http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/prewardocs/ en-us Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:06:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036803/posts One of our readers (Vince1974) reminded us of this January 1999 ABC News special on the ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda posted last year on Powerline.**************************See the Blog for the Video......***********************************When a liberal claims there never was any evidence of a connection between Saddam and al-Qaeda (like coordinating attacks in 2002 with AQ number 2 Ayman Zawahiri) don’t believe them. They simply are exposing a deadly ignorance. 3 Responses to “In 1999, Saddam Linked To Al Qaeda” Strata Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036803/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:06:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035911/posts Yet AGAIN there’s another document showing that Saddam’s regime was not only willing to work with Al Queda groups, but in fact did so.  This time, it’s a 2002 memo from Saddam’s regime to Al Queda’s strategic planner (often described as the real brains of the terror group alliance).The “no ties” myth gets another shovel of dirt on its graveLINKHT Regimeofteror Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035911/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:17:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/884912/posts <p>SARGAT, Iraq, April 4 — MSNBC.com tests reveal evidence of the deadly toxins ricin and botulinum at a laboratory in a remote mountain region of northern Iraq allegedly used as a terrorist training camp by Islamic militants with ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is conducting its own tests at the same area, but has not yet released the results, according to officials in northern Iraq.</p> MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/884912/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:15:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886458/posts SARGAT, Iraq, April 4 — Preliminary tests conducted by MSNBC.com indicate that the deadly toxins ricin and botulinum were present on two items found at a camp in a remote mountain region of northern Iraq allegedly used as a terrorist training center by Islamic militants with ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network. The field tests used by MSNBC.com are only a first step in the evidentiary process and are typically followed by more precise laboratory testing that MSNBC.com has not conducted. U.S. intelligence agents were conducting their own tests in the same area and had not yet released their results,... MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886458/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2003 16:53:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/838309/posts Friends and neighbors, there is a great storm gathering across the World- or perhaps you could call it a gathering of bonfires which threaten to join into a conflagration. When World War One began, it was said"All across Europe, the lights of civilization are being extinguised. We shall not see them relit in our time..."I suggest that now a somewhat opposite process is being started- first one fire of terrorism, then another is being lit- the question is, can we put them out?What follows are links for a quick overview- it's what I could pull quickly from my own collection,... various links and websites http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/838309/posts#comment Fri, 7 Feb 2003 22:31:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987463/posts When an Institute for Defense Analysis study seemed to announce that there was “no connection between Iraq and Al-Qaeda,” the media was quick to parrot the line of Warren P. Strobel of McClatchy Newspapers. Relying on a leaked executive summary of the report, Strobel wrote that “an exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents” found “no evidence” linking Saddam Hussein with Al-Qaeda. Led by the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes, the right side of the blogosphere was quick to point out that the report did contain evidence of such connections, focusing mainly on Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which merged with Al-Qaeda... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987463/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034822/posts The SurrenderMedia recently misreported (there’s a surprise) that Saddam Hussein had no ties to al-Qaeda, when in fact the report the SurrenderMedia was trying to cover said just the opposite. As I noted at the time the analysis showed Saddam Hussein had long time ties with Ayman Zawahiri, who at the time ran the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group. A group that was integrated into al-Qaeda when Zawahiri joined forces with Bin Laden in the 1990’s. Gateway Pundit has a link to a recent news article out of Iraq showing evidence that Saddam Hussein continued his ties with Zawahiri after... Strata Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034822/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:26:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987851/posts Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that an investigation into over 600,000 documents captured at the end of the invasion of Iraq showed no operational links to al-Qaeda — or at least, that’s how the media reported it. After a strange few days in which the Pentagon delayed the report, it finally hit the internet last night — and it’s clear that the analysis done by the media was superficial at best. If no operational “smoking gun” could be found, the report still shows that Saddam Hussein had plenty of ties to all sorts of terrorist groups, including radical Islamist... Multiple http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987851/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:14:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010824/posts This is a FReeper made video based off the Al Qaeda document found and posted here at Free Republic by Jveritas. I plan to post it also at Googlevideo and Liveleak. I will present these links as they become available. Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010824/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 21:44:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003039/posts Return to the Article April 17, 2008Saddam and al-QaedaBy Debra Baker Claims that there were no links between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda are wrong. Documents just released by the Pentagon prove it. In March 2008, the Pentagon released a document that details some of the classified documents from Saddam's regime.  This document called the Iraqi Perspectives Project Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Documents Volume 1 (Redacted) is an overview of "more than 600,000 original captured documents and several thousand hours of audio and video footage archived in a US Department of Defense (DOD) database. As... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003039/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:07:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993470/posts The Liberal media has been focused on a so called Gaffe John McCain has made recently in the press. Example is this IPS news story http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41693 POLITICS-US: McCain's Gaffes Reflect Bush's Iran-Qaeda Myth Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Sen. John McCain's confusion in recent allegations of Iranian training of al Qaeda fighters in Iraq is the result of a drumbeat of official propaganda about close Iran-al Qaeda ties that the George W. Bush administration and neoconservatives have promoted ever since early 2002. Funny how the left-wing press is eager to point out a McCain Gaffe when... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993470/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:30:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992190/posts (March 25, 2008) -- Given the current tragedy in Iraq--hell, given the past five years--you would think the many pundits who agitated for an attack on that country, largely on false pretenses, would have take the opportunity of the arrival of the fifth anniversary of the war (or the 4000 dead milestone) to drop to their knees, at least in print, and beg the American public for forgiveness. With more than 60 percent of their fellow Americans now calling the war a "mistake" and agitating for troop withdrawals--and the president's approval rating still heading south, thanks to their war--it would... Editor & Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992190/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:51:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991827/posts The Iraqi tyrant didn’t “just” aid anti-American terrorist groups; he explicitly ordered them to attack. By Mark Eichenlaub Links. Ties. Operational links. Sponsorship. These terms have vastly different meanings to different members of the media when they discuss relations between Saddam Hussein’s regime and the al-Qaeda network. This became clear yet again last week when news outlets reported on the Department of Defense-sponsored Iraqi Perspectives Project (all five volumes of which are now available here). The vast majority of news reports focused on a single sentence that was incorrectly taken to mean that no ties, links, relations or connections of... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991827/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:24:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986706/posts On February 17 2008, Al-Ekhlaas which is the largest terrorist forum on the internet published an Al Qaeda document that talks about the life of Abou Musaab Al Zarqawi and indicates that Zarqawi came to Iraq before the war to prepare the terrorist insurgency against the US troops. According to the document Zarqawi arrived to the Sunni areas in central Iraq. This document was written by one of Al Qaeda top leaders called “Saif Al Adel”. There were many accounts about Zarqawi presence in Iraq before the war in particular in Northern Iraq with “Ansar Al Islam” an active Al... Al Qaeda document http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986706/posts#comment Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:49:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1985088/posts This report will not be made available online. If you would like to obtain a copy you can request one at the URL below... When the 9-11 Commission Report came out, the media trumpeted that Saddam and Al Qaeda had no connection. But that was not actually true. If you actually READ the report, it says something very different. Then when the Iraq Survey Report came out, the media trumpeted that it said Saddam had no WMD. But if you actually READ the report, it says something rather different. When the National Intelligence Estimate came out saying Iran had shut... Joint Forces Command http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1985088/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983767/posts A new study commissioned by the Pentagon has reviewed over 600,000 documents captured in the invasion of Iraq, and the analysis shows no evidence of operational ties between Saddam Hussein’s regime and al-Qaeda. It did find operational ties and more between Saddam and other terrorist groups, however, which will likely be lost in an avalanche of I-told-you-sos: An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein’s regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terrorist network.The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983767/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983672/posts WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network. The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam's regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East , U.S. officials told McClatchy . However, his security services were directed primarily against Iraqi exiles, Shiite Muslims, Kurds and others he considered enemies of his regime. The new study of the Iraqi regime's archives... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983672/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978919/posts Does anyone have any new insight as to the status of the projects? Once they disappeared I never head about them again.I found them fascinating. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978919/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:27:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973193/posts abc report [url]http://www.mediaresearch.org/rm/cyber/2004/binladen061704/segment1.ram[/url] 1/14/1991 Just before the outbreak of war [in 1991] Iraq sent hit squads around the world to attack diplomats and government officials of Coalition nations. Western intelligence agencies and their collaborators picked this up, and as ambassador I’d seen reports about this in Bangkok. …I went to my office, where I was handed urgent papers from a collectivity of intelligence organizations. They revealed that an Iraqi terrorist group had assembled in Bangkok with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and an array of other weapons, with which they planned to attack the U.S., Israeli, and Australian embassies. …Later there were... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973193/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:12:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926630/posts We live in an age of documents. There are no more secrets, only deferred disclosures. Saddam Hussein's secret documents are measured by the shelf-mile and stored inside a secure but dusty facility near U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Doha, Qatar, and in several subsidiary sites. Armed guards protect the unread dossiers. Three shifts of two hundred translators each work around the clock. Perhaps 5% of these captured documents have been studied so far, but their contents are about to shatter much of the conventional wisdom concerning Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. The absolutists on either side of the WMD debate... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926630/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886979/posts DALLAS Prosecutors have produced scores of documents, audio and video tapes, and intercepted phone calls in their attempt to prove that a Muslim charity based in a suburban Dallas office park was actually a fund-raising arm of Middle Eastern terrorists.Much of the evidence has surfaced before in books, newspaper articles and previous trials. But those who track terror-financing say the document haul from the trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development has also produced new information.They say the documents shed light on a web of related organizations of militant Palestinian supporters in the United States, some of... CBS Dallas Fort Worth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1886979/posts#comment Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883060/posts Großangriffchen auf den Cyber-Dschihad Von Yassin Musharbash Am 19. Juli rief "jveritas" im Internet dazu auf, von ihm identifizierte Pro-Terror-Websites auszuschalten. Seine Idee war simpel: Die Hostingfirmen mit massenhaften Beschwerde-Mails dazuzubringen, die Seiten zu sperren. Und sie funktionierte auch - ein bisschen. Seit einem Monat herrscht im dschihadistischen Internet ein kleines Erdbeben. Ein knappes Dutzend prominenter Websites (so weit ich zählen kann) ist ihm bereits zum Opfer gefallen. Das Qaida-nahe Diskussionsforum "Das Paradies": bis auf weiteres geschlossen. Die Bekennerschreibenabwurfseite "Welt-Nachrichten-Netzwerk": eine Cyber-Ruine. Das Terroristen-Blog der englischsprachigen "Globalen Islamischen Medienfront": nicht mehr existent. Abgeschaltetes Blog von Terrorsympathisanten: Unter neuer Adresse schon... Der Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1883060/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882349/posts Excerpt - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Newly declassified intelligence documents reveal the depth of U.S. officials' concern that Pakistan was providing funds, arms — and even combat troops — to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for years before the Sept. 11 attacks. They also show rising frustration at what U.S. officials called Pakistan's "resistance and/or duplicity" toward Washington's repeated requests for help in getting the Taliban to hand over Osama bin Laden. A top official at one point said hauling Pakistan before the U.N. Security Council should be considered. The documents, released under a Freedom of Information Act request by George Washington... Associated Press (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882349/posts#comment Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870274/posts These captures and kills demonstrate the ideological divide between “secular” Baathists and Islamic extremists was not so distantMany analysts of the insurgency in Iraq are currently debating its makeup and strength, among other things. Regardless of what percentage is currently claiming allegiance to what ideology or group, the past few years of reporting have slowly revealed that at least one deadly aspect of the insurgency in Iraq has been the cooperation of some members of Saddam Hussein's regime (though not all) and Islamic militants, particularly al Qaeda in Iraq. Below is a list, compiled from a number of media reports... Regime of Terror http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870274/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:42:20 GMT