MarcusMaximus
04-19-2008, 02:31 PM
Saddam and al-Qaeda
By Debra Baker (http://www.americanthinker.com/debra_baker/)
http://www.geocities.com/sr25mk4/OsamaSaddamDeadJpgComb.JPG
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 of August 2006, only 15 percent of the captured documents have English translations."[1] This document provides insight into how Saddam operated his regime and his ties to terrorism.
al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is not a top-down hierarchical organization, but a mesh of organizations that work together to the same ends - destroying Zionists and Israelis by whatever means necessary. As described by Neil Patrick, a Middle East specialist, al-Qaeda is "a loose confederation with various assignments given to various groups."[2] Osama bin Ladin is at the helm of this loose confederation.
The Council on Foreign Relations states that al-Qaeda is affiliated with the following terrorist organizations:
* Egyptian Islamic Jihad (http://www.terrorismanswers.org/groups/jamaat.html)
* The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
* Islamic Army of Aden (Yemen)
* Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad (Iraq)
* Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad (http://www.terrorismanswers.org/groups/harakat.html#Q6) (Kashmir)
* Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
* Salafist Group for Call and Combat and the Armed Islamic Group (Algeria)
* Abu Sayyaf Group (http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/abusayyaf.html) (Malaysia, Philippines)
* Jemaah Islamiya (http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/jemaah.html)(Southeast Asia)"[3]
These groups are interconnected; the Council on Foreign Relations states:
"bin Laden's terror network grew out of Egyptian extremist groups, and many of al-Qaeda's leaders are Egyptians. In recent years, bin Laden brought two leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Ayman al-Zawahiri and the late Muhammad Atef, into the top echelons of al-Qaeda. In addition, some members of Jamaat al-Islamiyya have reportedly joined al-Qaeda. Overall, dozens of Egyptian militants passed through al-Qaeda training camps in Taliban-run Afghanistan."
Who is the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)?
The EIJ "assassinated president Anwar Sadat in 1981 and later teamed up with Osama Bin Laden in the Afghan war against the Soviet occupation."[4] In 1998, the EIJ merged with al-Qaeda and "is now a wholly owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda," says Steven Cook, a Middle East expert and the Douglas A. Dillon fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is widely regarded as Osama bin Laden's chief deputy."[5]
Now let's look closely at what the Pentagon papers state on Saddam and terrorism.
"Saddam's interest in, and support for, non-Iraqi non-state actors was spread across a wide variety of revolutionary, liberation, nationalist, and Islamic terrorist organizations. For years, Saddam maintained training camps for foreign ‘fighters' drawn from these diverse groups. In some cases, particularly for Palestinians, Saddam was also a strong financial supporter. Saddam supported groups that either associated directly with al-Qaeda (such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led at one time by bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri) or that generally shared al-Qaeda's stated goals and objectives."[6]
Is the EIJ associated with al-Qaeda? According to the Council on Foreign Affairs, the EIJ is a "wholly owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda."[7] Considering the September 11, 2001 attack on the US was conducted by both Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, the facts support the Council on Foreign Affairs description of al-Qaeda. Ayman al-Zawahiri was the leader of the EIJ before it merged with al-Qaeda in 1998. Now let's take a closer look at Saddam and his regime of terror.
On page 16 of the Pentagon papers, there is a memorandum that lists the many terrorist groups that Iraq was supporting. The memorandum was written by the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) and is labeled as Extract 10. The recipient of this memorandum was Saddam a decade before Operation Iraqi Freedom. In Extract 10 it lists the EIJ:
"Islamic Jihad Organization [Egyptian Islamic Jihad]
In a meeting in the Sudan we agreed to renew our relations with the Islamic Jihad Organization in Egypt. Our information on the group is as follows:
* It was established in 1979.
* Its goal is to apply the Islamic shari' a law and establish Islamic rule.
* It is considered one of the most brutal Egyptian organizations.
* It carried out numerous successful operations, including the assassination of Sadat.
* We have previously met with the organization's representative and we agreed on a plan to carry out commando operations against the Egyptian regime."[8]
In Extract 12 on page 16 of the Pentagon papers, there is another memorandum that was drafted in Saddam's office which specifically shows that Saddam was directly financing and training the EIJ:
"Office of the President of the Republic - Secretary
Subject: Carrying out a directive
"There has been agreement since December 24, 1990, with the representative of the Islamic Group organization in Egypt on a plan to move against the Egyptian regime by carrying out commando operations provided that we guarantee them financing and training and provide them with the requirements in accordance with the honorable order of the President [Saddam Hussein] which calls for carrying out commando operations against hostile alliance governments. Afterwards, the operations will cease immediately after the ceasefire.
"With respect to the proposal of our special security agency [IIS] regarding calling a representative of the Islamic Group in Egypt to Iraq in our topsecret personal letter dated 11 March 1993. This letter was in response to the President directing that only financial support is available for now. Intelligence operatives and contacts should be maintained in any movement in the Arab homeland, as indicated by the President in a top-secret letter, dated 25 March 1992. [Emphasis added]"[9]
By Debra Baker (http://www.americanthinker.com/debra_baker/)
http://www.geocities.com/sr25mk4/OsamaSaddamDeadJpgComb.JPG
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 of August 2006, only 15 percent of the captured documents have English translations."[1] This document provides insight into how Saddam operated his regime and his ties to terrorism.
al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is not a top-down hierarchical organization, but a mesh of organizations that work together to the same ends - destroying Zionists and Israelis by whatever means necessary. As described by Neil Patrick, a Middle East specialist, al-Qaeda is "a loose confederation with various assignments given to various groups."[2] Osama bin Ladin is at the helm of this loose confederation.
The Council on Foreign Relations states that al-Qaeda is affiliated with the following terrorist organizations:
* Egyptian Islamic Jihad (http://www.terrorismanswers.org/groups/jamaat.html)
* The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
* Islamic Army of Aden (Yemen)
* Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad (Iraq)
* Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad (http://www.terrorismanswers.org/groups/harakat.html#Q6) (Kashmir)
* Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
* Salafist Group for Call and Combat and the Armed Islamic Group (Algeria)
* Abu Sayyaf Group (http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/abusayyaf.html) (Malaysia, Philippines)
* Jemaah Islamiya (http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/jemaah.html)(Southeast Asia)"[3]
These groups are interconnected; the Council on Foreign Relations states:
"bin Laden's terror network grew out of Egyptian extremist groups, and many of al-Qaeda's leaders are Egyptians. In recent years, bin Laden brought two leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Ayman al-Zawahiri and the late Muhammad Atef, into the top echelons of al-Qaeda. In addition, some members of Jamaat al-Islamiyya have reportedly joined al-Qaeda. Overall, dozens of Egyptian militants passed through al-Qaeda training camps in Taliban-run Afghanistan."
Who is the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)?
The EIJ "assassinated president Anwar Sadat in 1981 and later teamed up with Osama Bin Laden in the Afghan war against the Soviet occupation."[4] In 1998, the EIJ merged with al-Qaeda and "is now a wholly owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda," says Steven Cook, a Middle East expert and the Douglas A. Dillon fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The group's leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is widely regarded as Osama bin Laden's chief deputy."[5]
Now let's look closely at what the Pentagon papers state on Saddam and terrorism.
"Saddam's interest in, and support for, non-Iraqi non-state actors was spread across a wide variety of revolutionary, liberation, nationalist, and Islamic terrorist organizations. For years, Saddam maintained training camps for foreign ‘fighters' drawn from these diverse groups. In some cases, particularly for Palestinians, Saddam was also a strong financial supporter. Saddam supported groups that either associated directly with al-Qaeda (such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led at one time by bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri) or that generally shared al-Qaeda's stated goals and objectives."[6]
Is the EIJ associated with al-Qaeda? According to the Council on Foreign Affairs, the EIJ is a "wholly owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda."[7] Considering the September 11, 2001 attack on the US was conducted by both Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden, the facts support the Council on Foreign Affairs description of al-Qaeda. Ayman al-Zawahiri was the leader of the EIJ before it merged with al-Qaeda in 1998. Now let's take a closer look at Saddam and his regime of terror.
On page 16 of the Pentagon papers, there is a memorandum that lists the many terrorist groups that Iraq was supporting. The memorandum was written by the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) and is labeled as Extract 10. The recipient of this memorandum was Saddam a decade before Operation Iraqi Freedom. In Extract 10 it lists the EIJ:
"Islamic Jihad Organization [Egyptian Islamic Jihad]
In a meeting in the Sudan we agreed to renew our relations with the Islamic Jihad Organization in Egypt. Our information on the group is as follows:
* It was established in 1979.
* Its goal is to apply the Islamic shari' a law and establish Islamic rule.
* It is considered one of the most brutal Egyptian organizations.
* It carried out numerous successful operations, including the assassination of Sadat.
* We have previously met with the organization's representative and we agreed on a plan to carry out commando operations against the Egyptian regime."[8]
In Extract 12 on page 16 of the Pentagon papers, there is another memorandum that was drafted in Saddam's office which specifically shows that Saddam was directly financing and training the EIJ:
"Office of the President of the Republic - Secretary
Subject: Carrying out a directive
"There has been agreement since December 24, 1990, with the representative of the Islamic Group organization in Egypt on a plan to move against the Egyptian regime by carrying out commando operations provided that we guarantee them financing and training and provide them with the requirements in accordance with the honorable order of the President [Saddam Hussein] which calls for carrying out commando operations against hostile alliance governments. Afterwards, the operations will cease immediately after the ceasefire.
"With respect to the proposal of our special security agency [IIS] regarding calling a representative of the Islamic Group in Egypt to Iraq in our topsecret personal letter dated 11 March 1993. This letter was in response to the President directing that only financial support is available for now. Intelligence operatives and contacts should be maintained in any movement in the Arab homeland, as indicated by the President in a top-secret letter, dated 25 March 1992. [Emphasis added]"[9]