Raid Finds al-Qaida Tie to Iraq Militants (Strongest Evidence Yet)

AP ^ | 3/31/03 | DAFNA LINZER and BORZOU DARAGAHI

[woofie]

bump

[Dog Gone]

The names and numbers were not released.

I suppose the dumb journalist asked for them.

[Howlin]

I hope some of those names were in France.

You can bet that is where this is leading. France is dirty on AQ and has been withholding information in the War on Terrorism.

[Mo1]

A U.S.-led assault on a compound controlled by an extremist Islamic group turned up a list of names of suspected militants living in the United States

List of names huh?? .. round up time

[concerned about politics]

Coalition forces also found a phone book containing numbers of alleged Islamic activists based in the United States

I'd love to take a peek at that list.

[Quix]

Good find.

But we needn't fool ourselves.

Our opponents are not at all prone to be the least bit influenced by facts.

They want the world made over in satan's image.

That's the long and short of it.

They won't rest until they get their way. And THEN, they REALLY WON'T REST. But it will be too late to scream . . .

. . . effectively.

[woofie]

A Chirac was on the list...sounds like a French name

[Howlin]

Watch for it. It's going to lead right to France. I just feel it.

[goody2shooz]

Ping for later.

[PFKEY]

may be the strongest evidence yet linking the group to al-Qaida

I think that point is moot. So is whether or not Saddam has WMD.

[Illbay]

I always thought we'd find the al-Qa'ida links before we found anything else. These putzes are a bunch of amateurs, have to train in this freakin' big "camps" and leave all their **** lying around for everyone to see (it was the same in Afghanistan).

The WMD will be harder to find, because they're being shepherded by professionals.

But no matter what else we find, the evidence that the Saddam Regime was harboring, aiding and abetting al-Qa'ida will be more than enough for the vast majority of Americans. The Democrats may conveniently forget, but the rest of America has NOT yet gotten over 9/11, and won't for at least a generation.

[woofie]

I sent this to Drudge... I would like this to filter down to main stream America so they get some education

[BenLurkin]

Den of vipers.

[Illbay]

Our opponents are not at all prone to be the least bit influenced by facts.

By that I'm assuming you mean our "domestic enemies." Well, you're right, but you're wrong.

You're right in that it won't matter to them.

But you're wrong in that THEY THEMSELVES DON'T MATTER, because the vast majority of Americans will think this is a VERY, VERY BIG DEAL.

You see, the vast majority of Americans don't buy for one nanosecond this notion that 9/11 was "our fault." They KNOW whose fault it was, and when they see the link between Saddam and al-Qa'ida, that will be enough for them.

[BossLady]

"Among a trove of evidence found inside Ansar compounds were passports and identity papers of Ansar activists indicating that up to 150 of them were foreigners, including Yemenis, Turks, Palestinians, Pakistanis, Algerians and Iranians."

Goody Goody Gumdrops!!!!!

[FreeManWhoCan]

Although this news is obvious to all. Dasshole and the rest will not be satisfied until they find men with A-Q tattooed on their forheads in Iraq.

[MJY1288]

When Saddam is removed and all the pieces of this puzzle are put together it will be a paint a picture that will vindicate the statement "Axis of Evil" president Bush made during his 2002 State of the Union speech, but with a few more names on the list.

All of these "anti-Bush", "anti-war" and "anti-everything American" crowd will have plenty of egg on their faces and it will be many years before these pacifist blame America firsters will be taken seriously ever again.

We will find out just how much military support N. Korea has given to known terrorist states, we will find out how much Iran is tied to Al-Qaeda, we will find out just how much Syria has been helping most, if not all of the terrorist groups, including direct help to OBL. We will also find out how many deep deals the French have had with Saddam and his contributions to Chiraq. We will find out just how much technical help Germany has given to Saddam. We will find out just how much military help China & Russia has given to Saddam. We will find out that all of this help has come while the sanctions were in place and with the U.N. blessing.

My prediction is the U.N. will join the League of Nations in the ash heap of history

[Howlin]

I'm fine with all that, but could you work in some space for total discreditation of the press?

[Howlin]

And then they will say we faked that.