[lit-ideas] Bin Laden Saddam Connections Unearthed
- From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:43:30 -0500
Hey, so there *WAS* a connection between Saddam
and the Binster after all. Whaddya know? -EY
http://abcnews.go.com/International/IraqCoverage/story?id=1734490&page=1
Iraq Archive Document Describes Bin Laden Meeting
U.S. Government Releases Papers From Saddam's Reign
March 22, 2006 — Following are the ABC News
Investigative Unit's summaries of five documents
from Saddam Hussein's government, which have been
released by the U.S. government.
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.
"Osama Bin Laden Contact With Iraq"
A newly released pre-war Iraqi document indicates
that an official representative of Saddam
Hussein's government met with Osama bin Laden in
Sudan on February 19, 1995 after approval by
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.
MUCH MORE AT THE WEBSITE ABOVE.
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