Not Quite Peas and Carrots, But Pretty Darn Close

I knew when I saw this in the news the other day, there would be, as always, far more to the story than what the media was telling us. The Lefty blogs were all over the initial "no connection" spin, doing victory dances before anyone had a chance to read the report. I just finished reading the doc, and it is anything but what has been portrayed. The dude who wrote the linked article, in particular, is an untrustworthy hack. He writes, "As recently as last July, Bush tried to tie al Qaida to the ongoing violence in Iraq," as if anyone disputed that Al Qaeda is in Iraq now, regardless of pre-2003.



Anyway, the new study demonstrates beyond all doubt Saddam was a threat and needed to be dealt with. For example, his operations were slated for terror across the globe: "..top ten graduates of each Fedayeen Saddam class were specifically chosen for assignmentto London, from there to be ready to conduct operations anywhere inEurope."And.."..the Presidential Secretary informedthe council member of Saddam's decision to "form a group tostart hunting Americans present on Arab soil; especially Somalia."And..."The IIS also provides a list of activities that it considered "exemplaryevents," for example:• Re-equipping and training Palestinian fighters In al-Quds trainingcamps [in Iraq].19The classification markings are original to the Iraqi documents and do not reflect current U.S. classification.• Establishing and activating a course to train Arab Liberation Frontfighters on martyrdom operations.• Establishing fighter schools50 for Arab volunteers and later Iraqi volunteers.• Re-establishing and re-equipping the military base of the Arab LiberationFront.• Training groups from the occupied territories [Palestine] on lightweapons and tanks in secret thirty-day courses."And..."Saddam's intelligence service was deliberately targetingWestern journalists for assassination. "Other passages detail his operations against Kuwaiti and Saudi officials.



But he wasn't a threat, right? Saddam also was a big supporter of Hamas, the kind of Islamist extremist organization the Left is always telling us would never associate with secular Baathists and vice versa: "After the September 11 th attacks on the United States, a Palestinian representativeinformed the Iraqis that Hamas had thirty-five armed terror cells aroundthe world, mingled with refugee populations." And so on.



The study also details how Saddam recognized the danger, but had no problem making common cause with Islamic extremists, at least temporarily: "A document written in late September 200 1 shows the Saddamregime trying to make common cause with Islamic radicals." Common cause? Gee, where have I heard that before?



But what about Al Qaeda? Well, on the one hand, the study says there was no "smoking gun," but on the other hand: "Captured documents reveal that theregime was willing to co-opt or support organizations it knew to be part of alQaeda-as long as that organization's near-term goals supported Saddam's longtermvision."Another memo from Saddam's intelligence organization discusses an Al Qaeda affiliate they worked with: "Information available to us is that the group is under the wings of bin Laden. They receive their directions from Yemen. Their objectives are the same as bin Laden..." And..."this organization is an offshoot of bin Laden, but that their objectives are similar but with different names that canbe a way of camouflaging the organization."So Saddam knew exactly who he was dealing with, but went ahead anyway even though he was an infidel and all that shit.

The authors of the study point out that long term cooperation was untenable due to different goals, but didn't rule out short term alliances for immediate objectives: " bin Laden wanted-and still wants torestore the Islamic caliphate while Saddam, despite his later Islamic rhetoric, dreamed more narrowly of being the secular ruler of a united Arab nation. These competing visions made any significant long-tenn compromise between themhighly unlikely. After all, to the fundamentalist leadership of al Qaeda, Saddam represented the worst kind of "apostate" regime-a secular police state well practiced in suppressing internal challenges. In pursuit of their own separate but surprisingly"parallel" visions, Saddam and bin Laden often found a common enemyin the United States."



And so there was at the very least an indirect cooperation: "Saddam's security organizations and bin Laden's terrorist network operated with similar aims, atleast for the short tenn. Considerable operational overlap was inevitable when monitoring, contacting, financing, and training the regional groups involved interrorism. Saddam provided training and motivation to revolutionary pan-Arab nationalists in the region. Osama bin Laden provided training and motivation for violent revolutionary Islamists in the region. They were recruiting within the same.."



The following passage clearly makes the contradictory "smoking gun" statement inexplicable: "Saddam's interest in, and support for, non-Iraqi non-state actors was spread across a wide variety of revolutionary, liberation, nationalist, and Islamic terrorist organizations. For years, Saddam maintained training camps for foreign"fighters" drawn from these diverse groups. In some cases, particularly for Palestinians, Saddam was also a strong financial supporter. Saddam supported groups that either associated directly with al Qaeda (such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad,led at one time by bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri) or that generallyshared al Qaeda's stated goals and objectives."And yet jackass McClatchy says no link whatsoever!! Ayman Al Zawahari!

The report concludes: "Saddam nurtured this capability with an infrastructure supporting (1)his own particular brand of state terrorism against internal and external threats, (2)the state sponsorship of suicide operations, and (3) organizational relationships and "outreach programs" for terrorist groups. Evidence that was uncovered and analyzed attests to the existence of a terrorist capability and a willingness to use ituntil the day Saddam was forced to flee Baghdad by Coalition forces."



Clearly, the "no connection" meme should die a miserable death once and for all. Instead, expect the Left and the media to ignore the truth about the study they, just a few days ago, claimed vindicated their expert analyses, or say the report they originally celebrated has no credibility.

Yeah... right!!!

``I don't support, I have never supported nor will I ever support the Colombian guerrillas, nor any subversive movement against any democratic government. I swear to God and to my sacred mother . . .''

-Hugo Chavez, 2004

Attention PSF's, Chavez Has an Opening in His Faves!

Turns out Hugo may be the reason Raul Reyes is now missing half his head. (English)

I Got Your Negotiated Settlement Right Here!

Congratulations to Raul Reyes for finally reaching room temperature. We salute the Colombian military for dishing out some "social justice," Uribe style. Say "hi" to Che for us, Raul. One question we have: will Dan Kovalik and his selfish friends use this former trade unionist's expiration as part of their campaign to kill the FTA?

Way to go President Uribe!!!

Man, this is why I love President Uribe!
Watch out Tirofijo and Co.!!!

Uribe
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Hugo Chavez’s true intentions

PATRICIA POLEO - Factors of Power

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Information handled by Colombia about Hugo Chavez’s true intentions.

Yesterday from Guarico, with the presence of the Senator Piedad Cordoba and the ex- kidnapped Consuelo González in scene, Hugo Chávez dedicated 70% of his speech to the subject of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)- Colombia- Uribe.

The President, as well as his guests, referred in several opportunities to Ramon Rodriguez Chacin as the person through whom "Peace in Colombia will be reached”.

On August the 30^th 2007, in this same column, I literary published the following:

"The end-of-month news event will be, without any doubt, the meeting between Hugo Chávez and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is making true maneuvers to sketch the true intentions of the Venezuelan.

Meanwhile, Ramon Rodriguez Chacin is in Colombia in a meeting with the FARC’s main board, preparing what will be the hostages’ release, in the best possible way, for the event to harm Uribe and benefit the FARC-Chavez coalition.

Alvaro Uribe will smile for the official photo and will let Chávez tap his back and call him “my brother!!!”, but if somebody has a clear picture it is Uribe... ".

The facts have corroborated this information. The obvious familiarity shown between Consuelo González - who has preferred to stay in Venezuela than travelling to her own country to retake over her life-, strengthens the thesis that the two ladies were in Ramon Rodriguez Chacin’s property located in Barinas until their release was decided.

Due to the military intelligence maneuver deployed along all over Colombia, it has been possible to determine that the kidnapped people held by the FARC, are confined to the Colombian forest in the States of Vaupés, Guainía and Guaviare, in locations where the access for terrestrial combat operations is difficult, with four security rings, minefields, and "hunts stupid" traps, for this reason its destruction is limited the aerial route, the subversive camps coordinates are located by satellite, but it is not possible to bomb them since in each one of those "cambuches", live, against their will, kidnapped people of all nature, who have been turned into "Human Shields". This is one of the reasons why the Colombian State officials are certain that the FARC will never advance in an effective humanitarian interchange with the Colombian Government since it would be translated into their total destruction.

However, the narco-guerrilla heads are quartered in Venezuelan territory. Some, in the Amazon state, in front of Rio Negro, close by La Pedrera, an indigenous reservation entirely guarded by Venezuelan Government. The terrorists’ stay in the area has Hugo Chavez Frias’ clandestine approval and they manage from there their operations center.

Ramon Rodriguez Chacin has taken over the task of strategically locate the FARC’s main guys in Venezuelan territory. Thus Iván Márquez, member of the FARC’s main board, has his camp in Guajira. Manuel Marulanda, (aka) Tirofijo, FARC’s main head, although believed to be dead by many, is established in Barinas, personally protected by Ramon Rodriguez Chacin and German Briceño (aka) Grannobles, also member of the FARC’s main board, has a camp in Elorza, Apure State, where Ingrid Betancourt, his most appraised trophy, would be.

All of the camps are equipped with five security rings and satellite dishes, Internet and all the technology, - for that reason Hugo Chávez is sure that they follow all his media interventions-.

Hugo Chávez on his eagerness to undermine Colombia, throughout his Constitutional Government, has looked for any pretext to manipulate and destabilize. Having allowed him to participate as mediator in the humanitarian interchange, has been used by the Venezuelan President political and militarily.

A report made by military Colombian intelligence, assures that among the last national events, Chavez made up the "Emmanuel operation", well-known by everyone, and whose published purpose was to coordinate the rescue of three kidnapped. Nevertheless, very little is known about the dark part of the mentioned operation whose parallel intention consisted of invading Colombia, from the Venezuelan border airports, using the Vanguardia airport in the city of Villavicencio (62 miles away from Bogota) as "onshore headquarters“. In order to achieve this goal, it is known that Hugo Chávez consulted and requested support from Russia, China and Iran. The two first countries refused adducing that it would be the beginning of the Third World War, but nothing is known regarding the Iranian position, which is considered to be affirmative simply by affinity.

This was the reason why, the Colombian President suspended the December vacations to his Armed Forces, as well as the continuous overfly of the "ghost airplane" over Villavicencio on new year’s eve, the bugs placed in the delegations social and private areas, and the first degree enlistment of the Colombian Air Force.

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Miami, January of 2008

On Your Hands

Great article, written as an answer to one of those emails with photos of the mutilated bodies of two young American Soldiers

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Jimmy Carter, you’re the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You’re the runner-in-chief.

Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia, and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately they grew bolder, until 9/11.

John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam. Your military service, like your life, is more fiction than fact. You’ve accused our Soldiers of terrorizing women and children in Iraq. You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, the same words you used to describe Vietnam. You’re a fake. You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did the Vietnamese. Iraq, like Vietnam is another war that you were for, before you were against it.

John Murtha, you said our military was broken. You said we can’t win militarily in Iraq. You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof. And said we should redeploy to Okinawa. Okinawa John? And the Democrats call you their military expert. Are you sure you didn’t suffer a traumatic brain injury while you were off building your war hero resume? You’re a sad, pitiable, corrupt and washed up politician. You’re not a Marine sir. You wouldn’t amount to a pimple on a real Marines butt. You’re a phony and a disgrace. Run away John.

Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanimo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned South East Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? See Dick run.

Ted Kennedy, for days on end you held poster sized pictures from Abu Grhaib in front of any available television camera. Al Jazeera quoted you saying that Iraq’s torture chambers were open under new management. Did you see the news this week Teddy? The Islamic Nazis demonstrated real torture for you again. If you truly supported our troops, you’d show the world poster-sized pictures of that atrocity and demand the annihilation of the perpetrators of it. Your legislation stripping support from the South Vietnamese led to a communist victory there. You’re a bloated fool bent on repeating the same historical blunder that turned freedom-seeking people over to homicidal, genocidal maniacs. To paraphrase John Murtha, all while sitting on your wide, gin-soaked rear-end in Washington.

Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Pat Leahy, Chuck Schumer et al ad nauseam. Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied. That the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers. That we should leave Iraq, you give the Islamic butchers – the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers - cause to think that we’ll run away again and all they have to do is hang on a little longer.

American news media, the New York Times particularly. Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one with the sub-human pieces of camel dung that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can’t strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually, you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer.

You are America’s axis of idiots. Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing.

There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of

murdering terrorists. Don’t ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam. If you want our Soldiers home, as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies.

Yes, I’m questioning your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. I’m also questioning why you’re stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don’t deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war – this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it.

No Commander in Chief, you don’t get off the hook either. Our country has two enemies. Those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within. Your Soldiers are dealing with the outside force. It’s your obligation to support them by confronting the axis of idiots. America must hear it from you that these people are harming our country, abetting the enemy and endangering our safety. Well up a little anger please, and channel it toward the appropriate target. You must prosecute those who leak national security secrets to the media. You must prosecute those in the media who knowingly publish those secrets. Our Soldiers need you to confront the enemy that they cannot.

They need you to do it now.

Copyright © J.D. Pendry 2006

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Our God and soldiers we alike adore,
Ev’n at the brink of danger; not before;
After deliverance, both alike requited,
Our God’s forgotten, and our soldiers slighted. – Frances Quarles, 1632

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