Is this the link between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein?
 

It's a little early too speculate, but I found this interesting:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...085609,00.html

'killing for religion, is something I don't understand.
fools like me, who cross the sea, and come to foreign land.
ask the sheep, for their beliefs, do you kill on god's command?'

I never have and if I live to be 110 years old I won't understand.

They both have the same enemy....wouldn't be surprised if they're working together in some way....

What do you guys think?

Think? you got's 2 have something to think with first. What they tried to teach me in school anyways.:1orglaugh

Interesting article Sweets!:thumbsup

One more opinion with some interesting ideas. Only time will tell. When this is over ag reat deal will be revealed.

They BOTH use TERROR to get their way and kill people....


Close Enough

I think when they DO find illegal weapons, people will say they were planted. So at this point, it doesn't matter....

:thumbsup

Why are there no anti-war people in this thread? They're in every other war thread but this one.

For once I would actually like to see what they think about this. Could this possibly be a link? Or is it mere speculation and nothing more?

Be careful man.... You'll be labeled 'BRAINWASHED' :thumbsup

True. The haters and bashers will continue no matter what is found or what the results of the war are.

Hasn't Saddam admitted to paying off suicide bombers?

What are you brainwashed? :1orglaugh



I don't think he's admitted it, but the Palistinians have confirmed it. :thumbsup But he's a nice guy....

I don't know if he has admitted it but the Israeli's claim to have found documented proof on one of their incursions into one of the Palestinian cities. The Saudis (not the Royal Family) have also provided money to the families of "suicide bombers" and in fact even held a telethon.

theking,
If you get a chance read Hatreds Kingdom by Dore Gold.

Noted. I will check the Library and see if they have it and if they don't, see if they can order it from another Library. I used to be a voracious reader but the pain I suffer has made it difficult to concentrate. I find myself reading the same page over and over again and do not have the retention level that I used to have, so I do not read books too often anymore.

You guys can have fun and try to make all the connections and such between the ragheads but the truth is, at the end of the day, they will all HAVE to join in order to stop us from changing their way of life.

All of them hate us at this point anyway and hate is an emotion that will bring even 1000 year old enemies together.

This thing isn't complicated. No, Saddam wasn't behind the 911 attack any more than I was behind the bike my criminal cousin stole from the kid down the block in 1988. Of course, since they are related by skin pigment and religion, most of you brainwashed guys will try and make connections until you feel you are right. Just like the kid down the block still to this day looks at me as if I had somethig to do with his bike being stolen.

Cast aside your kneejerk emotional responses and think about this logically. Saddam had nothing to do with 911. All the Arab nations are in some way related to Al Qaeda because of proximity and lineage but they are not necassarily behind any terrorist actions.

Unfortunately, now all of them wish they DID have something to do with it.

I wouldn't think so, they haven't been able to provide any proof whatsoever, It's almost as bad as those "smoking pot supports terrorism" propaganda campaigns.. except a whole lot easier to believe. It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out there was some link.. but.. there really is no love between bin laden and saddam.. Saddam is MUCH more likely to have his own terrorist force than help out his enemy, even if the enemy of your enemy becomes your friend.
Look, the aim is to drum up support for the war, nothing more - and given that 70% (as of a few weeks ago) of americans believe saddam is in some way responsible for 9/11 it seems to be working.

lets just hope this war doesn't destabilse Pakistan and actually provide something much more tangible in the way of WMD getting into terrorist hands.

Hmm... did you even read the article?

The article has nothing to do with 9/11. What are you talking about? A little pent up frustration?

I keep seeing this argument... media propaganda is basically what you're referring to.

We must have different news sources. The news I'm seeing, sure as hell doesn't look good. If this is the Administrations of "propaganda". They're doing a shitty job.

70% sounds like a good job to me... even allowing for BS it's still high.

Sly, even if it wasn't spoken, the reason any news source mentions Al Qaeda and Saddam in the same sentence is to try to connect him to the 911 attacks in some way. You are waaay to smart to even have me believe you don't know that.

I don't know a single person that thinks Saddam had anything to do with 9/11. I do not know what poll you are referring to but polls can be and are skewed by whoever takes the poll and the way questions are asked. I have seen polls that reflect the view that Saddam had something to do with 9/11, with various percentages showing yes. I have also seen many local stations doing on the street inverviews that asked the question, do you think Saddam had anything to do with 9/11, and every response that I have seen has been "I woudn't put it past him." That is far different than answering yes.

My question is to you Americans, do you know anyone that believes that Saddam had something to do with 9/11?

Americans! Do you personally know someone that thinks Saddam had some connection with 9/11?

I have spoken to quite a few salt of the earth Americans that do. This is why I said what I said previously. If you know how to make a website the chances are good that you are slightly above average intelligence compared to the norm so you are less likely to fall for the dumb stuff. Unfortunately the average person is a sheep that only knows what he is told by CNN, Rush, or even worse... Jerry Springer.

Don't try to defend the public's intelligence King, it's a losing battle.

How would you explain the street interviews, when the only response I have seen that even came close to expressing that Saddam had some connection to 9/11, was the "I wouldn't put it past him."?

King, it depends on what slant the people collecting the soundbites want. Usually they are young liberal news assistants sent out to do the collecting so you will end up with what you are seeing now.

I think the real link is Saddam gave Osma oral in a Al Qaeda cave

To a Muslim a suicide bomber is a hero, a martyr and ensured of a place in heavan.

Why can't some Americans grasp the fact that not everyone thinks the same as they do?

I've even seen quite a few people on this board link 9/11 to Saddam. Quite a few people defend the invasion with references to 9/11, either implying Saddam was behind it or downright stating it. Isn't a song called "Have you forgotten?" really popular right now?

Another example of how the two are linked, in an "article" that I have received by email a few dozen times now (btw, next person who sends it to me gets shot in the face):

Note how Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Islam are all conveniently grouped together. People do make a slight distinction, yet seem to see all these things as part of a whole.
The last point says it all: "are fighting to defend our right to speak out on these issues". Many people seem to think the "American way of life" is under attack, not just by Islamic fundamentalist terrorist groups, but by everything even remotely Islamic. Although I'm just speculating, I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of people actually believe Hussein to be a Islamic fundamentalist.

Regarding the article this thread is about:
Originally, there was no love between Saddam and Islamic fundamentalists. None whatsoever. However, what is being done now is <b>creating</b> a link by providing a big, threatening common enemy; America.

Simply put:
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

What the USA are doing at the moment almost seems like an incredibly succesful campaign to unite the Islamic world.

Who the fuck thinks Iraq had anything to do with Sept. 11th?

I know no one who thinks this.

However, the Iraqi Embassy was the only one in NYC that didn't lower there flag to half staff after it happened. Syria, Arabia, Iran all did but not Iraq. So I could give a fuck about that regime.

Although this was found in one of the LIBERATED baath party headquaters. You make the call.
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Bullshit.

Hate can be the most focused, driving force in ones life.

Fear is what Saddam uses, not hate. Hate underlines fear, not the other way around.

another excuse for war.
US is using the self-defense right as its the victim of terrorism

Not true.

Only the brainwashed dolts think that. You ever hear of any of the leaders doing it? No, they just get the dolts to believe.

Personally the only link i see between saddam and 9/11 is the fact that they share the exact same methods. Terrorism.

Once this is over and all the remaining records are uncovered we might find a lot of things no one expects. It is an uglyt war, there are no pretty wars.

Saddam was in "Diner" with Kevin Bacon.

Kevin Bacon was in "Sleepers" with jason Patrick.

Jason Patrick was in "Rush" with Sam Elliot.

and Sam Elliot was in "My Little Pony" with......that's right. Osama Bin Ladin

I think the news media OWNZ JOO

With this logic, that would make both of them our "friend".

How in the hell did you guys get to talking about 9/11?

I was asking about al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. Please read the article and forget about 9/11.

The article in question was about the suicide bombing Saturday morning in Iraq. In case you hadn't heard, a taxi driven by what seems to be an Iraqi man, pulled up to a check point. Two coalition soldiers stood in front of the taxi, while two coalition soldiers stood behind the taxi. Boom. Suicide bomber.

A member of the Iraqi National Congress (an exiled group of Kurds, so yes, there is bias) believes that an al Qaeda cell operating in Najaf and Karbala regions could have arranged this bombing.
All I said, was I found this article interesting. Yes, it is biased. However, even in most bias you can and often will find something that is true.

Maybe something will come of this, maybe it won't. Who knows. Time will tell. But to doubt that Saddam would do something like this is silly.