http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/iraqdocs/ en-us Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:58:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731535/posts The big "scoop" on today's front page will be deconstructed at length. Our own professor Geraghty has already done a fine job, and Ed Morrissey has added some further thought and analysis. The bottom line is that the Times has apparently embraced the position taken by Senators Santorum and Roberts, and Representative Hoekstra: that much valuable information was contained in captured Iraqi documents, and that the Intelligence Community was far too slow in translating and evaluating the documents, and that it would be a Very Good Thing to start posting the documents online so that they could be evaluated. Santorum... National Review (The Corner) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731535/posts#comment Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:58:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655351/posts Turf war keeping lid on evidence of WMD in Iraq? By KATHLEEN PARKER If you thought Democrats and Republicans were politically divided over the war in Iraq, you haven't seen anything yet. The real battle apparently is being waged under the radar between the White House, the intelligence community and Congress. ADVERTISEMENT At the center of the current skirmish is a newly unclassified document released last Wednesday that seems to confirm evidence of WMD in Saddam's Iraq, including both degraded and possibly lethal chemical agents. According to the document, coalition forces have recovered some 500 weapons munitions since 2003 that... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655351/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:41:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662420/posts Captain's Quarters has posted the translation of what appears to be an Iraqi Intelligence Services (Mukhabarat) document discussing the use of diplomatic privileges to carry out terrorist attacks. The 2003 document (CMPC-2003-005745.pdf) mentions (among other terrorist and sabotaging techniques) using a briefcase bomb that can make it through a security check. Use of diplomatic briefcases as an explosive device that can not be detected by an X ray device Regime of Terror http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1662420/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jul 2006 17:44:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661948/posts One of the reasons that the DoD may have sat on the captured IIS files without translating or releasing them, some speculate, was that the contents may embarrass some of our allies in the overall war on terror. One document released yesterday seems to support that analysis. According to document CMPC-2003-000878, the Russians gave more active support to Saddam prior to the March 2003 invasion than previously known -- and they used Syria as a conduit for their materiel: Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661948/posts#comment Fri, 7 Jul 2006 19:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625802/posts In the conventional wisdom, it is now believed that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. invaded three years ago, nor did he have ties to terrorism. If a massive collection of recently-declassified Iraqi government documents provides truthful insight into Saddam’s regime, this conventional wisdom is completely wrong, and war was justified. The task of translating the vast trove of documents – millions of pages of Arabic text – has largely fallen into private hands. Several of the documents point to ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq, as well as terrorist ambitions by Iraq not... Sterling Stir http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1625802/posts#comment Wed, 3 May 2006 06:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601210/posts March 22, 2006 Fmr. Saddam General Georges Sada On The Daily Show; Says WMDS Existed, Were Moved (VIDEO) (Hat Tip: Instapundit) General Georges Sada, who served under the command of Saddam Hussein, appeared on The Daily Show last night to discuss his new book “Saddam’s Secrets“: In his book and on The Daily Show, Sada says that Weapons of Mass Destruction existed, however they were moved to Syria prior to the American invasion in 2003. Stewart asks how he knows this; was it by documents or video, Sada responds: “I was the number two man in the air force”.... Free Republic's member Ian Schwartz's website 'Expose The Left' http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1601210/posts#comment Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600579/posts In the Pentagon/FMSO document ISGZ-2004-009247 there is a clear report about the relation between Iraq and Bin Laden that dated back to 1995. This document contains a 9 page report from the Iraqi Intelligence Apparatus and it is titled “The Saudi Opposition and Achieving the Relation and Contact With Them”. In the report they talk about there meeting with Osama Bin Laden and that Bin Laden in 1995 and how to establish relations wiht him. In the meeting Bin Laden asked the Iraqis for joint operations with them against the Foreign forces (US military) in the land of Hijaz (Saudia... Pentagon/FMSO website about Iraq Pre-War Documents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600579/posts#comment Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:18:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1600410/posts Saddam's WMD and terrorist connections all proven in one document!!! IZSP-2003-00003336 The Arabic original shows the Falcon emblem of the Iraq Intelligence Service. A translation is provided if you scroll down. I highlight the key wording but there is more: March 11, 2003 The al-Quds liberation army division supplied us with information....as follows. 1. The Iraqi government will distribute the same leaflets that the American forces are distributing but it will contain anthrax. 2. Iraq imports uniforms resembling American forces uniforms for the purpose of killing Iraqi citizens.... 3. Dig trenches around Baghdad...oil...burning...cause mayhem Now this letter is from al-Quds,... Ray Robison Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1600410/posts#comment Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600367/posts In the Prewar Iraq documents posted on the Pentagon/FMSO website I found document ISGP-2003-00028868 where on pages 20, 21, and 22 of the pdf document there is a top secret memo on how to train and use the Arab Feedaeyeens as Suicide Bombers or as the memo call them “Estishehadeyeen” which means in Arabic “Suicide Martyrs”. The Arab Feedaeyeens are definitely foreigners non Iraqi Arabs who came to Iraq from all over the Middle East and North Africa and they were greatly welcomed by Saddam regime and trained by his military and intelligence apparatus to become Suicide Bombers. The Iraqi... Pentagon/FMSO website for PreWar Iraq Documents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600367/posts#comment Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598689/posts SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME PROVIDED FINANCIAL support to Abu Sayyaf, the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group founded by Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law in the Philippines in the late 1990s, according to documents captured in postwar Iraq. An eight-page fax dated June 6, 2001, and sent from the Iraqi ambassador in Manila to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, provides an update on Abu Sayyaf kidnappings and indicates that the Iraqi regime was providing the group with money to purchase weapons. The Iraqi regime suspended its support--temporarily, it seems--after high-profile kidnappings, including of Americans, focused international attention on the terrorist group. The... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598689/posts#comment Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598406/posts March 17, 2006: Declassified documents from Iraq show 3,000 Saudi and Iraqi mujihideen depart Iraq in Nov 2001 to fight US in Afghanistan The newly declassified documents shed more and more light on the evolution of the violent insurgency in Iraq, and show that Saddam Hussein’s government was aware not just of the presence of Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Mus’ab Al Zarqawi, but also was aware that the Anbar province in Iraq was being used as a launch point for organized groups of jihadis headed to fight the United States in Afghanistan. The document, addressed to the Security Board, Fedayeen... LauraMansfield.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598406/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598321/posts The War On Terror: The government is finally getting around to unloading some of Saddam Hussein's secret documents. A look at just a few pages already leads to some blockbuster revelations.[snip]......[snip] Now come more revelations that leave little doubt about Saddam's terrorist intentions. Most intriguing from a document dump Wednesday night is a manual for Saddam's spy service, innocuously listed as CMPC-2003-006430. It makes for interesting reading. Here, for instance, are the marching orders for Directorate 8, the Mukhabarat's "Technical Affairs" department: "The Eight Directorate is responsible for development of materials needed for covert offensive operations. It contains advanced laboratories... Investers Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598321/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:18:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598259/posts In regards to the Iraqi intelligence documents that discussed Al Zarqawi presence in Iraq, as posted on the Foreign Miliarty Services Office (FMSO) website (document ISGZ-2004-019920 ) it appears that the some in the Iraqi intelligence apparatus provided the accurate information about Zarqawi presence in Iraq with attached pictures of him, but when the information reached the Director or a Director of the Iraqi intelligence he dismissed it as not accurate. This is interesting since it seems there was an intended cover up by this top Iraqi Intelligence officer about the presence of Zarqawi in Iraq despite the much stronger... Pentagon/FMSO Pre-war Iraq documents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598259/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598100/posts Check This Disclaimer Out: (Editor's Note: The controversial claim that Osama bin Laden was cooperating with Saddam Hussein is an ongoing matter of intense debate. While the assertions contained in this document clearly support the claim, the sourcing is questionable — i.e. an unnamed Afghan "informant" reporting on a conversation with another Afghan "consul." The date of the document — four days after 9/11 — is worth noting but without further corroboration, this document is of limited evidentiary value.) ABC VIA DRUDGE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1598100/posts#comment Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578953/posts http://a.abcnews.com/podcast/brianross.mp3 More on ABC World News Tonight, tonight. ************************* http://www.spectator.org/blogger.asp More Saddam Tapes: creepiness - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 @ 12:06:21 AM More Saddam tapes from intelligencesummit.org: ABC News will preview again Wed 15 on World News Tonight, and then will present special broadcast of Nightline with Brian Ross at 11 pm eastern, Wed 15, on the Saddam tapes -- approximately 12 hours of outtakes of Saddam Hussein's meetings over many years about WMD and so forth horrors with his own cabinet and staff. Saddam "Chin" Hussein -- the Vinnie "Chin" Gigante-like figure strolling Koran in hand into his own... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578953/posts#comment Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580167/posts That guy was mighty tough and cocky and wouldn't let Alan cut him off! He was great! FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580167/posts#comment Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581232/posts Copies of Saddam's meetings are available for listening. 12 hours worth of Meetings along with english text. It can be found here at: (powerpointe presentation w/ english text) http://www.intelligencesummit.org/WMD/Tapes.ppt Intelligence Summit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581232/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:46:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586505/posts Saddam Had WMD Now that Leno and Letterman have had their way with Vice President Cheney's hunting accident and the port controversy, maybe we can get back to something really important — like Saddam's WMD program. Yes, the linchpin of opposition to the Iraq War — never really strong to begin with — has taken some real hits in recent weeks. And "Bush lied" — the anti-war mantra about the president, Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction — looks the most battered. Inconveniently for critics of the war, Saddam made tapes in his version of the Oval Office. These... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1586505/posts#comment Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:43:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595551/posts New Iraqi Documents Show Bush Didn't 'Lie' Newly translated Iraqi documents from Saddam Hussein's regime show that President Bush was factually accurate when he told the nation in his 2003 State of the Union Address that Iraq had recently sought uranium from Africa. Bush's 16-word statement had formed the basis for the claim adopted by administration critics that "Bush lied" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. But according to the Washington Times today, an unnamed U.S. official reports that "newly translated Iraqi documents . . . tell of Saddam seeking uranium from Africa in the mid-1990s." The documents also... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595551/posts#comment Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595153/posts There have been just too many recent reports, impossible to brush off, that they were transferred to Syria shortly before the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The place to start is the 2 million documents captured by U.S. forces in Iraq along with more than 2,500 hours of audiotapes of Saddam Hussein’s meetings with underlings. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has introduced a bill to release the material and may hold hearings this spring. Hoekstra says he has an open mind. His staff tried to check claims by former Iraqi... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595153/posts#comment Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:41:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595323/posts Tapes reveal WMD plans by Saddam By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published March 13, 2006 Audiotapes of Saddam Hussein and his aides underscore the Bush administration's argument that Baghdad was determined to rebuild its arsenal of weapons of mass destruction once the international community had tired of inspections and left the Iraqi dictator alone.     In addition to the captured tapes, U.S. officials are analyzing thousands of pages of newly translated Iraqi documents that tell of Saddam seeking uranium from Africa in the mid-1990s.     The documents also speak of burying prohibited missiles, according to a government official familiar with the... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595323/posts#comment Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595752/posts Just heard of Fox News Alert...no other details. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595752/posts#comment Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:10:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595943/posts Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 25 - 3/20/2006 - On February 16, President George W. Bush assembled a small group of congressional Republicans for a briefing on Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley were there, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad participated via teleconference from Baghdad. As the meeting was beginning, Mike Pence spoke up. The Indiana Republican, a leader of conservatives in the House, was seated next to Bush. "Yesterday, Mr. President, the war had its best night on the network news since the war ended," Pence said. "Is this the... Yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595943/posts#comment Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:22:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595927/posts PAUL GIGOT, HOST: Nearly three years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, some two million documents and tape recordings seized during Operation Iraqi Freedom remain largely un-translated, unanalyzed, and unavailable to the American public. These items appear to contain information relevant to the ongoing debate over the former dictator's terror ties, including some that describe in detail how Saddam trained thousands of Islamic radicals in the waning years of his regime. Stephen Hayes broke this story for "The Weekly Standard." He joins me now from Washington. Welcome, Steve. STEPHEN HAYES, THE WEEKLY STANDARD: Hi, Paul. GIGOT: Why should we care... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595927/posts#comment Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:50:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595969/posts President Bush has ordered that critical evidence confiscated by U.S. forces after they liberated Iraq be made public - including 3,000 hours of audiotapes of Saddam Hussein chairing his Revolutionary Command Council before the war and 48,000 boxes of records documenting his regime's military activities. "This stuff ought to be out," Bush told National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley last month, according to the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes. "Put this stuff out," the president reiterated. The president made similar statements during three separate meetings with congressional Republicans and several senior national security officials, the Standard said. Bush's initial order came on... NewsMax.com, Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595969/posts#comment Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:14:37 GMT