No Terrorism in Iraq Before the War?

No Terrorism in Iraq Before the War?

Stephen Hayes
The Weekly Standard
September 16, 2004

Compiled by Stephen F. Hayes, a staff writer at The
Weekly Standard and author of The Connection: How al
Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has
Endangered America (HarperCollins).

09/16/2004

CIA Analysis, January 2003: Iraqi Support for
Terrorism, (p. 314 of Senate Intel Report):
"Iraq has a long history of supporting terrorism."

CIA Analysis, January 2003--Iraqi Support for
Terrorism, (p. 314 of Senate Intel Report):
"Iraq continues to be a safehaven, transit point, or
operational node for groups and individuals who direct
violence against the United States, Israel and other
allies."

Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Report (p.
315):
"The CIA provided 78 reports, from multiple sources,
[redacted] documenting instances in which the Iraqi
regime."

Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Report (p.
316):
"Iraq continued to participate in terrorist attacks
throughout the 1990s."

Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Report (p.
316):
"From 1996 to 2003, the [Iraqi Intelligence Service]
focused its terrorist activities on western interests,
particularly against the U.S. and Israel."

Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Report (p.
316):
"Throughout 2002, the [Iraqi Intelligence Service] was
becoming increasingly aggressive in planning attacks
against U.S. interests. The CIA provided eight reports
to support this assessment."

Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Report (p.
331):
"Twelve reports received [redacted] from sources that
the CIA described as having varying reliability, cited
Iraq or Iraqi national involvement in al Qaeda's
[chemical, biological, nuclear] CBW efforts."

The 9/11 Commission Report (p. 66):
"In March 1998, after bin Laden's public fatwa against
the United States, two al Qaeda members reportedly
went to Iraq to meet with Iraq Intelligence. In July,
an Iraqi delegation traveled to Afghanistan to meet
first with the Taliban and then with bin Laden."


Topic: Iraq, War on Terrorism



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