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To back up my statement concerning the Clinton Administration stating an alliance between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda I will provide the facts.
In 1998 the Clinton Administration stated that Iraq was aiding al-Qaeda in the production of VX chemical weapons.
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Embassy Attacks Thwarted, U.S. Says;
Official Cites Gains Against Bin Laden;
Clinton Seeks $10 Billion to Fight Terrorism:[FINAL Edition]
Vernon Loeb. The Washington Post.
Washington: Jan 23, 1999. pg. A.02
Full Text (859 words)
Copyright The Washington Post Company Jan 23, 1999"Clarke did provide new information in defense of Clinton’s decision to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles at the El Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum, Sudan, in retaliation for bin Laden’s role in the Aug. 7 embassy bombings."
"While U.S. intelligence officials disclosed shortly after the missile attack that they had obtained a soil sample from the El Shifa site that contained a precursor of VX nerve gas, Clarke said that the U.S. government is “sure†that Iraqi nerve gas experts actually produced a powdered VX-like substance at the plant that, when mixed with bleach and water, would have become fully active VX nerve gas."
"Clarke said U.S. intelligence does not know how much of the substance was produced at El Shifa or what happened to it. But he said that intelligence exists linking bin Laden to El Shifa’s current and past operators, the Iraqi nerve gas experts, and the National Islamic Front in Sudan."
"Given the evidence presented to the White House before the airstrike, Clarke said, the president “would have been derelict in his duties if he didn’t blow up the facility.â€
==================================================================Here is a story, from the New York Times, reporting the Clinton Adminstration linking the Iraq al-Qaeda connection in August 25, 1998, also! How can the New York Times forget they reported this in 1998????????
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/082598attack-rdp.html
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New York Times
August 25, 1998U.S. Says Iraq Aided Production of Chemical Weapons in Sudan
WASHINGTON -- The United States believed that senior Iraqi scientists were helping to produce elements of the nerve agent VX at a factory in Khartoum that American cruise missiles destroyed last week, administration and intelligence officials said on Monday.
The evidence the administration has cited as justification for the attack consisted of a soil sample secretly obtained months ago outside the pharmaceutical factory, the Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries, the officials said. Officially the administration has refused to describe its evidence in any detail, or to say how it was obtained.
The sample contained a rare chemical that would require two more complex steps to be turned into VX, one of the deadliest nerve agents in existence, and the chemical, whose acronym is EMPTA, has no industrial uses. The United Nations and the United States have long agreed that Iraq is extremely skilled at many kinds of VX production, having worked for years to perfect the best process.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said there was evidence that senior Iraqi scientists had aided the efforts to make VX at that factory, and at another plant a couple of miles away.
The connection with Iraq emerged as a key part of the administration's argument for why it was justified in launching cruise missiles at a plant in another country without any warning.
====================================================================The Clinton Administration's idictment of Osama Bin Laden stated a specific ALLIANCE between Iraq and al-Qaeda!
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/1998/11/indict1.pdf
#4.
In addition, al Qaeda reached an understanding with the government of
Iraq that al Qaeda would not work against that government and that on
particular projects,
specifically including weapons development, al
Qaeda would work cooperatively with the Government of Iraq.
==================================================With this knowledge how could this have been ignored after 9/11?
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 14.01.2007 @ 17:06
Jonathan,
One can surmize that the fact that Colin Powell stated this in February 2001 that President Bush was not sworn in January 20, 2001 with the pre-conceived notion of attacking Iraq to "avenge his Father and steal Iraq's oil" correct?
I don't believe Iraq was on the Bush Administration's radar before 9/11 as Colin Powell's statements prove in February 2001 prove.
9/11 happened 7 1/2 months into Bush's Presidency. In 1998 President Clinton had pulled all weapons inspectors out of Iraq and attacked Iraq's "nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons facilities". Unfortunately President Clinton did not get weapons inspectors back into the country so when 9/11 happened Iraq had gone 3 years without any oversight. So one could surmize that on February 2001 Bush obviously didn't have grand "neo-con plans" of attacking Iraq.
After 9/11 the Bush Administration began looking at the intelligence and I believe made the correct decision to take Saddam Hussein out and prevent his cooperation with al-Qaeda.
Did you know the Clinton Administration and Richard Clarke linked Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda in 1998 and 1999?
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 14.01.2007 @ 15:44
I would also like to any one calling Bush a "liar", about the threat of Saddam Hussein, do you believe President Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Madeleine Albright, John Kerry, Sandy Bergler, all lied, also? I don't.
I believe they all told the truth about the threat of Saddam Hussein and after 9/11 Saddam's games and threats could no longer be tolerated.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/16/clinton.iraq.speech/
December 16, 1998
Web posted at: 8:51 p.m. EST (0151 GMT)WASHINGTON (CNN) -- From the Oval Office, President Clinton told the nation Wednesday evening why he ordered new military strikes against Iraq.
The president said Iraq's refusal to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors presented a threat to the entire world.
"Saddam (Hussein) must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons," Clinton said.
Operation Desert Fox, a strong, sustained series of attacks, will be carried out over several days by U.S. and British forces, Clinton said.
"Earlier today I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces," Clinton said.
"Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors," said Clinton.
Clinton also stated that, while other countries also had weapons of mass destruction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons against his own people and against his neighbors.
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John Kerry (Jan. 23, 2003)“Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime … He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction … So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real…â€
http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/04/us.un.iraq/
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Bill Clinton (Feb. 4, 1998)
“One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.â€http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/01/iraq/
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Madeleine Albright (Feb. 1, 1998)“We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction.â€
http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/iraq/iraq172.htm
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Sandy Bergler (Feb. 18, 1998)“He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.â€
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/priraq1.htm
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Nancy Pelosi (Dec. 16, 1998)“Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.â€
I believe President Clinton and President Bush told the truth but anti-Bush haters can't have it both ways.
Did they both "lie" or tell the truth?
Do you also support President Clinton's decision to sign the "1998 Iraqi Liberation Iraq" endorsing "REGIME CHANGE" for Iraq?
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 14.01.2007 @ 01:31
This was approved by a Majority vote of Democrats and Republicans.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/libera.htm
Here is another link to a June 2002 story talking about Iraq sending planeloads of "humanitarian assistance" to Syria.
http://wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/480fa8736b88bbc3c12564f6004c8ad5/18027974e7eb4adc49256bd4000bf0b9?OpenDocument
General Sada testified those plane flights actually contained chemical weapons.
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 13.01.2007 @ 22:42
Jonathan,
Thanks for the link! http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1562621
Holy crap that was a huge arsenal!
Great job by the FBI and it disgusts me that our main stream media ignored this story.
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 13.01.2007 @ 22:32
Here is the link about Saddam Hussein's #2 Air Force General speaking about transfering chemical weaposn into Syria.
http://www.nysun.com/article/26514?page_no=2
Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Sada Says
By IRA STOLL
Staff Reporter of the Sun
January 26, 2006The man who served as the no. 2 official in Saddam Hussein's air force says Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the war by loading the weapons into civilian aircraft in which the passenger seats were removed.
The Iraqi general, Georges Sada, makes the charges in a new book, "Saddam's Secrets," released this week. He detailed the transfers in an interview yesterday with The New York Sun.
"There are weapons of mass destruction gone out from Iraq to Syria, and they must be found and returned to safe hands," Mr. Sada said. "I am confident they were taken over."
Mr. Sada's comments come just more than a month after Israel's top general during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Moshe Yaalon, told the Sun that Saddam "transferred the chemical agents from Iraq to Syria."
Democrats have made the absence of stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq a theme in their criticism of the Bush administration's decision to go to war in 2003. And President Bush himself has conceded much of the point; in a televised prime-time address to Americans last month, he said, "It is true that many nations believed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. But much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong."
Said Mr. Bush, "We did not find those weapons."
The discovery of the weapons in Syria could alter the American political debate on the Iraq war. And even the accusations that they are there could step up international pressure on the government in Damascus. That government, led by Bashar Assad, is already facing a U.N. investigation over its alleged role in the assassination of a former prime minister of Lebanon. The Bush administration has criticized Syria for its support of terrorism and its failure to cooperate with the U.N. investigation.
=====================================================And this is a stroy written in talking verifying General Sada's story about his planeloads of "humanitarian assistance" to Syria.
General Sada says it was chemical weapons.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64BRQW?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=syrIn 2003 Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Scientist Dr Obeidi also testified that he was ordered to hide key nuclear documents, nuclear blue prints, and key nuclear centrifuges needed to reconstitute Saddam's clandestien nuclear weapons program.
Dr Obeidi testified he was ordered to hide these by Saddam Hussein's order and be "prepared" to reconstitute Iraq's clandestine nuclear weapons program.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/06/25/sprj.irq.centrifuge/It was also reported that Saddam Hussein already possessed 500 tons of uranium and it was secured in the 2003 invasion.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3009082.stmThat was enough uranium to arm 142 nuclear weapons if Saddam Hussein's clandestine nuclear weapons program was reconstituted.
I am not going to get into semantics.
After 9/11 the threat of Saddam Hussein giving chemical weapons to al-Qaeda was a real threat.
President Clinton even stated that he believed Iraq maintained a chemical and biological aresenal of WMDs after he left office. President Clinton had to remove inspectors in 1998 due to Saddam's non-compliance to weapons inspections. When 9/11 happened Iraq had not had a weapons inspections for 3 years!
I believe Bush made the correct decision and Democrats are trying to re-write history. It hurts to have the country so viciously divided, but you are entitled to your opinion.
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 13.01.2007 @ 22:28
I agree Jonathan we must prevail in Iraq, but if you knew or had a family member who actually was serving in Iraq you would have a completely different perspective on Iraq.
90% of Iraq is secure and stable. Baghdad is not and if it is secured we win in Iraq.
This the plan for winning in Iraq. If U.S. Troops are allowed to do what they do best we will bring stability to Baghdad, Iraq. This also takes into account Prime Minister al-Malaki's pledge to not hinder attack's on Shia Militia's and death squads along with cooperation by Iraqi Forces in this endeavor as well.
1) Establishing security in Baghdad is paramount, along with severing the rat lines from Syria and Iran. To achieve security in Baghdad, 17,500 U.S. troops will partner with an additional 20,000 Iraqi troops and police (18 brigades total). This is a return to the successful partnering program that was used in Anbar province and elsewhere prior to turning over more control to Iraqi units. To achieve this, the U.S. is sending in 5 additional Army brigades. Three brigades are having their deployment schedule accelerated. Anbar province will receive 4,000 additional Marines.
2) The plan is clear that the Iraqi government must take responsibility for security, and commit to ending the actions and dismantling the death squads and militias (read Sadr). Prime Minister Maliki has just fired a warning shot across the bow of the Mahdi Army. "Prime Minister al-Maliki has told everyone that there will be no escape from attack. The government has told the Sadrists (the political movement that supports the Mahdi Army), if we want to build a state we have no other choice but to attack armed groups," a senior Shiite legislator and close al-Maliki.
3) The Rules of Engagement (ROE) will be modified to remove restrictions on hunting terrorists, death squads and militias. Iraqi political interference will not be tolerated. It is not clear if this means the end of the 'catch & release' program, where known insurgents are freed do to the current flaws in the legal system.
4) The Iraqi Army will be expanded (this isn't new news) “from 10 to 13 Army divisions, 36 to 41 Army Brigades, and 112 to 132 Army Battalions.†The Iraqi military will form a National Operations Center, National Counterterrorism Force, and National Strike Force. Police reform is a priority.
5) The new strategy emphasizes getting “all elements of the national power†involved in Iraq. State, USAID, Commerce and other agencies will play a larger role in Iraq. Provincial Reconstruction Teams will be embedded within each Brigade Combat Team. The numbe rof PRTs will double. The number of State employees outside of the Green Zone will increase from 100 to 400. Bureaucratic snags to get personnel deployed will be lifted Mr. Snow indicated the department have into the plan.
6) The Military and Police Transition Team program will continue, and will be expanded. The plan is not taking a blanket approach by repartnering all units with U.S. forces. This allows units that are developing well (as they are in Fallujah) to continue to develop on their own.
7) The Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) will be reinstated, and $350 million dollars will be allocated. This will place money in the hands of the military combatant commanders to spend money in their Area of Operations as they see fit. CERP is extremely popular among military leaders, and has been described as an effective tool in working the local populations.
We will see. Agree or disagree with the Iraq War we all must pray for success in Iraq now.
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 13.01.2007 @ 22:11
Hey Jonathon,
Care to address any of the facts presented?
Rick has had to delete many posts due to Liberal idiots venom.
Get a clue.
Typical response from a Lefty instead of responding to any facts you put up a strawman and want to get personal.
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 13.01.2007 @ 16:39
This was the most well written blog post I have EVER read. Fantastic job sir. I salute you. I like your intellectual honesty.
You Lefties screaming insults are ignorant and lacking any facts or true Liberal COMPASSION when somoene says something you disagree with.
In 2002 and 2003 it was reported that the NSA satellites had taken satellite photos of Iraqi Convoys leaving suspected chemical facilities and going into 3 sites in Syria.
Saddam Hussein's #2 Iraqi Air Force General, General Sada, testified that Chemical Weapons were transported into Syria disguised as a "humanitarian" aid into Syria in 2002 and 2003 before the invasion:.
http://newyorksun.com/These 20 planeloads are what General Sada said contained the Chemical Weapons:
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64BRQW?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=syrSaddam Hussein said those 20 planeloads contained "humanitarian" assistance, but he was under U.N. Sanctions?!
He said he didn't have enough humanitarian supplies, which is what he used for the excuse to let his own people starve??!!But he had enough to send 20 planeloads of "humanitarian aid" to Syria??!!
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And this was further validated by Nizar Nayuf (Nayyouf-Nayyuf).
"A Syrian journalist who recently defected from Syria to Western Europe and is known for bravely challenging the Syrian regime, said in a letter Monday, January 5, 2004, to Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf,†that he knows the three sites where Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are kept. "http://www.2la.org/syria/iraq-wmd.php
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Now if you want to talk about chemical weapons/anthrax getting into the hands of al-Qaeda or insurgents that has been done by Syria as recently as 2004.10 al-Qaeda terrorists were captured in Jordan with more than 20 tons of Chemical Weapons. The reported targets were the Jordanian prime minister's office and the headquarters of Jordanian intelligence, and the U.S. Embassy.
It has been reported that up to 100,000 could have been killed in the Terrorist Bombing.Many of the chemicals had only been produced by Iraqi Scientists! And Syria gave them to al-Qaeda.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3635381.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/jordan.terror/
http://www.chinadaily.net/english/doc/2004-04/27/content_326599.htm
IN a live televised Jordanian interrogation those al-Qaeda terrorists admitted to receiving the 20 tons of WMDs from those three Syrian Sites reported by General Sada and seen by NSA satellite photos.The al-Qaeda terrorists also received training at those Syrian Sites.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------You also want to talk Diplomacy? Saddam Hussein signed a Cease Fire agreement and agreed to disarm and agreed to inspections. He broke both agreements.
Let's look at Saddam's track history of non-compliance to inspections:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/unscom/etc/cron.htmlNot only did Saddam Hussein have a 12 year history of not complying to his own Cease Fire Agreement he shot down a U.S. Plane 1 month before 9/11!
That is an act of WAR in itself. Saddam was asking for war and he got it!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1511540.stm
Tariq Aziz even bragged that they were able to upgrade their anti-aircraft technology with brand new technology illegally purchased during the U.N. Sanctions.
Saddam got what he deserved and you idiots posting your Liberal moral relativism makes me puke.
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 13.01.2007 @ 02:20
OCTOBER 5: A DAY OF PEACE, LOVE, AND MASS MASTURBATION
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_watch/jan-june01/recount_4-3.html
Comment Posted By Sgt Thomas On 15.03.2007 @ 11:44
