Posted on 11/04/2006 11:31:34 AM PST by jveritas
The New York Times published their article yesterday where they claimed that the Foreign Military Intelligence Office (FMSO) website posted few captured Iraqi documents about Saddam regime nuclear program and that these document contain a lot of technological details that can be used by country like Iran to help them in their nukes program. The New York Times said that it was the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) who complained to the US government about this few weeks ago.
Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee disputed the New York Times article and part of his statement to rebuttal the article he said this “….. Second, my staff's preliminary review of the documents in question suggests that at least some of them may be internal IAEA documents. There is a serious question of why and how the Iraqi these documents in the first place. We need to explore that carefully - I certainly hope there will be no evidence that the IAEA had been penetrated by Saddam's regime.”Link: Rep. Hoekstra (Republican) responds to NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731635/posts ..
Well Congressman Hoekstra is RIGHT. Document ISGP-2003-00020767 which is dated February 1997 talks about Saddam regime spying on the IAEA and working to get “The researches and studies that are done by the IAEA”. The spying on the IAEA was a part of the intelligence gathering that the Iraqi were doing in Vienna where the IAEA headquarters are, also they were spying on OPEC which is also has its headquarters in Vienna, as well as spying on the Austrian government. Although this is a 1997 intelligence work plan, it is not something new that the Iraqis have been doing, they have been spying on the IAEA prior to 1997.
Below is a partial translation of document ISGP-2003-00020767 , page 1 and page 6 of the document.
Foreign Ministry
The Office of the Minister
The Department of Research and Information Analysis
Number: M4/D4/3/278
Date: 3/2/1997
Secret
To: The Embassy of Iraq/ Vienna
The Department of Research and Information Analysis/2
Subject: The Work Plan for 1997.
Included is the preliminary work plan to review it and work according to it and you will be provided with any changes in the future.
Please review…. With regards
Signature
The Department of Research and Information Analysis/2
3/2/1997
B. Important Targets
2. Attempt to get the researches and studies that are done by OPEC and the Atomic Energy Agency.
End of partial translation of ISGP-2003-00020767
PS: If you wonder how did I get the document when the FMSO website is shut, this documents was part of hundreds of captured Iraqi documents I downloaded and saved on CD’s.
http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Programmes/ActionTeam/chronology.html
The above is the IAEA timeline of events concerning Iraq inspections. Just FYI.
These past few days have been full of pleasant surprises.
Agree.
Thanks. Save
There has to be a way to get GWB to give you a medal of freedom or something...
Freedom exists because of people like you, Joseph. Thanks.
If the MSM was even remotely responsible, these translations would be front page news every other day. Instead, we have to fight to get them any notice whatsoever. Stinking commie scum
Thank you very much for the info, it always helps to have it.
Indeed :)
God bless our troops.
I wonder why Iraq would need to SPY on the IAEA...I have always gotten the impression that the UN and the IAEA are on THEIR side!!
I know the IAEA is on Iran's side, right now...
Brilliant move on your part, Joseph...congratulations and thank you for your service.
Iraqi Document: Saddam Regime Spying on the IAEA (Congressman Hoekstra is Right) (Translation)
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So this is why the left has wanted the web site shut down -- not because of danger that other countries could access information regarding the atom bomb. Jveritas easily proved that the info on that web site has existed from other country's web sites since at least 2002.
you write: "Excellent, Joseph! Yes, send this to Rep. Hoekstra right away! "
"I wonder why Iraq would need to SPY on the IAEA...I have always gotten the impression that the UN and the IAEA are on THEIR side!!
I know the IAEA is on Iran's side, right now..."
Bingo!! That's why the IAEA was writing letters trying to get the site shut down and then finally leaked the info to the NYT in order to get the times to cover for them!
There may be evidence that many of the materials that the IAEA reported that they had "removed or rendered harmless" in their many reports over the years were indeed found in Iraq after the war and were not so 'harmless or removed'!!
Good move, jveritas in down loading those Docs.
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