Iraqis Publish More Proof Of Saddam Links To Al-Qaeda Leadership

Ayman al-Zawahiri

From Gateway Pundit:

The Iraqi newspaper Kurdistani Nwe published a letter today on the front page from Saddam Hussein requesting a meeting with Al-Qaeda second in command Ayman Al-Zawahiri:

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Strata-Sphere provides more information and analysis:

The SurrenderMedia recently misreported (there’s a surprise) that Saddam Hussein had no ties to al-Qaeda, when in fact the report the SurrenderMedia was trying to cover said just the opposite. As I noted at the time the analysis showed Saddam Hussein had long time ties with Ayman Zawahiri, who at the time ran the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group. A group that was integrated into al-Qaeda when Zawahiri joined forces with Bin Laden in the 1990’s.

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My Comment: From the rumors of 911 ringleader Atta meeting Iraqi intelligence officers, there has always been talk of Saddam Hussein's connections to elements of Al Qaeda. But only scraps of evidence have since been made public of these links and connections.

I suspect that as Iraq starts to stabilize, the Iraqis themselves will start to do an analysis and a search among Bathist archives for letters, money transfers, and confidential meetings and strategy that were conducted by Hussein's officials and Al Qaeda elements during that time. Unfortunately, that search is still way in the future.