Magginkat wrote:
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Where did you get your evidence that has been verified that Saddam allowed sanctuary to the al-Qaeda members fleeing from Afghanistan?
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MY PRINCIPAL SOURCES FOR ALL I ALLEGE:
1. Osama Bin Laden "Declaration of War Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places"-
1996;
and,
Osama Bin Laden: Text of Fatwah Urging Jihad Against Americans-
1998
http://www.mideastweb.org/osambinladen1.htm
[scroll down to find them both]
2. Al-Qaida Statement Warning Muslims Against Associating With The Crusaders And Idols; Translation By JUS; Jun 09,
2004
Al-Qaida Organization of the Arab Gulf; 19 Rabbi Al-Akhir 1425
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00035.html
3. 9-11 Commission, 9/20/2004
www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm
4. Charles Duelfer's Report, 30 September 2004
Regime Strategic Intent – Key Findings [re: allegations of Iraq WMD]
www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/Comp_Report_Key_Findings.pdf
5. Public Law 107-243, 107th Congress, Joint Resolution, Oct. 16, 2002, H.J. Res. 114,
To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq
www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hjres114.pdf
6. Secretary of State, Colin Powell’s speech to UN, 2/5/2003,
"sinister nexus"
http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2003/17300.htm
7. "American Soldier," by General Tommy Franks, 7/1/2004
"10" Regan Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
8. The Encyclopedia Britannica
IRAQ
www.britannica.com
9. The Encyclopedia Britannica
History of Arabia
Roman History
The Rise of Islam
Mesopotamia from c. 320 BC to c. AD 620 > The Sasanian period
www.britannica.com
10. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN KURDISTAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Movement_in_Kurdistan ;
ANSAR AL-ISLAM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam
11. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
TERRORIST INCIDENTS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents#1996
References 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 support my allegation that:
Iraq allowed sanctuary, beginning December 2001, to al-Qaeda members -- fleeing from our invasion of Afghanistan October 2001 -- three months after September 2001.
Please let me know if you require my help finding relevant excerpts in references 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 .