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| Documents Support Saddam-Taliban Connection |
| 2006-06-18 |
| Article by Ray Robison, a former member of the CIA-directed Iraq Survey Group (ISG), which examined efforts by Saddam Hussein to build and hide weapons of mass destruction, and supervised a group of linguists to analyze, archive and exploit documents and materials of Saddam's regime. In this second of a three-part examination of a newly-released document captured in Iraq, Robison offers further evidence that in 1999 the Taliban welcomed "Islamic relations with Iraq" to mediate among the Taliban, the Northern Alliance and Russia, and that the Taliban reciprocated with an invitation to Iraqi officials to visit Afghanistan. The document appears to be a notebook kept by an Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) agent, and apparently captured in 2003. The translation is provided by Robison's associate, known here as “Sammi.” The notebook deals extensively with the meetings between a prominent Taliban supporter and former Saddam regime officials. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 The ISI records department in Rawalpindi is the place to go for Taliban secrets.. Many Taliban "commanders" were Pakistani officers in mufti |
| Posted by: john 2006-06-18 17:03 |
| #1 Whoops! My finger slipped (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it) before I could add my comments. I gave only the opening paragraphs of a long article, as is part 1, which came out last week. FoxNews also has more about Mr. Robison. I found the articles heavy going, what with all the names and embedded links, the attached raw translation and follow-on analysis, but for some of you this should be like a mud puddle for pigs. I'll keep an eye out over the next few days for part 3. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-18 16:28 |