It’s very interesting how we’ve now gotten our hands on some of Saddam’s archives and the kind of information we’ve found in them. It’s also interesting, however, to see how little buzz is generated around them. The information found in these documents is a goldmine, and the only thing I can think of as to why they aren’t plastered up in everyone’s face is that they actually bolster the Bush administration’s case for the war in Iraq.

We can’t have that…

One of the revelations as reported by ABC News is that Osama bin Laden did actually meet with a Saddam official, with Saddam’s blessing…

A newly released prewar Iraqi document indicates that an official representative of Saddam Hussein’s government met with Osama bin Laden in Sudan on February 19, 1995, after receiving approval from Saddam Hussein. Bin Laden asked that Iraq broadcast the lectures of Suleiman al Ouda, a radical Saudi preacher, and suggested “carrying out joint operations against foreign forces” in Saudi Arabia. According to the document, Saddam’s presidency was informed of the details of the meeting on March 4, 1995, and Saddam agreed to dedicate a program for them on the radio. The document states that further “development of the relationship and cooperation between the two parties to be left according to what’s open [in the future] based on dialogue and agreement on other ways of cooperation.” The Sudanese were informed about the agreement to dedicate the program on the radio.

If you’ll remember, the meetings were questioned from the second they were mentioned, and now here’s Saddam’s own archive talking about the very meetings. Does this prove that Saddam financed 9/11? Of course it doesn’t, but it does prove that the links and meetings between the two were more than just some fabrication that Bush used to justify a war in Iraq.

It’s worthy of note, however, something ABC has in the paragraphs following this revelation:

The document does not establish that the two parties did in fact enter into an operational relationship. Given that the document claims bin Laden was proposing to the Iraqis that they conduct “joint operations against foreign forces” in Saudi Arabia, it is worth noting that eight months after the meeting — on November 13, 1995 — terrorists attacked Saudi National Guard Headquarters in Riyadh, killing 5 U.S. military advisers. The militants later confessed on Saudi TV to having been trained by Osama bin Laden.

Another document revealed in the article is even more troubling, however, than anything else.

Two Iraqi documents dated in March 2003 — on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion — and addressed to the secretary of Saddam Hussein, describe details of a U.S. plan for war. According to the documents, the plan was disclosed to the Iraqis by the Russian ambassador.

The first document (CMPC-2003-001950) is a handwritten account of a meeting with the Russian ambassador that details his description of the composition, size, location and type of U.S. military forces arrayed in the Gulf and Jordan. The document includes the exact numbers of tanks, armored vehicles, different types of aircraft, missiles, helicopters, aircraft carriers, and other forces, and also includes their exact locations. The ambassador also described the positions of two Special Forces units.

The second document (CMPC-2004-001117) is a typed account, signed by Deputy Foreign Minister Hammam Abdel Khaleq, that states that the Russian ambassador has told the Iraqis that the United States was planning to deploy its force into Iraq from Basra in the South and up the Euphrates, and would avoid entering major cities on the way to Baghdad, which is, in fact what happened. The documents also state “Americans are also planning on taking control of the oil fields in Kirkuk.” The information was obtained by the Russians from “sources at U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar,” according to the document.

Russia is directly responsible for any deaths that occured before the regime fell. It amazes me the side of the world the Russian scumbags are on. They fed information to Iraq. They, along with China, are openly opposing action against Iran. They’ve benefited from the Oil for Food program scandal.

Anyone starting to see a pattern here with these bastards?

It amazes me how much information has come out of these archives. It also amazes me how little has been said about them.

Archives via ABC News

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