Intercepted call linked Saddam to al-Qa'ida terror cell [CHECKMATE ALERT!!!]

The Independent (UK) ^ | 02/07/2002 | Independent Digital (UK) Ltd

[Publius Maximus]

Well now this is news... I only wish Powell had said this in his public presentations. Screw the Qatari royals, this would have been THE CLINCHER.

[July 4th]

"Hello, Saddam? Why yes, I am using the satellite phone! Thank you very much for sending it to me!"

[Chad Fairbanks]

"Thank you for calling Saddam's Palace O Pain. If you are an Al Quada operative, press 1. If you are a Hollywood Star, press 2. UN Weapons inspectors, please use the Red Courtesy Phone we have installed in your hotel rooms. All others, press zero and an operator will be with you shortly. To repeat these options..."

[KSCITYBOY]

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[Irish Eyes]

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[Cold Heat]

Excellent!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Boing

[Cautor]

Good post. BTTT

[Centurion2000]

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[Momaw Nadon]

Attack on Iraq Betting Pool

[blam]

Previously posted here.

[fooman]

This article is worth a double post.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Bump! Great catch.

[RepublicanRightOrWrong]

I'm glad we got a smoking gun! Did Powell mention the cell phone, or did he mean the terrorist cell? (I didn't see the speech, I was working.)

Did Powell mention an intercepted cell phone call from Al-Qaeda to Saddam Hussein? Does anyone have a link to this story?

[Mixer]

Although Western operatives have failed to capture Zarqawi, his identification by General Powell may have sealed his fate, because Baghdad has insisted it has no links with al-Qa'ida. One official said: "A half hour after Powell mentioned his name, I'll wager he disappeared or was killed."

This is the best thing we could do. Name these animals to the public and make sure that Saddam and crew hear it loud and clear. That way not only will we be after them to kill them but so will he making our job even easier.

[Senator_Palpatine]

Baghdad? General Powell...where are those transmissions you intercepted? What have you done with those Jihadists plans?Commander, tear Baghdad apart until you've found those plans and bring me the Al Qaeda terrorists. I want them alive!

GENERAL FRANKS,prepare for a surface attack......

[The Great Satan]

But Saddam is a secular dictator and Osama is a Muslim fundamentalist! How can this be? </asinine lib-losertarian-buchananista talking point>

[nutmeg]

bttt

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

America led the interrogation, using, in the words of one official, "unspecified psychological pressure" to obtain information.

Good. I wouldn't lose a nano-second of sleep if the CIA beat him like a rented mule.