The Iraq Documents

various FR links | 03-17-06 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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Iraq Documents Show Saddam Terror Connections

The trove of documents discovered in Iraq has been released to the public, and we’re now starting to see the results; Michelle Malkin has some early translations that are already making clear Saddam Hussein’s connections to terrorists—including Osama bin Laden.link: 80 comments

Newly released document links Saddam to al-Qaida
[Indicates regime was cooperating with bin Laden group to strike U.S.]

Among the pre-war documents posted online yesterday by the Pentagon is a letter from a member of Saddam's intelligence apparatus indicating al-Qaida and the Taliban had a relationship with the regime prior to the 9-11 attacks.

This shouldn't surprise anyone here;

AIM Report: Media Reports Connect Saddam to 9/11 Plot

[OKSooner]

Sounds like a job for Backhoe and/or Alamo Girl.

[backhoe]

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Pajamas Media Doesn't Just Report History, It Helps To Make It

Talk about Gonzo Journalism:


Back in mid-February Pajamas Media went to Washington to cover the Intelligence Summit and did video interviews with Congressman Hoekstra (chair of the House Intell Committee), former DCI Woolsey and Richard Perle, among others. In all those interviews we discussed our idea - new to all of them - that the myriad untranslated Saddam tapes and documents be released to the blogosphere for translation.  Today, it was announced that at the instigation of Hoekstra these documents have been released by the Pentagon for ... and this is how it was worded on the Brit Hume Show on Fox News ... for translation by the blogosphere.

Here's some info on some of the documents already translated.

If you read nothing else today, make sure to go to this site.

Jveritas provides a translation of a document linking Iraq and Osama bin Laden CMPC-2003-001488 (hat tip: Jawa Report):

There's more there and more to come.

I BELIEVE THE RELEASE OF THESE DOCUMENTS WAS CAREHULLY TIMED.

THEY ARE BEING RELEASED NOW AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO PREPARE US FOR A MAJOR ASSAULT ON IRAN.

JUST WATCH.

Permanent Link | Posted by Pastorius at 6:40:00 PM | 2 comments

[RightWhale]

AN ARMY OF TRANSLATORS NEEDED

If they hope to go thorough 48 thousand boxes of documents before elections this fall they will need to hire some Iraqis who have learned some English. There should be no shortage of translators.

[johnny7]

It was long in coming... but at least it was released in a way that will circumvent MSM censorship.

[backhoe]

It was long in coming... but at least it was released in a way that will circumvent MSM censorship.

Once enough people on the web start rummaging through all this stuff, it will get very "interesting..."

[backhoe]

 Papers Give Glimpse of al-Qaida Recruits (more declassified DoD docs)

 

Declassified Truth (Pre War Iraq Terrorist Connections)

[eyespysomething]

The Iraq Docs

Release of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added or removed to the ping list, please Freepmail me.

Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents

[backhoe]

Thanks for those pings.

[eyespysomething]

That's nothing! Your gathering of info is always great and so useful! Thanks for that.

[Calpernia]

As always, you rock backhoe!

[backhoe]

Your kind words are appeciated- thank you.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[backhoe]

Meanwhile, the blogosphere's Army of Translators--mother of all hat tips to Glenn Reynolds--is busy with Project Docex.

http://michellemalkin.com/

DISCLAIM THIS

By Michelle Malkin   ·   March 17, 2006 02:17 PM

So, the MSM is slowly picking up on the historic release of thousands of documents from Saddam Hussein's archives. But not without making a concerted effort to downplay and undermine the story. Readers are calling attention to the disclaimers included in this ABC News story.  Will we see that helpful disclaimer--"this document is of limited evidentiary value"--the next time ABC News or Newsweek or the NYTimes or the Washington Post uses unnamed, uncorroborated informants?

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IraqtheModel has another translation. (Hat tip: Roger L. Simon)

Stay tuned to Pajamas Media:

Let the Pajamas folks know if you have posted translations/analysis of any of the Docex docs. Lots of work to do.

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It's funny that these documents are getting so little attention from the press. INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY: WHAT LED TO THE DOCUMENT RELEASE? Here's at least part of the story.   One of the documents already translated by Iraq the Model here.  Comments (23)

Declassified doc Iraq show 3,000 Saudi and Iraqi mujihideen

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Mirror room at the Funhouse

Iraq the Model got his hands one of the untranslated Saddam-era documents now being released to the public, (possible in part through the efforts of Roger Simon) Omar writes:

Our friend Roger directed me to one document he though was interesting, and reading it, I believe he is right about it. Find my (hopefully accurate) translation of this document HERE.  "The neat thing is that they ignored the "Gate-Keepers," and just threw the documents over the wall, "right into the hands of the Blogospere."

W, you're learning."

 

 

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You sure work hard at all this ....Thanks