Not about involvement with 9/11. It was about harboring, working with and training terrorists.
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/iraqi/v1.pdf The IPP study documents the continuation of this program through the 1990s and into early 2003. During the buildup of the Saddam Fedayeen, "Arab fighters" were integrated into camps that were graduating thousands by 1997. Captured Iraqi documents have uncovered evidence that links the regime of Saddam Hussein to regional and global terrorism, including a variety of revolutionary, liberation, nationalist, and Islamic terrorist organizations. While these documents do not reveal direct coordination and assistance between the Saddam regime and the al Qaeda network, they do indicate that Saddam was willing to use, albeit cautiously, operatives affiliated with al Qaeda as long as Saddam could have these terroristoperatives monitored closely. Because Saddams security organizations and Osama bin Ladens terrorist network operated with similar aims (at least in the short term), considerable overlap was inevitable when monitoring, contacting, financing, and training the same outside groups. This created both the appearance of and, in some ways, a de facto link between the organizations. At times, these organizations would work together in pursuit of shared goals but still maintain their autonomy and independence because of innate caution and mutual distrust. Though the execution of Iraqi terror plots was not always successful, evidence shows that Saddams use of terrorist tactics and his support for terrorist groups remained strong up until the collapse of the regime. . On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sure seemed that way from an outside perspective. Wasn't part of the > whole lead up to that about Sadaam harbouring terrorists and being involved > in the 9/11 attacks? It seemed to me at the time that GWB just needed > someone to pay and the best option he had at the time was Sadaam. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The Afghan was about 9/11. The plans for invading Iraq were on the >> table before 9/11 happened, and when it happened, it because the >> rationale. The Iraq war was about a lot of other things - oil, >> revenge for Saddam threatening Bush Sr., enriching the weapons >> manufacturers etc but it was never about 9/11. >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > GWB put MORE American lives at risk than Sadaam ever did. >> > The Iraq war was about revenge for 9/11. Plain and simple. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342884 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
