Post by cameron on Feb 15, 2006 12:19:14 GMT -8
An Iraqis former general and friend of Saddam Hussein has confirmed that Saddam moved his stock of WMDs to Syria prior to the US-led invasion - and that Saddam's Iraq did support al-Qaeda with intelligence. Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti (known as Chemical Ali', southern regional commander for Saddam's Fedayeen), speaking to Worldthreats.com has confirmed that the White Houses' reasons for going to war, including the claims over Saddam's WMD, were entirely valid.
worldthreats
Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti was a southern regional commander for Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia in the late 1980s and a personal friend of the dictator. Units under his command dealt with chemical and biological weapons. He was known as the “Butcher of Basra” due to his campaigns and defected shortly before the Gulf War in 1991. This interview aims to gain some insight into the current situation in Iraq.
RM: Why do you think Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are in Syria? Why didn't he use them or simply destroy them before the war?
IT: I know Saddam's weapons are in Syria due to certain military deals that were made going as far back as the late 1980's that dealt with the event that either capitols were threatened with being overrun by an enemy nation. Not to mention I have discussed this in-depth with various contacts of mine who have confirmed what I already knew. At this point Saddam knew that the United States were eventually going to come for his weapons and the United States wasn't going to just let this go like they did in the original Gulf War. He knew that he had lied for this many years and wanted to maintain legitimacy with the pan Arab nationalists. He also has wanted since he took power to embarrass the West and this was the perfect opportunity to do so. After Saddam denied he had such weapons why would he use them or leave them readily available to be found? That would only legitimize President Bush, who he has a personal grudge against. What we are witnessing now is many who opposed the war to begin with are rallying around Saddam saying we overthrew a sovereign leader based on a lie about WMD. This is exactly what Saddam wanted and predicted.
That seems to corroborate what the former Iraqis General Sada, formerly Sadaam’s no 2 Air Force Commander said only two weeks ago.
cnsnews.com
Former General Georges Sada made the claims exclusively to the Cybercast news Service on 30 January. Sada served under PrimeMinisterr Iyad Allawi and continues to serve as nation security advisor in Iraq. He is the former vice marshal of the Iraqi Air Force. Sada was never debriefed by the US after Saddam's regime fell. Though he now anticipates being interviewed by the US Select Committee on Intelligence as a result of the claims in his new book.
All that combined with whatever we may find out about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction programs from these tapes could end up vindicating the administration on the WMD issue.
intelligencesummit.org
SADDAM'S PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION TAPES TO BE UNVEILED
AT THE INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT
It has long been an article of faith on the left that Saddam did not posses stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, or have any ties to al-Qaeda. If this information proves to be true it will cut the legs out from underneath the Democratic party's criticisms of Bush.
worldthreats
Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti was a southern regional commander for Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia in the late 1980s and a personal friend of the dictator. Units under his command dealt with chemical and biological weapons. He was known as the “Butcher of Basra” due to his campaigns and defected shortly before the Gulf War in 1991. This interview aims to gain some insight into the current situation in Iraq.
RM: Why do you think Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are in Syria? Why didn't he use them or simply destroy them before the war?
IT: I know Saddam's weapons are in Syria due to certain military deals that were made going as far back as the late 1980's that dealt with the event that either capitols were threatened with being overrun by an enemy nation. Not to mention I have discussed this in-depth with various contacts of mine who have confirmed what I already knew. At this point Saddam knew that the United States were eventually going to come for his weapons and the United States wasn't going to just let this go like they did in the original Gulf War. He knew that he had lied for this many years and wanted to maintain legitimacy with the pan Arab nationalists. He also has wanted since he took power to embarrass the West and this was the perfect opportunity to do so. After Saddam denied he had such weapons why would he use them or leave them readily available to be found? That would only legitimize President Bush, who he has a personal grudge against. What we are witnessing now is many who opposed the war to begin with are rallying around Saddam saying we overthrew a sovereign leader based on a lie about WMD. This is exactly what Saddam wanted and predicted.
That seems to corroborate what the former Iraqis General Sada, formerly Sadaam’s no 2 Air Force Commander said only two weeks ago.
cnsnews.com
Former General Georges Sada made the claims exclusively to the Cybercast news Service on 30 January. Sada served under PrimeMinisterr Iyad Allawi and continues to serve as nation security advisor in Iraq. He is the former vice marshal of the Iraqi Air Force. Sada was never debriefed by the US after Saddam's regime fell. Though he now anticipates being interviewed by the US Select Committee on Intelligence as a result of the claims in his new book.
All that combined with whatever we may find out about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction programs from these tapes could end up vindicating the administration on the WMD issue.
intelligencesummit.org
SADDAM'S PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION TAPES TO BE UNVEILED
AT THE INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT
It has long been an article of faith on the left that Saddam did not posses stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, or have any ties to al-Qaeda. If this information proves to be true it will cut the legs out from underneath the Democratic party's criticisms of Bush.
