Posted on 09/12/2001 8:58:28 PM PDT by Bob Evans
Link to World Net Daily/World Tribune article page
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Iraq recruited Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden and his Islamic allies to carry out the suicide attacks around the United States, according to Israeli intelligence.
Israeli officials and intelligence analysts said the suicide hijackings that downed the World Trade Center and destroyed parts of the Pentagon was too large an operation for any one group. The analysts said the operation was also too big even for a coalition of Islamic terrorists headed by Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden is accused of masterminding the bombings of the U.S. embassies in eastern African in 1998.
Intelligence sources briefed the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on late Tuesday, hours after the catastrophe in New York and Washington. The sources were quoted as telling the Cabinet that a Middle East government was probably the sponsor of the attack.
The most likely sponsor for such an attack, the sources said, is Iraq. The Baghdad regime has long maintained an alliance with Bin Laden and Islamic groups.
"All the steps lead to him [Bin Laden]," Reuven Paz, a leading expert on Islamic terrorism, said. "Of all the countries, Iraq seems the most reasonable [candidate]."
In Baghdad, Iraqi state television appeared to welcome the bombings. The television said the spate of attacks demonstrated the vulnerability of the United States.
"The massive explosions in the centers of power in America, notably the Pentagon, is a painful slap in the face of U.S. politicians to stop their illegitimate hegemony and attempts to impose custodianship on peoples," the television said. "It was no coincidence that the World Trade Center was destroyed in suicidal operations involving two planes that have broken through all U.S. security barriers to carry the operation of the century and to express rejection of the reckless U.S. policy."
"The collapse of U.S. centers of power is a collapse of the U.S. policy, which deviates from human values and stands by world Zionism at all international forums to continue to slaughter the Palestinian Arab people and implement U.S. plans to dominate the world under the cover of what is called the new [world] order," the television added. "These are the fruits of the new U.S. order."
The Israeli Cabinet was informed that the United States might launch a massive attack on Iraq and Afghanistan over the coming days. The sources said such an attack could prompt a regional war.
On early Wednesday, Afghanistan appeared to have been a target of retaliation. Several bombings were heard in the Afghan capital of Kabul. U.S. officials denied that their country was responsible.
In the aftermath of the suicide bombings in the United States, Israel closed its air space. Israel also warned the Palestinian Authority to immediately stop all attacks against the Jewish state.
Think about it. Israel has everything to gain from withholding this kind of crucial information; (1) By letting these terrorists attack us, they drag us into their battle, (2) Israel apparently knew that Iraq was funding Bin Laden - with the kind of sophisticated and zealous counter-intelligence they have there, they probably even knew that NY and DC were targets, (3) The Bush administration has not been nearly supportive of Israel as the Clinton administration, and (4) The Middle East peace process has come to a grinding stop - but not anymore, as stated by Colin Powell today.
The clear winner of these attacks, if there is one, is Israel. Now we're fighting their war and getting rid of their enemies. If that's so, then why is it so hard to believe that they knew about the attack but neglected to tell us.
Here is an even more frightening prospect, WE knew but didn't take action in time. That would be sad indeed.
Bin Laden and Saddam?
Lock in the coordinates.
``There is no place that does not have a symbolic monument that shows America's criminal acts against these victims, whether in Japan that was the first to be seared by the nuclear destruction weapons boasted by America, or Vietnam, Iraq, the nuclear Russian submarine or the criminal acts the US is now perpetrating by supporting the criminal racist Zionism against our heroic Palestinian people -women, men, young men, old men and children''. -- Saddam Hussein, Wed Sep 12 2001He seems eager and ready to fight.
In what universe?
and (4) The Middle East peace process has come to a grinding stop - but not anymore, as stated by Colin Powell today.
Source?
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I doubt seriously that Israel is trying to muddy the water pointing to Iraq, Israel has been fighting terrorism for many years and has a very good on the ground intelligence system. If Israel was using this as an excuse to point fingers, Israel would not point to Iraq, which is a rather low-level threat to Israel itself, but to Syria which Israel shares a border with and has open conflict with their branch of terrorists posted inside Israel currently. No matter how much some posters hate Israel, they are our only loyal allies in the Middle East, and have the best intelligence force in the world in this area. If Israel says it, I would believe it. What the press says that Israel says is worthless, the media has shown it's loyalty to the Islamic's cause in its very slanted reporting on Israel’s fight against terrorism. Trust the media as far as you can toss them. They are just now getting a clue as to who they have been bedmates with.
Think about it. Saddam knows that America is trigger happy now, and yet he tempts them? He taunts them? He had been building his weapons of mass destruction unhindered in the last few years. He even has UAV's to deliver anthrax.
I pray that he isn't begging the US to launch a full out attack on him, as an excuse to launch unconventional weapons at Israel.
I think that America should now stand up and recognize its real allies. Britain and Israel, period. These are the only two countries in the world which will die to the last man together with America.
Despite its small size, Israel has an amazing fighting ability (not just because of American weapons, which has been proved in Arab-Israeli wars before Israel was supplied by America, when heavily outnumbered, outgunned, and with inferior technology) and is unsurpassed in its middle east intelligence.
In fact, America is taught counter-terrorism by Israel and its elite special forces.
Additionally, Israel is a massive Nuclear power with Interconntinental Ballistic Missiles, and submarine launched cruise missiles.
In Israel and Britain, America has all the strength it needs to fight terrorism.
Finally, together with Israel comes Jordan and Turkey, which gives America all the stagging places they need for Middle East strikes if nessissary.
America needs to identify its true friends, the ones that appreciate all the Americans have done for them, the ones that will die with them, and give the finger to the rest of the world.
The only way to fight terror, is to take the handcuffs off the military, stop talking about "using restraint and the cylce of violence" and make terror attacks so painful to the enemy that they will think twice next time.
Americans must understand Islamic terror mentality. They already hate you, but if you show strength, they will RESPECT YOU and think twice. If you don't, they will be encouraged to hit you harderer, in order to push the envelope.
The attacks would have occured anyway.
It is important to remember that 3 out of 4 of Americas biggest oil suppliers are in the Western Hemisphere.
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