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To: Ilaine who wrote (41243)	8/31/2002 9:50:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

More about Islamists training in a Boeing 707 at Salman Pak, Iraq, prior to 9/11: >>September 2000: A defecting Iraqi intelligence officer tells Iraqi National Congress representatives about Islamists being trained in hijacking techniques, including the use of one's hands and knives to take over airliners. The training was conducted aboard a Boeing 707 parked at Salman Pal, a secret Iraqi camp. The information has been corroborated, post9/11, by Sabah Khalifa Khodada Alami, a former Iraqi captain who was a military instructor at Salman Pak from 1994 to 1998. Post9/11, U.S. intelligence releases an aerial photo of a 707 parked at Salman Pak. << laweekly.com >> Can he tell us a little bit about what his job was, what he actually did at Salman Pak. What was his day like? I was the security officer in charge of the unit. And through my responsibility for the security of the units and the camp itself I've noticed that the Arab units remained there for a period of approximately five months before they left. And I saw a similar unit engaged in similar training during 2000. How large were these units? I don't recall the exact number in 1995, but during 2000 there were definitely under 40. And they mixed the nationalities together? This basically was surprising because the fact that they are of different nationalities but they were mixed in the training. And the fact that this unit was under the direct supervision and control of the Iraqi Intelligence Service which is highly unusual and very surprising for the kind of rules of engagements that you have in the secret service in Iraq. Why is it highly unusual? It is the mixing of nationalities as one thing and ...the other point is the fact that we don't have Ba'ath Party members in some of the countries that we have individuals being trained like Saudi Arabi or Afganistan. So I found that very peculiar. And the fact that the training was concentrated on a plane made it even stranger as far as I was concerned. What did they do over the five months besides practice on the plane? The only time I saw them was when they were near the plane. I can't see them when they are somewhere else.<< pbs.org >>Saddam Hussein's possible link to the Sept. 11 terrorists remains a mystery, but a News 8 investigation has uncovered evidence that Iraq has been training Muslim extremists for years-- unchecked by U.S. authorities. In May, Sabah Khodada and his family fled Iraq with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. They gained their freedom disguised as Kurdish refugees. With Khodada came one of the darkest secrets of Saddam Hussein's regime. From memory, Khodada sketched for U.S. authorities a map of one of the best, most elite terrorist training camps in the Arab world. He said he was ordered to work there as an army captain, but never engaged in any terroristic activities. Located southwest of Baghdad, the camp is called Salman Pak. Khodada said trainees were drilled in sabotage, assassination techniques and hijacking maneuvers using a 707 jet, a bus or a train. They were told their main targets would ultimately be American. << wfaa.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (41243)	8/31/2002 11:19:21 PM
From: SirRealist	Respond to of 281500

I knew what it meant but I gotta agree, my use of it in that paragraph garbles my intention completely. DUH! I'll correct it: The credulousness of a lot of people exists, but it's not rooted in an innate love of fiction. It is exploited by those who lie and treat them as morons. However, once fooled, their gullibility turns to skepticism, as it should. _____________ Nice catch, CB. Once in awhile, my mind moves way faster than my fingers and I post random words from the synapse misfires. I stand... er, sit, corrected.