Regards, Ivan
Posted on 04/26/2003 4:23:04 PM PDT by MadIvan
Transcipts of documents linking Iraq to Bin Laden
Document 1, dated February 19, 1998
Marked "Top Secret and Urgent" in the margin and signed by "MDA", thought to be the codename for the director of one of the intelligence sections within the Mukhabarat.
"The envoy is a trusted confidant and known by them. According to the above mediation we request official permission to call Khartoum station to facilitate the travel arrangements for the above-mentioned person to Iraq. And that our body carry all the travel and hotel expenses inside Iraq to gain the knowledge of the message from bin Laden and to convey to his envoy an oral message from us to bin Laden, the Saudi opposition leader, about the future of our relationship with him, and to achieve a direct meeting with him."
At the foot of the page, after the signature, the director recommends bringing the envoy to Iraq because "we may find in this envoy a way to maintain contacts with bin Laden". The deputy director general gives a signature of approval.
Document 2, dated February 23, 1998
Addressed to codename "M4/7", marked "Information M4 D1/3/4" and given the number 375 by the Mukhabarat bureaucracy.
"The permission of Mr Deputy Director of Intelligence has been gained on 21 February for this operation, to secure a reservation for one of the intelligence services guest's for one week in one of the first class hotels [the Al Mansour Melia hotel in Baghdad]".
Signed by "M.D. 1/3", next to which is written February 22.
In the margin it is written that this has been done in co-ordination with the chief of the Saudi section and that they write to extend the period of host for one more week.
A note at the bottom of the page says "The envoy H arrived 5th March". Another note mentions "room 414" next to the name, Mohammed F. Mohammed Ahmed.
Document 3, dated March 24, 1998
Written by hand and labelled number 736 and marked "Secret" in the margin. This paper has been given the code number M 4/7/2 and is addressed to codename "2/D1/3".
"Your information numbered D1/3/4/375 dated 23rd February 1998, we enclose herewith the bill to host a guest in Mansour Melia Hotel. Please let it be known and get the official permission to spend the amount and return the permission back with our regards. Include the name of bills of the hotel." Signed by another official with the codename M.M. 4/7
At the foot of this document there is another note, dated April 13, that says that after 21 days:
"We have been informed by Saudi section chief [of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, the Mukhabarat] that we get permission to send the amount and the permission is sent to directorate accountant."
Regards, Ivan
Bush Doctrine Unfolds :
| To find all articles tagged or indexed using Bush Doctrine Unfold , click below: | ||||
| click here >>> | Bush Doctrine Unfold | <<< click here | ||
| (To view all FR Bump Lists, click here) | ||||
Regards, Ivan
February 20 [1998] saw the beginning of a new theological process: the legitimization and authorization of an all-out terrorist jihad against the West, and not just as a reaction to the ongoing crisis in Iraq. In London the Azzam Organization, the mother organization of "Afghan" and "Bosnian" mujahideen as well as Islamist terrorists within the emigre communities in the West, issued the text of a dua (a prayer-sermon instructing the believer how to answer the call of Islam) to be read in mosques worldwide during the key Friday prayer. This dua codified the role of the anti-American jihad over Iraq in the context of the escalating worldwide jihad. The Azzam Organization reminded the listeners and readers that Prophet Muhammad decreed that "indeed Dua is the weapon of the Believer.
Two months later, in January 1998, the game began all over again. UNSCOM sent in an inspection team whose mission was to pursue the Iraqi concealment mechanism, and the Iraqis immediately prevented them from doing any work. On the seventeenth of that month, Saddam himself issued another ultimatum to the United Nations: lift sanctions by May 20 or Iraq would cease all cooperation with the inspectors. Butler went to Baghdad to try to resolve the impasse but got nowhere. Exasperated by Iraq's flagrant violations of the Security Council resolutions and its unwillingness to abide by its own agreements, the administration again began building up its forces in the region. But again Washington found itself isolated. Russia and China condemnded the threat of force immediately. Secretary Albright traveled to the region to build support but found little. The Saudis refused to allow the United States to use their bases, and only Kuwait was willing to do so. Even in the United States itself, polls showed declining public support for military action and increadsing confusion over the nature of the crisis. This time it was Secretary-General Kofi Annan who volunteered to go to Baghdad to resolve the deadlock. Washington feared that Annan would agree to concessions that would weaken the inspection regime and tried to convince him not to go. But he was determined. On February 23, Annan signed a new agreement with Tariq Aziz in which the Iraqis yet again promised "immediate, unconditional, and unrestricted access," while Annan promised that U.N. personnel (including UNSCOM) would "respect the legitimate concerns of Iraq relating to national security, sovereignty and dignity." Annan also agreed to new, restricted procedures for the inspection of eight huge "presidential" sites where the inspectors believed that Iraq was storing materials related to its clandestine WMD programs.
Shermy, is the event mentioned at the end of this paragraph the one that you posted the picture of?
In the fact that Abu Nidal and Abul Abbas were guests of Saddam, we have a link with the Palestinian murders, plus the checks to the families of suicide bombers.
But even more, we have a terrorist training camp in Iraq custom made for the Palestinian terrorists. This slogan even appeared on a wall there: "Live the Dream of Both [the Iraqi and Palestinian] Causes Against the Invading Enemy: the Jew."
Lastly, we have the Ba'ath Party link to Syria and the Iranian shenanigans with the more radical Shiites in Iraq.
Terror comes from one well. Let's not stop until the well is bone dry.
There used to be a poster named Black Jade who refused to believe Al Qaeda/Iraq collusion under any circumstances. I had running spats with her over this lasting for about two dozen continous posts.
Now it is clear that she is wrong.
This revelation is as important as finding WMDs. One of the justifications for war was that Iraq has been supporting Muslim extremist terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.