreover, it includes photos and names."

The release of the documents, expected to continue for months, is designed to allow lawmakers and the public to investigate what documents from Saddam's regime claimed about such controversial issues as weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaeda in the period before the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003.

[ajolympian2004]

Ian Schwartz at 'Expose The Left' has posted audio of the BEST interview yet of former Iraqi General George Sada, author of 'Saddam's Secrets'.

Former Iraqi General Georges Sada, who was a military adviser to Saddam Hussein appeared on The Mike Rosen Show (850 AM KOA) Tuesday March 14th, 2006. He is described as an expert airforce pilot who played a large part in saving coalition pilots' lives in Gulf War I. Sada explains what happened to the WMDs prior to the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, stopping Saddam’s planned all-out chemical weapons attack on Israel, saving the downed coalition pilots of Gulf War 1 from execution among other interesting topics.

See these two articles at 'Expose The Left' for the audio and all related links.

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Saddam General Explains Saddam’s ‘Secrets’ — WMDs, Bombing Israel, and Genocide (AUDIO) (Part 1) http://exposetheleft.com/2006/03/15/sada-interview/

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MORE: Fmr. Saddam General Sada Talks About Attack Against Israel and Use of WMD (Parts 2 and 3)
http://exposetheleft.com/2006/03/15/sada-interview-2/

Each audio segment is about 20 minutes in duration.

[1035rep]

Thank you for the links

[Shelayne]

I was listening to Dennis Prager's show, (The Patriot AM1280, Twin Cities) but he had someone filling in for him, maybe Glenn Taylor? Anyway, first he had Stephen Hayes on and then Pete Hoekstra. It was very interesting.

Then all the lefties started calling in saying they "pity you guys on the right. It's almost pathetic really..." I try not to use course language, but that really pissed me off. Put me in the fighting spirit, so to speak.

[Sender]

You'll have to have more than an Arabic/English dictionary for this task. More like a Klingon/Terran thesaurus.

[1035rep]

Thank you, I was curious.

[SFConservative]

Aren't there literally millions of people in this country who know Arabic? Why can't they just work in shifts of 8 hours a day everyday?

It's not easy and just not safe to translate and drive a cab at the same time ...

(Sorry, no disrespect intended - just stupid Jay Leno style "humor" ...)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Many were in Arabic – with no English translation – including one the administration said showed that Iraqi intelligence officials suspected al-Qaeda members were inside Iraq in 2002.

That information has been on the DoD website for quite some time. A terrorist hideout was found during the Iraq War in the NE part of the country of Iraq, and satellite photos of a terrorist training camp in Salman Pak.

Some of this stuff is probably not new to a great number of people. But, leave it to the AP to give the impression the Bush administration had been fiddling with intelligence information.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Too bad the RINO's won't allow the "white flag" ad to be run again on TV

Pass this "white flag" ad around on the internet

http://www.gop.com/Media/120905.wmv

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If you can't do that then send an e-mail or package
to our troops for morale support.

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We need coast to coast support for the troops, now, more than ever.

[Just A Nobody]

Hey J .... what say you? ;*)

[AmeriBrit]

".The MSM wont have to work hard to surpress any of this , the public won't really care at this point . People like us do but to most it's a closed case. Sorry to be so negative but that's what I see."

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To h**l with the MSM.

Use every means available and get the news out to the general public yourself.

Insert the link as a signature in your email account. Curiosity will make most click on it if you add an enticing heading above it.

Don't be defeated so easily. Use the lefties and MSM's ignorance as a challenge.

[Southack]

One translated letter from this data-trove: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597256/posts

[GEC]

Bleeping finally.

This should have been started two years ago at least.

[Lazamataz]

Aren't there literally millions of people in this country who know Arabic? Why can't they just work in shifts of 8 hours a day everyday?

Cuz that would cost trillions a year.

C'mon now.

[Mr. Brightside]

The release of the documents is designed to allow lawmakers and the public to investigate what documents from Saddam's regime claimed about such controversial issues as weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaeda...Many were in Arabic – with no English translation

Jeez. Who is running our PR team?

[KCRW]

It doesn't matter what the White House PR team is doing- the only thing you will hear from the MSM is what they believe in.

[Madame Dufarge]

A dear friend of mine was born in Lebanon. Her family emigrated to the US when she was 6 months old, but they all spoke Arabic to one another at home.

There was a large Catholic Arabic community in our city, but she had trouble understanding some of the other dialects.

[Wasanother]

"The Pentagon Web site described that document this way: "2002 Iraqi Intelligence Correspondence concerning the presence of al-Qaeda Members in Iraq. Correspondence between IRS members on a suspicion, later confirmed, of the presence of an Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Moreover, it includes photos and names."

But it can't be, there was no AlQaeda in Iraq.

[Proudcongal]

We need to push Fox News, O'Reilly and other fair media to stay on top this matter, night after night. If they do that, the MSM can only ignore it for so long. But I've been listening to Fox all morning and haven't heard any reports on this yet. If we can't even depend on Fox to get the word out, we might as well forget it. I say bombard them with e-mails.

[Grampa Dave]

I don't know if this link was posted in the replies.

If not here is the link to the official site where these documents are being held and made public:

http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/products-docex.htm#iraq

[Peach]

I've saved that link and am reading as much as I can this morning.

You will have freepmail in a few minutes.