Friday, September 01, 2006

Brian Williams Finds Out Why The U.S. Went To Iraq, The Video President Bush makes his case to Brian Williams regarding the war on terror and Iraq. Bush laid it all out again.  It is all George Bush, no BS.  Williams succumbed to the obligatory ridiculous question of was Saddam Hussein involved in the 9/11 attack.  Aside from the fact that no investigation ever said, nor did the President say (as he also refutes), that Saddam had an involvement in the 9/11 attack.  That was Ted Kennedy's interpretation.  Obviously impaired. Why is it that Brian Williams never heard that terrorists, even al Qaeda, had been in and were operating in Iraq both before and after 9/11/2001? Jog your memory 10 years ago, Clinton administration.  Iraq is a terrorist state.  They harbor and support terrorists.   Axis of evil, another reminder.  Since 9/11  Saddam was supporting suicide bombings in Lebanon and Israel.  Doesn't take a rocket scientist, but apparently more than say John Kerry, to figure out that it is only a matter of time before Saddam hooks up with third parties, like al-Qaeda, to provide nifty weapons for them to use on us.  Bush saw that too.  And that's why it was Iraq.   It boils down to this, Kerry, Feingold, and people like them, would bet your life that Saddam wouldn't do that.   Bush, on the other hand, will not.  The Islamofascists that got away from Afghanistan went to Iraq and Iran, and a cave somewhere in Pakistan. President Bush on the war in Iraq. President Bush tells "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams that the battle against terrorism is "the defining struggle of the 21st century" and that Americans have a choice: see it through or forever live in fear. [MSN Video - NBC Nightly News] Related: Why the US went into Iraq? There were seven reasons, not one. 4:57:24 PM    comment [] trackback []

	Saturday, July 29, 2006

Convoys Of WMD From Iraq To Syria WMD Shipments to Syria Described. This is an unofficial translation of Document Number ISGQ-2005-00022470, released as part of Project Harmony. It is a memo dated July 13, probably 2003; the author is an Iraqi opposition source located in Syria. Subject: we have information about the location of Mass Destruction Weapons On Moharram 10th (Arabic calendar), prior to US/allied invasion to Iraq, fifty (50) Iraqi trucks entered Syria as convoys (or groups), I met some the drivers of those trucks, they got no idea about the content of their trucks. The loads basically came from some where in Baghdad, Iraqi intelligence were escorting the loads. During their tripe, those truck drivers were stopped and asked frequently by the intelligence officers about whether or not they got any idea about the content of their loads, the divers replied “we have no idea," then the officers would say “thank you." Upon their arrival to Deayr Ezoor city/ Syria, the drivers were ordered to get down, elements from Syrian intelligence got into the trucks, they took the trucks to big barracks for downloading. After that; Iraqi drivers got their trucks back, they got $200 as a reward. The drivers told me that it was their second time to bring such secret shipment; the first shipment was Moharram 1st. I have a friend in Syria working in Syrian company, the man has ½ of the company, and the other ½ belongs to a Syrian businessman. This Iraqi person, a former counselor at Iraqi embassies, has strong connections with Iraqi embassy in Syria, he knows all Iraqi intelligence men there, and he has no idea that I am working with the Iraqi opposition in Syria. I used to visit him daily during that period to listen to the important news. When the trucks arrived to Syria, I visited him, told him “Iraqi weapons got inside Syria," he replied “who told you." I said “I have my own resources," he replied “don’t tell any one about that because actually it is inside." Based on this and a number of other reports, it seems likely that some, at least, of Iraq's WMDs were shipped to Syria shortly before the war started in 2003. [Power Line] ref: They were wrong, Bush wasn't.  And the apologies that never came. 11:45:25 AM    comment [] trackback []

	Thursday, June 29, 2006

Another Inconvenient Truth Kofi get your lawyer 'cause we're gonna go to trial.  Accepting millions in kickbacks from Saddam Hussein in exchange for favorable UN Security Council votes, from co-conspirators like France, Germany, Russia, and China is a bad thing.   Watch how underplayed, if at all, this story is handled in the MSM. Oil-for-food trial eyes Iraq's backroom tactics (Reuters). Reuters - The prosecutor in the first U.S. federal trial over the U.N. oil-for-food program said on Tuesday he would show evidence of kickbacks, intrigue and back channel tactics that he claimed helped Iraq manipulate the United Nations. [Yahoo! News: Politics News] 12:19:35 AM    comment [] trackback []

	Wednesday, June 28, 2006

That's right Al.  When you live in a parallel universe, once and awhile reality sideswipes you and the liberal filters go up.  None of what you're blabbing about in this post (below) is based on fact or reality.    How 'bout that state's rights decision on redistricting in Texas?  If you ever get into power, you too will be able to do the same.  Why, what could be more fair than that? We Got Brock'd. Today, we got Brock'd -- big time!  Here's what we talked about: Despite all evidence to the contrary, media conservatives continued to hype Santorum's "weapons of mass destruction" Fox News hosts and guests touted discredited report that WMDs were found in Iraq Major print outlets repeated GOP's "cut and run" criticism of Democratic calls for Iraq withdrawal, ignored public support for pullout  On Imus, Snow misleadingly claimed that Bush "never has" linked Saddam, 9-11 Claiming he's "seen a hell of a lot more combat" in last 35 years than Kerry, Geraldo Rivera accused Kerry of "aid[ing] and abet[ting] the enemy" [The Al Franken Show | Air America Radio -] 5:29:40 PM    comment [] trackback []

	Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Al Qaeda Admits They Are Not Winning The War So have you heard Al Qaeda sees themselves losing the war in Iraq?  Of course you didn't.  Read about it in their own words.  Al Qaeda: America Is Winning in Iraq. Thanks to [GOP Bloggers] for this one. 9:00:35 PM    comment [] trackback []

	Friday, April 21, 2006

Saddam Paid "Arab Fedayeen". The latest translation from jveritas indicates that during the Iraq war, Saddam paid the "Arab Fedayeen" volunteers--i.e., terrorists--just as he paid members of Iraq's own military. This document is dated April 4, 2003. For reference, it was April 9, 2003, when Baghdad fell and the statues of Saddam were toppled: In the Name of God the Most Merciful The Most Compassionate Republic Of Iraq Directorate of the General Military Intelligence No 9/39/1/ Date: 4 April 2003 Secret To: The 8th Directorate Subject: Order The secret and urgent letter of the Presidential Secretariat K-1997 on 29/3/2003 including… The order of The President The Leader to the armed forces God protects him and according to the following: The Volunteers Arab Feedayeen will be treated the treatment of the solider in the army (Special Forces) regarding the salary and benefits. Please review and take what is necessary. Signature Staff General Director of the General Military Intelligence April 2003 This isn't a big surprise; Saddam was encouraging volunteers to come from other Arab countries and there obviously was plenty of military cooperation. But it's interesting that the Arab Fedayeen were so fully integrated into Saddam's forces that they were paid salary and benefits on the same basis as Iraq's own troops. (Or were supposed to be paid, anyway.) It would be interesting to know whether some of the Arab Fedayeen volunteers were terrorists who had been trained in Iraq's camps prior to the war; it would also be interesting to know whether Saddam continued to fund the Fedayeen as "insurgents" after his regime fell. [Power Line] 7:43:50 AM    comment [] trackback []

	Thursday, April 06, 2006

More On Saddam's Support for Terror. Our friend Captain Ed makes much of this document, which was captured in Baghdad and released on Tuesday. Here is the English translation; we'd be interested in comments on the translation by those who speak Arabic: In the Name of God the Merciful The Compassionate Top Secret The Command of Ali Bin Abi Taleb Air Force Base No 3/6/104 Date 11 March 2001 To all the Units Subject: Volunteer for Suicide Mission The top secret letter 2205 of the Military Branch of Al Qadisya on 4/3/2001 announced by the top secret letter 246 from the Command of the military sector of Zi Kar on 8/3/2001 announced to us by the top secret letter 154 from the Command of Ali Military Division on 10/3/2001 we ask to provide that Division with the names of those who desire to volunteer for Suicide Mission to liberate Palestine and to strike American Interests and according what is shown below to please review and inform us. Air Brigadier General Abdel Magid Hammot Ali Commander of Ali Bin Abi Taleb Air Force Base Air Colonel Mohamad Majed Mohamadi Ed notes that it seems to be the Iraqi Air Force that was looking for terror candidates, and wonders whether Saddam had a September 11-style mission against America in mind. Well, maybe. But the memo, as translated, doesn't say anything about striking inside the U.S., it refers to "strik[ing] American interests," a phrase usually used when talking about American interests overseas. (We'd be especially interested to learn how other Arabic speakers would translate that phrase.) The reference to "liberat[ing] Palestine" is no surprise, as it was no secret that Iraq rewarded the families of Palestinian suicide bombers in order to encourage violence against Israel. It is possible that the "American interests" referred to in the memo could be encompassed by an attack on Israel. Only those who have their hands over their ears while shouting "La-la-la, I can't hear you" continue to deny that Saddam's regime supported terrorism. This memo is clearly one more piece of evidence to that effect. But its real significance can only be assessed in context with a great many other documents. As I've said before, the ongoing review of captured Iraqi and Taliban documents isn't like a search for a smoking gun or a needle in a haystack; it is much more like the patient assembly of a very large mosaic, one tile at a time. By the way, Captain's Quarters is one of a number of top conservative blogs that you can follow daily on Power Line News. [Power Line] 10:20:55 AM    comment [] trackback []

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