''This is a list of the henchmen of the regime. Our hands will reach them sooner or later. Woe unto them.''
In an era of proven forgeries, did a red flag just go up?
Not knowing what's going on, I'll wait and see along with everyone else. I say that even though my "this is a little too pat" alarm is screaming Meanwhile, I'm considering what are any implications? Let's just say for the sake of argument that SH had an "intelligence officer responsible for the coordination of activities with the Osama bin Laden group at the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan". Several questions ensue. First, you mean to tell me that with all of the US Intelligence agencies (and those of many other countries as well), none of them ever heard of a confiscated Baghdad newspaper, that provided the answer they were all looking for. The spook business must have really deteriorated badly, since the cold war.
Second. Note the date of the newspaper - Nov. 14, 2002. By this time SH was "pulling out all stops", and most importantly maybe seeking new ones. We know that the Iraqi war has driven SH loyalists, and fundamental jihadists together in the post war Iraq. SH, always the opportunist may have seen an opening to a potential ally (at a time when he needed any ally), because of pre-election American war rhetoric. In this scenario, the opening for the reported connection occurs only because of the war drum rhetoric.
Three. Bin Luddite is (IMO) really a fundamental Islamic nut. Just because SH thinks there might be an opening does not mean that OBL agreed. Until important cleric's called for a jihad against America, and OBL was obliged to be SH's ally, he may have declined on religious grounds. Sure "enemy of my enemy" and the Bush behavior by Nov. 14, 2002, was "driving them into each others arms", but don't belittle the significance of religion in OBL's behavior. Until we know that OBL responded even the existence of an "intelligence officer responsible for the coordination of activities with the Osama bin Laden group at the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan” only would show that SH was trying to establish a connection.
Four . Let’s say OBL responded favorably and a connection was established (now that it had been facilitated ), uhhh…. so what. Remember the big scare was because SH would be giving these WMD’s to our terrorists enemies. That was when “we were sure” the WMDs were there just waiting to be dispensed like lollypops. Now…
Still thinking about this.
Some, but not all JMO
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