Required Reading
It’s becoming more and more obvious that Saddam’s support for terrorism extended from Osama bin Laden all the way to the Philippines:
These documents add to the growing body of evidence confirming the Iraqi regime’s longtime support for terrorism abroad. The first of them, a series of memos from the spring of 2001, shows that the Iraqi Intelligence Service funded Abu Sayyaf, despite the reservations of some IIS officials. The second, an internal Iraqi Intelligence memo on the relationships between the IIS and Saudi opposition groups, records that Osama bin Laden requested Iraqi cooperation on terrorism and propaganda and that in January 1997 the Iraqi regime was eager to continue its relationship with bin Laden. The third, a September 15, 2001, report from an Iraqi Intelligence source in Afghanistan, contains speculation about the relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda and the likely U.S. response to it.
That’s Stephen F. Hayes in The Weekly Standard. Read the rest.
(Hat tip, Randy Piper.)
A lot of this is coming as confirmation of things that had already been reported based on anonymous sources.
It is good to see that confirmation and this sort of thing will likely help make the decision look wise in the course of history.
I doubt it will change politics much right now. Absent some incontrovertible proof that Saddam ordered 9-11 himself, the left will not change its mind.
But I await more revelations…
doug
There were also allegations of an Iraq/Phillipines/Oklahoma City bombing connection. Laurie Mylorie was all over those. I wonder if Saddam’s docs will reveal those connections.
I will put my tinfoil hat back on now.