Iraq ties to al Qaeda

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Saddam Agents, Militants Plan 'Vicious' Poll Attacks
By Michael Georgy, Baghdad (Reuters)

First came the pundits' cry that there is no ties between Saddam and al Qaeda. Instead,the MSM did a stella job in muddying the facts, insisting the the Cowboy Prez said that there were links between Saddam and 9:11.

This, of course, was not true. Never once has the President said that Iraq and Saddam played a part in the 9:11 attack on our soil. But even the 9:11 Commissioners themselves confirmed Saddam and al Qaeda had a relationship prior to 9:11.

Now, of course, the accusations have been flying that the Iraqi liberation ramped up the relationship between Saddams henchmen, and increased the number of terrorist attacks across the world.

Evidently "news" by today's standards is not only speculation and commentary, it is also the ability to foresee the future.

Bunk.

Since the attacks by Muslim terrorists have been on the upswing since the 60s, it seems more than naive to assume that the already existing relationship between Saddam and Bin Laden terrorists was never going to burgeon into their alliance, joining forces to assault the West.

It is exactly as the Cowboy President has predicted. All available jihad scum are flocking to Iraq and surrounding countries to battle the evil US. And frankly, I'd rather have them there to wage the bulk of the war. Like moths to light and bees to honey, they could not resist engaging the US Military and coalition forces on Iraqi soil.

Now the reality of the bond between al Qaeda and Saddam is undeniable. This article pulls no punches, reporting that the two anti-western terrorist groups no longer try to keep their alliance under wraps. They are using Saddam funds, and openly waging war as comrades in arms against the Iraqi people.

"In Iraq we have a lethal alliance between former Saddamists and these global Jihadists. Saddam Hussein's people have taken a lot of money from the Iraqi treasury. We know of the existence of many of these leaders from the former regime in countries like Syria," he (Barham Salih) said.

"The former regime elements and these global Jihadists are working together, coordinating attacks and helping each other to instigate terrorist activities across the country."

Zarqawi, the man blamed for many of the worst bombings, is still on the run. Salih said Zarqawi was working with Saddam's former henchmen in a highly structured organization that includes former Iraqi special forces.

"We do see a high level of coordination between the former regime loyalists and Zarqawi and the surrogate organizations as part of a coordinated campaign of cooperation, intelligence, providing logistics back and forth," he said.

"The picture that is emerging is that there is a high command for these terrorist activities. The bulk of the terrorist operations that we have to deal with come from the former regime loyalists."

While the human cockroaches plan their assaults on voting locations election day, both Shi'ite and some Sunni leaders think at least half the Sunni population will vote in the election. Sunnis, tho a minority, will be given fair say and power to help choose the 275 member assembly that will draft the Iraqi Constitution.

Sunnis must come to grips that they can no longer run the country, nor dominate the fate of the majority of Iraqis. Yet despite their genocidal history under Saddam, they will be given a say in Iraq's future. And this is considerably more than was offered to the Shi'a and Kurds for decades under Sunni rule.