Bin Laden and Iraq: Was there a relationship???

"Osama bin Laden Contact With Iraq"

A newly released prewar Iraqi document indicates that an official representative of Saddam Hussein's government met with Osama bin Laden in Sudan on February 19, 1995, after receiving approval from Saddam Hussein. Bin Laden asked that Iraq broadcast the lectures of Suleiman al Ouda, a radical Saudi preacher, and suggested "carrying out joint operations against foreign forces" in Saudi Arabia. According to the document, Saddam's presidency was informed of the details of the meeting on March 4, 1995, and Saddam agreed to dedicate a program for them on the radio. The document states that further "development of the relationship and cooperation between the two parties to be left according to what's open [in the future] based on dialogue and agreement on other ways of cooperation." The Sudanese were informed about the agreement to dedicate the program on the radio.

The report then states that "Saudi opposition figure" bin Laden had to leave Sudan in July 1996 after it was accused of harboring terrorists. It says information indicated he was in Afghanistan. "The relationship with him is still through the Sudanese. We're currently working on activating this relationship through a new channel in light of his current location," it states.

(Editor's Note: This document is handwritten and has no official seal. Although contacts between bin Laden and the Iraqis have been reported in the 9/11 Commission report and elsewhere (e.g., the 9/11 report states "Bin Ladn himself met with a senior Iraqi intelligence officer in Khartoum in late 1994 or early 1995) this document indicates the contacts were approved personally by Saddam Hussein.

It also indicates the discussions were substantive, in particular that bin Laden was proposing an operational relationship, and that the Iraqis were, at a minimum, interested in exploring a potential relationship and prepared to show good faith by broadcasting the speeches of al Ouda, the radical cleric who was also a bin Laden mentor.

The document does not establish that the two parties did in fact enter into an operational relationship. Given that the document claims bin Laden was proposing to the Iraqis that they conduct "joint operations against foreign forces" in Saudi Arabia, it is worth noting that eight months after the meeting -- on November 13, 1995 -- terrorists attacked Saudi National Guard Headquarters in Riyadh, killing 5 U.S. military advisers. The militants later confessed on Saudi TV to having been trained by Osama bin Laden.)

"Osama bin Laden and the Taliban"
Document dated Sept. 15, 2001
An Iraqi intelligence service document saying that their Afghan informant, who's only identified by a number, told them that the Afghan consul Ahmed Dahastani claimed the following in front of him:

That OBL and the Taliban are in contact with Iraq and that a group of Taliban and bin Laden group members visited Iraq

That the U.S. has proof the Iraqi government and "bin Laden's group" agreed to cooperate to attack targets inside America.

That in case the Taliban and bin Laden's group turn out to be involved in "these destructive operations," the U.S. may strike Iraq and Afghanistan.

That the Afghan consul heard about the issue of Iraq's relationship with "bin Laden's group" while he was in Iran.

At the end, the writer recommends informing "the committee of intentions" about the above-mentioned items. The signature on the document is unclear.

(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.)

The Editors note is worth paying attention to and were it not for scores of other pieces of supporting documention, it would be legitimate to wonder or question the ties. However, there are too many pieces that connect the dots.

Russian help for Iraq before US invasion?

(the good news is all these documents referenced here are being compiled by the Iraqis. One day they will ALL be released)


Did Russian Ambassador Give Saddam the U.S. War Plan?
Iraq Archive Document Alleges Russian Official Described Locations, Troops, Tanks and Other Forces Before Operation Iraqi Freedom Began
March 23, 2006

Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit's summaries of seven documents from Saddam Hussein's government, which the U.S. government has released.

The documents discuss Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass destruction, al Qaeda and more.

The full documents can be found on the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office Web site: http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/products-docex.htm.

Note: Document titles were added by ABC News.

"U.S. War Plan Leaked to Iraqis by Russian Ambassador"

Two Iraqi documents from March 2003 -- on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion -- and addressed to the secretary of Saddam Hussein, describe details of a U.S. plan for war. According to the documents, the plan was disclosed to the Iraqis by the Russian ambassador.

Document written sometime before March 5, 2003
The first document (CMPC-2003-001950) is a handwritten account of a meeting with the Russian ambassador that details his description of the composition, size, location and type of U.S. military forces arrayed in the Gulf and Jordan. The document includes the exact numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, different types of aircraft, missiles, helicopters, aircraft carriers, and other forces, and also includes their exact locations. The ambassador also described the positions of two Special Forces units.

Document dated March 25, 2003
The second document (CMPC-2004-001117) is a typed account, signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Hammam Abdel Khaleq, that states that the Russian ambassador has told the Iraqis that the United States was planning to deploy its force into Iraq from Basra in the South and up the Euphrates, and would avoid entering major cities on the way to Baghdad, which is, in fact what happened. The documents also state "Americans are also planning on taking control of the oil fields in Kirkuk." The information was obtained by the Russians from "sources at U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar," according to the document.

This document also includes an account of an amusing incident in which several Iraqi Army officers (presumably seeking further elaboration of the U.S. war plans) contacted the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and stated that the ambassador was their source. Needless to say, this caused great embarrassment to the ambassador, and the officers were instructed "not to mention the ambassador again in that context."

(Editor's Note: The Russian ambassador in March 2003 was Vladimir Teterenko. Teterenko appears in documents released by the Volker Commission, which investigated the Oil for Food scandal, as receiving allocations of 3 million barrels of oil -- worth roughly $1.5 million. )

Iraq: Al-qaida and WMDs ?

Saddam general: WMDs in Syria Another former confidant of ex-dictator makes claim, also links Iraq to al-Qaida

Posted: February 15, 20061:00 am Eastern© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com

Saddam HusseinA former general and friend of Saddam Hussein who defected but maintains close contact with Iraq claims the regime supported al-Qaida with intelligence, finances and munitions and believes weapons of mass destruction are hidden in Syria.

Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti, southern regional commander for Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen militia in the late 1980s, spoke with Ryan Mauro of WorldThreats.com.

Known as the "Butcher of Basra," al-Tikriti commanded units that dealt with chemical and biological weapons. He defected shortly before the Gulf War in 1991.

Last month, Saddam Hussein's No. 2 Air Force officer, Georges Sada, told the New York Sun Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were moved to Syria six weeks before the war started. Sada claimed two Iraqi Airways Boeing jets converted to cargo planes moved the weapons in a total of 56 flights. They attracted little attention, he said, because they were thought to be civilian flights providing relief from Iraq to Syria, which had suffered a flood after a dam collapse in 2002.

Discussing Saddam's support of terrorism, al-Tikriti said the dictator's regime sponsored Palestinian groups with logistical and material support.

For a time, support for al-Qaida was limited, the former general said, mainly because al-Qaida's aim was to create an Islamic empire while Saddam wanted a secular Arab nationalist empire.

"They only really came to terms in the mid '90s due to the fact that both knew they shared the same short-term enemy," the general said. "Once they came to terms on this, Saddam provided al-Qaida with intelligence support and whatever money or munitions they could provide."
Al-Tikriti said Saddam "had very long-standing contacts in the black market as well as with Moscow and would provide whatever munitions he could through these contacts."

The secular Baathists and radical Islamists certainly are able to put aside their differences to cooperate against the U.S., he insisted.

"If you look in Iraq today, you are witnessing Arab nationalist terrorist organizations and Islamist terrorist organizations working together to fight the United States."

Al-Tikriti dismissed the commonly heard claim that the U.S. helped bring Saddam to power, calling it "absolutely ludicrous."

The Baathist revolution, he said, was backed by the Soviet Union because of the shared socialist ideology.

"I was there helping with the revolution and worked on two occasions with Soviet KGB officials to help train us, much like the United States did with the Taliban during the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan," he said. "The United States never directly gave us any WMDs but rather ingredients. They were not mixed and these 'ingredients' could have been easily used for commercial use but were rather used to build low life chemical weapons."

Al-Tikriti says he knows Saddam's weapons are in Syria because of contingency plans established as far back as the late 1980s, in the event either Damascus or Baghdad were taken over.

"Not to mention, I have discussed this in-depth with various contacts of mine who have confirmed what I already knew," he said.

Saddam, after lying for so many years, knew the U.S. eventually would come for the weapons, he said, and wanted to maintain legitimacy with pan-Arab nationalists.

Also, he had "wanted since he took power to embarrass the West, and this was the perfect opportunity to do so," al-Tikriti said.

"After Saddam denied he had such weapons, why would he use them or leave them readily available to be found?" he said. "That would only legitimize President Bush, who he has a personal grudge against."

What we are witnessing now, he said, "is many who opposed the war to begin with are rallying around Saddam saying we overthrew a sovereign leader based on a lie about WMD. This is exactly what Saddam wanted and predicted."

Al-Tikriti said he turned against the Baath Party after his wife stood up to him and questioned his brutal tactics.

"This really made me think, because no one has ever even considered to question the tactics of myself or any others and lived to tell about it," he said. "This courageous move made me think deep and hard."

Al-Tikriti said he still maintains good sources inside and outside of Iraq.

"Some of Saddam's key scientists are personal friends of mine, as well as other key leaders in the former Iraqi military," he said. "I have helped draw information since my defecting to the United States government voluntarily and with the permission of these contacts. The only difference between many of them and I, is that I had the opportunity to defect and they didn't."

Charles Duelfer: A Lot of Material Left Iraq and Went to Syria

In 2004, after no WMDs were found, the US established a commission to figure out what happened and if they existed or not. That commission, a bi-partisan commission - concluded that "a lot of materials left Iraq and went to Syria."

Materials - could be anything from gold to wmds, and there is no certainty what was in these trucks, other than 'materials'.

See the Duelfer report: Iraq Survey Group

(I will endeavor to scan and paste the article. It is not within the original sources archives any longer - dated from October 16, 2004)






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The Real Case Against Iraq

When the full and complete story is written about Iraq, I honestly hope that the author will be objective, and pursue the truth as best he or she can, using all their skills and abilities to uncover and decipher the facts.

They may wish to use the piece by William Cohen, President Clinton's Secretary of Defense - he seemed to know what he was arguing - in the macro. We can always debate and disagree about the micro, but on the macro ... he provided support for Bush's decision in 2003.

Mr Cohen does mention that "although the ties to al qaeda may be real, they are more elusive and resistant to proof in the court of public opinion."

Cohen goes on to agree that the burden was on Iraq to prove, not on the US. Iraq had to abide by "more than a dozen UN Security Council Resolutions adopted since 1991, many of which unequivocally declared Iraq to be in violation of its obligations under international law."

A very good article by Cohen.




Source: Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2003
COMMENTARY
The Real Case Against Iraq
By WILLIAM S. COHEN

Today, Secretary of State Colin Powell will make the case for action against Iraq that Mr. Bush promised in his State of the Union address. The president's detailed presentation of weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein did not account for is not new. Repetition of the obvious, however, does not diminish its validity.

Linking Iraq to al Qaeda and the export of terrorism has clearly been an effort by Mr. Bush to persuade skeptics that the international community can defer exercising its final option no longer. But although the ties to al Qaeda may be real, they are also more elusive and resistant to proof in the court of public opinion. Thus, in seeking to make a more compelling case, the president may have made it more complicated.
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Mr. Bush is correct in insisting the burden of proof remains on Iraq to account for the horrific weapons it has produced. This is clear under more than a dozen U.N. Security Council Resolutions adopted since 1991, many of which unequivocally declared Iraq to be in violation of its obligations under international law. Resolution 1441, which relaunched U.N. inspections, states that Iraq's noncooperation with today's inspectors would constitute a "further material breach" and warns of serious consequence for "continued violations of its obligations."

For Mr. Bush's skeptics, Mr. Blix's recent report highlights the unconditional requirement for Iraq to account for large quantities of banned materials it once had and may still have, a few well-known examples of which include: hundreds of tons of the deadly nerve agent VX; thousands of liters of the biological agent anthrax; and thousands of chemical rockets. At a minimum, Iraq is required to offer evidence of when, where and how these banned materials were destroyed. It has made no effort to do so.

While the December 1998 attack on over 100 targets by attack aircraft, bombers, and cruise missiles set back Iraq's programs two years by destroying key facilities and killing a number of important personnel, Iraq has used the intervening four years to rebuild facilities and reconstitute its weapons programs. This includes, as Mr. Blix details in his report:

- Two missile facilities that today are building banned missiles and providing them to the Iraqi military.

- Illegal imports, as recently as December 2002, of 380 rocket engines usable in one of these illegal missile programs, as well as illegal imports of missile fuel and guidance systems.

- Reconstruction of illegal missile factory equipment previously destroyed by U.N. inspectors.

At the very time that Iraq was importing missile engines in violation of Security Council resolutions, it submitted a 12,000-page plea of innocence. Submitted on Dec. 7, it is only the most recent "full, final and complete declaration" filed in response to Security Council demands first made in 1991. Before expelling U.N. inspectors in 1998, Iraq submitted seven reports, each purporting to be full, final and complete, each proving to be false and incomplete, each yielding to a subsequent false "full, final and complete" declaration. Iraq's admissions have never exceeded what it believed the U.S. and U.N. already knew and frequently have been limited to what it has been caught red-handed having done.

During the 1990s, Iraq committed vast resources to a sophisticated program to systematically deceive U.N. inspectors, ultimately being able to clear and clean a building in as little as tens of minutes, literally shuttling equipment out the back door while inspectors were given the shuffle at the front door. Mr. Powell, in his presentation to the Security Council today, will provide intelligence that this deception program continues today.

As for the most recent "full, final and complete declaration," as Mr. Blix's report noted, not only were its 12,000 pages a reprint of earlier documents lacking any new evidence to account for the missing tons of Iraqi chemical and biological agents, the report deliberately altered earlier documents to hide information that Iraq had previously admitted. Saddam takes the international community not only to be fools but also forgetful. Unfortunately, he is not far off the mark.

Given all the evidence, the question remains why so many seem more inclined to rally against the U.S. rather than with it.

Part of the answer is that Saddam has waged a successful propaganda campaign that has placed the suffering of the Iraqi people at the doorstep of the White House. There are also the cynical calculations of those governments who are more interested in securing oil contracts and accounts receivable than in dismantling Iraqi weapons. In addition, the "sanctions fatigue syndrome" has been exacerbated by internal European power plays such as the recent Franco-German entente at Versailles.

But a measure of responsibility also rests with the administration's failure, thus far, to convince the world community of the necessity to invade Iraq and use military force to disarm and change the regime.

President Bush has tried to overcome all doubt and reservation by tying Iraq to the spread of terrorism. In a casual but on-camera declaration during a September photo-op, he stated that "You can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror."
To support this claim, the White House has offered carefully worded statements that point out the following:

• There have been unspecified "contacts" between Iraqi "senior officials" and members of al Qaeda.
• Al Qaeda personnel have found "refuge" in Baghdad.
• Iraqis have provided training assistance to al Qaeda in chemical weapons development.

Saddam has been known to assassinate Iraqi dissidents abroad, to provide safe haven to armed Iranian groups opposed to the mullahs' regime in Iran, and provide well-publicized financial support to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers in an attempt to align international sympathy for the Palestinians to his own regime. He is, indeed, an evil man. But in contrast to many others, ranging from elements of the Iranian government to the IRA, Iraq does not have a reputation for sponsoring or conducting acts of terrorism.

Recognizing that compelling evidence to link Saddam to the export of terrorism may not be forthcoming, Prime Minister Tony Blair recently stated that if Saddam is not aiding terrorists today, he surely will do so tomorrow. Under this standard, a number of nations beyond Iran and North Korea who have similar programs and objectives are likely to be placed on the regime change or disarmament target list.

I remain convinced, however, that if President Bush hopes to meet the jus ad bellum tests that trace their roots to the days -- and orations -- of Cicero, he would be well-advised to keep the evidentiary focus on Saddam's deceits and broken promises and on the U.N.'s obligations to enforce its own resolutions.

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If the U.N. has a less destructive, more humane and successful method of securing Saddam's disarmament than through the use of military force, it must act without further delay and disingenuousness. If, however, it chooses to remain indifferent to those who flout its resolutions and rule of law, it will succeed only in breeding contempt for the institution and further defiance of its rules.

Time, as President Bush stated, is running out both for Saddam to come clean and for the U.N. to step forward.


Mr. Cohen was secretary of defense under President Clinton.







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Case Closed: The truth about the iraqi-Niger 'yellowcake' nexus

As a foreword - it is at this point mute, given the yellowcake that was just delivered to Canada, from Iraq, however, anything to further point out the lies and contradictions of Joseph Wilson and his wife, the outed CIA employee.


Case Closed
The truth about the Iraqi-Niger "yellowcake" nexus.
By Christopher Hitchens
Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006, at 12:46 PM ET

Now that Joseph and Valerie Wilson's fantasies of having been persecuted by high officials in the administration have been so thoroughly dispelled by Robert Novak (and now that it seems the prosecutor has determined that there was no breach of the relevant laws to begin with), we may return to the more important original question. Was there good reason to suppose that Iraqi envoys visited Niger in search of "yellowcake" uranium ore?




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Al Qaeda in Iraq?

New York Times. September 29, 2003.

Headline: 2 Qaeda suspects tracked in Iraq

Fascinating. What is even more fascinating? I have the article in front of me as I type.

I pulled it from lexis Nexis on 8/4/2004. It was document 15 of 29. It originated from the New York Times via their international paper - The International Herald Tribune. The Source /author: Raymond Bonner. Section: News; Page 3. Length: 380 words.

Headline: 2 Qaeda suspects tracked in Iraq

What is fascinating about it? THE ARTICLE IS ... gone.

Anyway, I assume they have it, just not available. One would think, especially given the fact I HAVE IT.

Anyway, the point of the article was - Abdul Rahman Yasin - was living in IRAQ ... and guess who provided him with an apartment? Bingo. Saddam.

For the first year he was in iraq, he was put up in an apartment by Saddam. Toward the end of the regime, he was arrested but was out of jail by the time the US invaded. I happen to have met a Ranger who was involved in, some aspect of, the capture of this person. He told me the story, but not until I told him what I knew ... and apparently am lucky to have kept the article as it ... is unavailable for some reason.

And guess who this fellow was? One of the top 3 in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. You may not remember that event, Bill didn't think it important enough to talk about for 48 hours and didn't show up to visit the site or support the thousands wounded.

Al Qaeda was responsible in 1993 for the attack and in 2001.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Saddam's nuclear materials - 2nd wave removed to Canada

The US removed nearly two tons of nuclear material in the days and weeks after the invasion and removal of Saddam Hussein. This appears to be the 2nd wave of material to be removed from Iraq and away from the reach of terrorists for use in weapons. And for the liberals among us - IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE UN HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT. The damage from this material used in a weapon would not be any more significant than the weapon itself, but the ensuing panic would have been exponentially greater. Further, from this state of the material to weapons grade takes refinement. Had the weapon been taken by Iran or transferred in to Iran, it would have been several stages away from being weapons grade. Or - a little known use of the material, to mix it with a more common chemical available to form a poison gas that, if combined with a conventional or dirty bomb, would cause death and panic. If coupled with an already small amount of weapons grade material, it would have a multiplying effect (not significant).


The link has apparently been broken as the article is no longer available.  I believe given the details provded, you should be able to find it online somewhere.





AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq



BRIAN MURPHY
July 5, 2008
The Associated Press

 The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program , a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium , reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" , the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment , was a significant step toward closing the books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.

What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12 miles south of Baghdad , using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine.

"Everyone is very happy to have this safely out of Iraq," said a senior U.S. official who outlined the nearly three-month operation to The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called "dirty bomb" , a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material , it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment.

The Iraqi government sold the yellowcake to a Canadian uranium producer, Cameco Corp., in a transaction the official described as worth "tens of millions of dollars." A Cameco spokesman, Lyle Krahn, declined to discuss the price, but said the yellowcake will be processed at facilities in Ontario for use in energy-producing reactors.

"We are pleased ... that we have taken (the yellowcake) from a volatile region into a stable area to produce clean electricity," he said.

The deal culminated more than a year of intense diplomatic and military initiatives , kept hushed in fear of ambushes or attacks once the convoys were under way: first carrying 3,500 barrels by road to Baghdad, then on 37 military flights to the Indian Ocean atoll of Diego Garcia and finally aboard a U.S.-flagged ship for a 8,500-mile trip to Montreal.

And, in a symbolic way, the mission linked the current attempts to stabilize Iraq with some of the high-profile claims about Saddam's weapons capabilities in the buildup to the 2003 invasion.










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More on an Impoverished Culture - Galloway

Whether it is direct anti-Americanism or anti-Western Civilization, or indirect (as in the case of the Obamaessiah followers), the result is and will be the same - cultural arrogance they say, yet it is that same attitude that compels people like: British MP George Galloway to express admiration for Saddam Hussein and Gamal Abd Al-Nasser and to refer to Bush and Blair as "Dogs".

We live on two different planets.

A man who expresses admiration for one of the worst mass murderers of the last fifty years, is a man who deserves ignominy.

He took Saddam's money, he was bought, and paid for by the butcher of Baghdad - and he cannot admit wrong, or he would have to face his conscience, and that he cannot do. he must therefore live in a world of denial, the rest of his miserable wretched life.


[I do not suggest, connote, or imply that anyone need like Bush or Blair, rather the point is that a man who expresses admiration for the butcher of Baghdad - a man who, when history finishes counting, will be found to have sent 2 million Muslims to their deaths - that man is a worthless human being.]



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Saddam's nuclear materials - 1st Wave Removed

US Removed Radioactive material From Iraq


The Washington Post
July 7, 2004 Wednesday
Final Edition
SECTION: A Section; A16


U.S. Removed Radioactive Materials From Iraq Facility



Walter Pincus, Washington Post Staff Writer


Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced yesterday that almost two tons of low-enriched uranium and about 1,000 radioactive samples used for research had been removed from Iraq's Tuwaitha Nuclear Center and brought to the United States for security reasons.

The airlift of the radioactive materials was completed June 23, Abraham said in a statement, "to keep potentially dangerous nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists." Less sensitive radiological materials -- used for medical, agricultural or industrial purposes -- were left in Iraq, according to a Department of Energy statement.

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In April 2003, just days after the statue of Hussein in Baghdad was pulled down, a U.S. Marine engineering company took a close look at Tuwaitha, which is 30 miles south of Baghdad. There they found guards had abandoned their posts and looters were roaming the giant facility. At one storage building, which later was found to hold radioactive samples used in research, the radiation levels were too high to enter safely, although the entrance door stood wide open.

A month later, the Pentagon rejected suggestions that U.N. inspectors be allowed to reenter Iraq but agreed the IAEA experts could return to secure the uranium that had been under its seal for years.














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Saddam, Iraq and Al Qaeda

Case Closed: The Link between Osama bin Laden and Saddam

Iraq - Human Shields

March 23, 2003: Human Shield: I was a naive fool. Daniel Pepper



October 12, 2003: Human Shield: I Was Wrong. Ken Joseph Jr.

Iraq - When will the Americans Come

March 5, 2003: When will Americans Come? Asla Aydintasbas



March 22, 2003: You're Late: What Took You So Long? James Meek, The Guardian

Abu Nidal - The Bin Laden of the 70s

Abu Nidal, one of the most notorious terrorists of the 1970s and 1980s, after escaping justice for his role in the Achile Lauro hijacking and death of an American tourist on board the cruise ship, fled to Iraq, where he lived for almost 30 years ... in an apartment, paid for by Saddam Hussein.

On August 16, 2002, Abu Nidal died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound - apparently of more than one bullet was involved.

Support for terrorists, aid to terrorists ($25,000 paid to every Palestinian suicide killer's family).

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