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To: Peach
The 1993 WTC attack was masterminded by Yasin's associate Ramzi Yousef, who received financial support from al Qaeda through Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a key 9/11 planner.

They failed to mention that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was Ramzi's Uncle. Ramzi was known to his associates as "Rashid the Iraqi", and entered the US on an Iraqi passport and lived with several other Iraqis up on arriving. They also fail to mention several meetings...

Farouk Hijazi, an Iraqi intelligence officer met with bin Laden in Kandahar in Dec 1998.

Also in 1998, two of bin Laden’s senior military commanders, Muhammad Abu-Islam and Abdullah Qassim, visited Baghdad for discussions with Qusay Hussein. This and info on other meetings can be found here.

Predictions of the attack are not discussed either:

In in 1998, an Arab intelligence officer, who knows Saddam personally, predicted in Newsweek: "Very soon you will be witnessing large-scale terrorist activity run by the Iraqis." The Arab official said these terror operations would be run under "false flags" --spook-speak for front groups--including bin Laden's organization.

Then there were the predictions by an Iraqi with ties to Iraqi intelligence, Naeem Abd Mulhalhal, in Qusay's own newspaper several weeks before the attacks that stated bin Laden would “demolish the Pentagon after he destroys the White House and ”bin Laden would strike America “on the arm that is already hurting.” (referencing a second IRAQI sponsored attack on the World Trade Center). Another reference to New York was “[bin Laden] will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra everytime he hears his songs.” (e.g., “New York, New York”) which identified New York, New York as a target. Mulhalhal also stated, “The wings of a dove and the bullet are all but one and the same in the heart of a believer." which references an airplane attack.

The Arabic language daily newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabic also cited the cooperation between Iraq, bin Laden and Al December 1998 editorial, which predicted that “President Saddam Hussein, whose country was subjected to a four day air strike, will look for support in taking revenge on the United States and Britain by cooperating with Saudi oppositionist Osama Bin-Laden, whom the United States considers to be the most wanted person in the world.” This info is in the link provided in the para above. How could these people have had foreknowledge without Iraq being involved?

There are just too many things that point to Iraqi involvement, even without the refuted Prague evidence.

Also to be taken into consideration...this is the same DoJ/FBI/CIA that said the shipments to Syria's Bekaa Valley "did not register" at the time and disputed the Niger claim merely because they said Saddam already had enough uranium and therefore wouldn't need more.

6 posted on 09/22/2003 6:07:24 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter
Great links and facts. Thanks for publishing that; I've been sure to save it to my favorites.

The sheer volume of information available that links Iraq to AQ and probably 9/11 for those willing to read and learn is one of the untold stories.

We're pretty much preaching to the choir here at FR, although we certainly have a number of naysayers even here. I've just called our local paper to ask what their policy is regarding publishing an article from National Review and am waiting for an answer.

Until we make sure that articles like yours, complete with links, are published in mainstream newspapers, people will remain ignorant and too easily led by the DNC and their willing cohorts - the press.
7 posted on 09/22/2003 6:14:41 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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