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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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From: Brumar891/22/2007 1:22:54 PM
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Iraq and al Qaida

We know Iraqi diplomats were expelled from the Phillipines on multiple occasions for providing support to Abu Sayyaf, an affiliate of al Qaida which targeted and killed Americans and others in the Phillipines. That would be a pretty obvious example of Iraq providing aid to al Qaida.

We know that Saddam's government provided sanctuary after the fact to Abdul Rahman Yasin, who made the explosive used in the first attempt to bring down the WTC in 1993, an attack timed to coincide as close as possible to the second anniversary of Saddam's defeat in Kuwait. I think this would make Saddam's government an accessory or accomplice after the fact in legal terms to the 1993 WTC attack. The 1993 WTC attack was masterminded by Ramzi Yousef, a nephew of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who worked with al Qaida in planning and organizing the 911 attacks.

Of course, there were a number of other terror groups and individuals not formally affiliated with al Qaida who received shelter in Iraq, who had killed Americans including the Abu Nidal organization. Abu Abbas, the mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking, was captured by US forces in Iraq and died in US custody.

There's more I could write on this subject, however, regardless of what one thinks about the pre-war connections between Iraq and al Qaida, there is no doubt at all that al Qaida is active in Iraq today and is a key component of the forces we are fighting.

Furthermore, we know that al Qaida has publicly declared their goal is to a prevent democratic government from being established in Iraq and drive America and its allies from Iraq and the region. And we know their failure to do so has been a major disappointment for al Qaida. Although they enjoyed a partial success with the Madrid train bombing which succeeded in replacing a government allied with the US with one which turned its tail and ran.
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