Comments on: Important Oil-for-Food update

By: PeterUK

PeterUK — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:31:20 +0000

It strains credibility that SH wouldn’t have had his Intelligence Agency penetrate all the major terrorist groups.Even if he didn’t order it personally,I can’t see any intelligence chief wanting to have break bad news to him,so it is likely that they would penetrate these groups on their own initiative.

By: ras

ras — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:43:00 +0000

Roger,

Saddam was always known as a micro-manager; occupational necessity for a brutal dictator, I guess.

Which has always made me wonder. We know that Saddam worked with terrorist groups, and his connections to 9-11 have never been either fully established nor discredited. But would a micro-managing man of such power in the ME have been totally in the dark about the plot? I suspect not, cuz the blowback might have come back at him (hey, it did!).

The terrorists wouldda wanted to stay on his good side, as he was a useful ally, and not piss him off by having him hear about the events on CNN later, like everyone else.

Which does not mean that SH personally helped plan or execute 9-11, just that I think it’s likely he was aware of it beforehand.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:40:47 +0000

Strains credibility, doesn’t it?

The old line about straining at gnats but swallowing camels comes to mind.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:26:24 +0000

I have heard more about this in the press in the last few weeks than I have in a year. I think maybe it is finally getting some attention.

By: Charlie (Colorado)

Charlie (Colorado) — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:16:54 +0000

Well, hell, I send him the link and I still don’t get first post.

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:14:19 +0000

So Saddam was cutting sweetheart deals with over 100 Saudi companies, but of course none of that trickled down/was laundered for OBL?

Strains credibility, doesn’t it?