AN IRAQI PERSPECTIVE

Hammorabi

Alert!

The next few days before or during the US election or even just after the election the terrorists plan for a big attack with possible mass killing. It is likely that chemical plus conventional high explosives may be used. The after-math of the attack may take days to clear.


Al-Qaeda has already declared that the New York 11 Sep 2001 attacks will look like dwarfs beside the proposed attacks!


This is may be just a psychological war but it have to be taken seriously. Iraq, US, UK, Poland, Italy and US interests in Europe, Africa, ME and other places are likely targets.


The Americans have to know one point only which is; if GWB lose the election the terrorists will declare victory and their attacks will get worse and their cells will sneak every where by two major ways. First is by nuclear mushroom like spread in ME and Africa while the second spread will be octopus like spread with long arms inside Europe and US.

The terrorists fears GWB and will take a deep breath and expand if he is losing!

If it made no difference to the terrorists, they would say nothing. Obviously, it does make a difference.

THE MAGIC FRACTION 2/3

Rendell Flip Came After Exposure of Jailhouse Vote Drive (PA)


"I'm friends with Ed Rendell, too," an angry Weldon continued. "But I've go to call a pig a pig. I've got to call something the way it is. To me it's purely partisan. This is about Pennsylvania being a very close state."

Asked point blank if he though Rendell was trying to "disenfranchise" military voters in his state, Weldon told Hannity: "That's exactly what he's doing. I have soldiers e-mailing me from overseas ... Marines coming up to me saying, 'I have friends who haven't got their absentee ballot.'"

Asked how many prisoners would take advantage of Gov. Rendell's absentee ballot outreach, Weldon said, "I have no idea."

Surveys show that two-thirds of active-duty military back President Bush, while the same proportion of the prison population supports John Kerry.

Comparisons are important, but it’s a first for this comparison. (Emphasis mine.)

VOUCHERS

MEMRI

Intriguing Figures among Voucher Recipients

(…)Another person who was directly involved in terrorism is Abu Al-Abbas, who was allocated a total of 11.5 million barrels, some of which was lifted by Vilma Oil Consultant, a Spanish company. Abu Al-Abbas has also sold 1.5 million barrels through Ayad Ammora and Partnership (Syria), which is also listed as a recipient of vouchers for 18 million barrels.
Abu Al-Abbas was first mentioned in a "top secret and personal" letter (No.110/2/43 of 25 January 1993) from the Iraqi intelligence service to the secretary of the president of the republic. The letter listed the terrorist organizations that could be employed by Iraq to carry out sabotage and terrorism activities against American interests in the Arab world.

(…)Khalid Gamal Abdul Nasser (the son of former Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser), a recipient of vouchers for 16 million barrels, had operated through the Swiss company Lex Oil, as well as through Iraqi-Egyptian Company and another company under the unusual name of Income Company, which is also listed as recipient of vouchers. This may be a case of double counting, but it has to be examined further.

(…)The most intriguing of all is the case of Benon Sevan, the UN director of the Oil for Food Program. Mr. Sevan, who was identified in the lists with the United Nations but listed under African-Middle East (Panama), has received several vouchers. The last one for 1.5 million barrels appears to coincide with Mr. Sevan's visit to Iraq and his meeting with Iraq's Deputy President Taha Yassin Ramadan in February, 2002. At the meeting, Mr. Sevan was quoted by Babil, the daily which was owned by Saddam's son Uday, as stating that the program "suffers from paralysis." Following his meeting with Sevan, Ramadan declared: "We call on the United Nations to exercise its role to ensure proper implementation of the memorandum of understanding on the Oil for Food Program." [5]

(…)Names of Individuals in the Duelfer Report not Included in Al-Mada

(…)Iran
Mujahideen Khalq, multiple vouchers. This is an Iranian terrorist organization which was sponsored by Saddam and allowed to operate from Iraqi soil against Iranian targets. They sold their vouchers through Century Marketing, which is listed as a British company.

(…)Russia
Mr. Yelloshin (3 million barrels) – head of Russian President's office
Mr. Gutzariv, Member of the Duma (Parliament), 2 million barrels lifted by Slavneft.
Peace and Unity Party (multiple vouchers) – lifted by Lukoil

There is more information. There are conclusions and cites. For more information, click on the above link.

SOFT?

Chrenkoff

On P. J. O’Rourke:

Mind you, just before you think that P J has turned soft in his old age, he adds: "having covered the first Iraq war and seeing what the Iraqis did to Kuwait, it certainly would have been on my mind to wipe them out."

STAKES R US

Washington Post

Missing and Explosive


Thursday, October 28, 2004; Page A24

It may not be fair to claim, as Sen. John F. Kerry did on Monday, that the loss represents "one of the greatest blunders of this administration." Apart from the doubts about whether the explosives disappeared before or after U.S. troops reached the site, Iraq was covered with some 10,000 weapons sites under Saddam Hussein; Qaqaa was not among those given highest priority by U.S. intelligence.

Unfortunately, high explosives are not in short supply in the world's black markets, and HMX is far from the most valuable material needed for a nuclear bomb. We have said repeatedly, however, that President Bush erred in not dispatching enough troops to Iraq to secure the country after the war. We'll never know if a larger invasion force might have been able to prevent this looting, but the chances of avoiding this and other terrible reverses surely would have been much higher.

It's worth noting, meanwhile, that the sensation over the missing explosives emanates from the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose director, the Egyptian Mohamed ElBaradei, has been an adversary of the Bush administration on Iraq since well before the war. This month Mr. ElBaradei delivered a report to the U.N. Security Council complaining of "widespread and apparently systematic dismantlement" of dual-use equipment at sites once related to Iraq's nuclear program -- at least some of which apparently was done by the U.S. mission itself. News of the missing explosives then leaked to the U.S. media within days of its receipt by his agency. On the same day that it appeared in the New York Times, Mr. ElBaradei took the unusual step of submitting a second letter to the Security Council confirming the report. The fact that he was providing easy fodder for Mr. Kerry's campaign just eight days before the presidential election evidently did not deter this U.N. civil servant.
© 2004 The Washington Post Company

Hat tip: Soccer Dad

We have found out much more than we wanted to know; but, it is necessary that we know.

Because we invaded Iraq:

Iraq will be disarmed; Saddam is no longer a threat.

Saddam is no longer providing payments for terror; or, providing safe haven for enemies.

Whatever the Iraqis think of US, they have an opportunity for a better future.

Iraq’s WMD have disappeared. Where? How? We don’t know, yet.

We found out who our friends are . . . and, who they are not.

We discovered which countries were subverting the U.N. Resolutions.

We realized that Saddam Hussein was contained in a multi-door box--a useless box.

We became aware of the contact between Al Qaeda and the regime—dangerous.

Iraq was a ticking time bomb. The U.N. is a ticking time bomb.

Oil For Food was Oil For Fraud—not only in the U.N., but around the world.

The media is off-the-cliff LEFT and willing to sell propaganda.

We know more than we knew before the invasion—because of the invasion.

We are walking in a minefield; at least now we know it.

There is more to come. It is much better to be alert, not ignorant.

9/11 and Iraq have made US realize the stakes . . . the stakes are US.

SIGN WARFARE

Pittsburgh Live

The local Republican and Democrat camps are each accusing the other of a grassroots effort to steal the presidential election. Campaign signs, it seems, are getting yanked like weeds as fast as they are planted.

Everyday citizens are the thieves and vandals who perpetrate the perennial rash of sign-stealing, according to Steven A. Peterson, professor of political science at Penn State University. The crimes are especially rampant this election year, he said, because of the close race between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

"There is more passion involved here than we normally see in a presidential election," Peterson said. "People who are normally friendly get angry at others with opposing views. It's indicative of an election with a lot of emotion right underneath the surface."

Unsubstantiated reports of constituents, and even politicians themselves, stealing and damaging yard signs and banners have spanned the democratic process from the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the White House.

It’s happening right here in “River City.” SIGN WARFARE is an up and down affair—one day some are up, another day others are up—some days many are down. Like ducks in the shooting gallery, the signs pop up and down. Apparently, they are targets.

One day, on the way to the mailbox, I was surrounded by Kerry signs. I got an unsolicited political phone call and happened to ask about Bush signs. Well, many had gone missing (been vandalized) and the Republican Party had run out of signs.

No problem. (Signs should not go unchallenged.)

I’ll devise a sign:

“Just say, “NO”—KERRY in the typical thick red circle with red line through.

“YRREK”—backward on issues!

Maybe a white flag with “Kerry Surrender Monkey?” (Nah.)

Ah, a white flag with KERRY printed upside down. Too subtle?

On my way to the car the next day, most of the Kerry signs were gone. I’m happy to believe that they changed their minds. (What a dreamer!) The signs must have been stolen. There was one lone sign, up very close to the neighbor’s house. It was a sure indication that the other signs were stolen, but the thief didn’t have the courage to get that close to the house.

I could raise the Kerry surrender sign, but that’s no fun. The sign-stealers are spoilers.

FROM THERE TO HERE:

I voted for Gore in 2000. Now, I will vote for Bush.

I understand the anger of the 2000 Election, but somewhere along the way . . . I got over it. That’s not the case for many others. Those for Kerry are still angry and the Democrat anger has been festering for four years . . . and the party has been feeding off it . . . for four long years. Kerry may not have a good plan, but the Democrats have been working on a plan--actively, and Kerry has been rehearsing his inaugural speech for most of his life. The Democrats think it is coming together.

The hatred did not magically appear with the Primaries. The hatred has been fueled on a regular basis. And that . . . is what changed my attitude.

For this election, the Democrats hate Bush more than they hate the enemy. In fact, they give more consideration to the enemy than they give to the people of the United States.

COMEDY COMMENTARY

This was posted in the comments section of Captain's Quarters Blog


Kerry's Al Qaqaa missing stockpile accusation - wrong accusation, wrong weapons, wrong time.

Posted by: BillD

[And, I'd like to add: Wrong Candidate for US. ]

KERRY DOESN'T CARE

Everyone knew that Saddam Hussein was dangerous. Every Iraqi knew that Saddam Hussein was dangerous. It seems the only person on the earth who didn’t realize that Saddam was dangerous . . . . . . was JOHN KERRY. What he says and what he are two different items. His actions speak louder than his words.

Richard Holbrook said that we do not know the facts; but, Kerry and the New York Times and NBC don’t care about the facts. They care so much about the elections that they would do anything, say anything, for their own political benefit.

It isn’t to our benefit. It doesn’t help US; it hurts US. And, John Kerry marches toward the cliff—with enthusiasm. Kerry has had one thought: "the power of the Presidency."

It is disgusting that a member of the United States Senate (John F. Kerry) would take another wrong position against US. Kerry just doesn’t CARE about US. Kerry is for Kerry.

THE LETTER

Ali

The letter is calling for the establishment of an international court to prosecute individuals or groups who support and justify terrorisim, namely clerics who release “fatwas” that provoke hatred and encourage terrorist attacks(like Qaradawi for example), and the letter will eventually be sent to the Security Council and the UN secretary general after getting sufficient support.

(…)
Today, I got a reply from Dr.Jawad with a translated version of the letter and it was amazing to know that within a couple of days, they managed to collect over 10 000 signatures from Arab liberals, writers and intellectuals.

Support coming from anywhere would be helpful of course but I understood from his reply that he would prefer support from inside the Arab or Muslim world and I assume that he thinks that this way there will be no chance for those who believe in conspiracies to question the integrity of this project, as those idiots will not hesitate to call it a “crusade” if the support came from westerners.

The letter gives pause for thought on this topic. What do you think?

BUSH SAYS

Drudge

"Our military is now investigating a number of possible scenarios, including that the explosives may have been moved before our troops even arrived at the site. This investigation is important and it's ongoing. And a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief."

PLAYING CLUE

UNSCR 1134 (1997)

Reaffirming its determination to ensure full compliance by Iraq with all its obligations under all previous relevant resolutions and reiterating its demand that Iraq allow immediate, unconditional and unrestricted access to the Special Commission to any site which the Commission wishes to inspect, and in particular allow the Special Commission and its inspection teams to conduct both fixed wing and helicopter flights throughout Iraq for all relevant purposes including inspection, surveillance, aerial surveys, transportation and logistics without interferences of any kind and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Special Commission, and to make use of their own aircraft and such airfields in Iraq as they may determine are most appropriate for the work of the Commission

Fox 2/11/03

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

"This is a man who is trying to stall for time," he (Bush) said after a meeting with Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a staunch U.S. ally against Iraq. "The reason we need to fly U-2 flights is they're not disarming."

Iraq's acceptance of the U-2 flights, as well as its submission of new documents to the United Nations over the weekend, marked Baghdad's latest step to stave off a U.S.-led attack and convince other governments that it was now ready to cooperate in full with U.N. inspectors.

(…)"The inspectors are now free to use the American U-2s as well as French and Russian planes," Mohamed al-Douri, Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations, told The Associated Press in New York.

Iraq Watch 2/19/03

ZAINUDDIN YAHYA (Malaysia): (…)
At the same time, the disarmament efforts must be a part of a clear, sanctions-lifting plan, he continued, so that the debilitating humanitarian crisis in Iraq could be brought to an immediate end. The success of the current exercise required the fullest cooperation by the Government of Iraq in every respect, and he welcomed their recent decision to issue a presidential decree containing prohibitions on importation and production of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, as well as their acceptance of reconnaissance flights. Iraq must continue to cooperate with the inspectors and refrain from giving any pretext to warmongers. (…)

RUBERT JAYASINGHE (Sri Lanka) said that since the adoption of resolution 1441 (2002), UNMOVIC and the IAEA had submitted two reports to the Council. In their second report, the inspectors had indicated an increased level of cooperation on the part of Iraq, pointing out, however, that vital questions remained unanswered, and that Iraq had not been fully complying with resolution 1441. A few days ago, Iraq had acceded to some of the key requests of the inspectors, including interviews of scientists without the presence of the Iraqi officials and allowing reconnaissance flights over Iraq. The third report of the inspectors was expected on 14 March.

JAGDISH D. KOONJUL (Mauritius) said that the reports of the inspectors were comprehensive, objective and highly professional. It was extremely important for the Iraqi authorities to understand that resolution 1441 put an obligation on them to comply fully with all the requirements of the resolution, leading to the complete and total disarmament of Iraq. He welcomed the Iraqi Government's decision to allow surveillance flights and private interviews, as well as the reported adoption of national legislation prohibiting proscribed activities. He noted, however, that such measures were being taken on an incremental basis and only under pressure. If Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, as it claimed, it should provide the necessary evidence, to convince the international community that that was the case, and that it had destroyed whatever biological and chemical weapons it was known to have possessed.

Global Security

22 FEBRUARY 2003

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry reported that a U-2 reconnaissance plane surveyed several areas over Iraq during a six-hour period on 22 February. The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) did not comment on the reconnaissance flight.

Brainy Encyclopedia 2/11/03

March 11, 2003

• Iraqi fighters threaten two US U-2 surveillance planes forcing them to abort their mission and return to base. Iraqi officials described the incident as a "technical mistake" by the U.N. inspectors. Ewen Buchanan, spokesman for UNMOVIC, said that Iraqi officials had been notified about the flight beforehand.

This may be when the explosive materials were removed? At a time after flights were permitted, the Iraqis prevented flights and used some trumped up explanation—a faux excuse. We don’t know what they were doing during this time; but, we can suspect anything and everything.

DID YOU KNOW?

The Truth About Iraq

You may not know:

• 80,000 Iraqi children are alive today
because the Coalition Forces took Saddam Hussein from power.

• Polls show 75% of Iraqis want a democracy.

• 51% of Iraqis say their country is going in the right direction.

This is the truth about Iraq - the truth that people should know before they vote.

We are airing commercials right now to get the truth out - see the commercial.

In these times of media bias, it's difficult to get the truth out.
The Truth About Iraq needs your help to shout the truth!

MOHAMMED, the Amazing

Iraq the Model

We’re changing so quickly and the concept of one opinion and one point of view is becoming part of history.

Who said that nothing has changed?! Who claimed that the present is worse than the past?!

I wish they could attend even one of those meetings or lectures to see the progress we’ve so far made, and let them know that these meetings and discussions are much more in number and in effect than the car bombings but unfortunately they don’t attract the same attention.

Many people describe Iraq these days as a hell, and I want to say that this 'hell' is my paradise despite all the dangers and difficulties and even losses, as these struggles make the process itself a real life, a joy that only oppressed people with dignity can sense when they become free, and I truley feel sorry for anyone who doesn't see it this way.

-By Mohammed

Even though it is a struggle, and is dangerous, you can hear and feel Mohammed’s optimism. Each time he writes, it takes me back to his war journal. He’s an amazing person, and a gifted writer.

KERRY'S CON-JOB

Michelle Malkin covers some Kerry lies and exaggerations.

Hat tip: to Redhunter. Redhunter includes several links to information about Kerry’s lies.

STOLEN HONOR (update)

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HERE: then click STOLEN HONOR (at left)

STOLEN HONOR explains why so many people do NOT believe John F. Kerry.


Liz Trotta information. She was a reporter in Vietnam.

I viewed the video twice--once at each site. The second site and reference to it has disappeared (probably because of bandwidth problems.)

ADAPT, IMPROVISE, OVERCOME!

A returning Vet (from Iraq) stated that ¾ of the military are for Bush. It is not reasonable to believe that Iraq has gone so wrong if that many of the military are for “W.”

The Democrats must agree with the estimates because they seem to be attempting to prevent the military vote—at least, that is the appearance in Pennsylvania. My voice may not be loud, but (if this is true) it is most despicable that of all the election tricks. Those troops who are fighting for our country and for the Iraqis’ freedom should be the first to vote—I mean . . . PRIORITY.

In Iraq, the plan for the war and the plan for the peace do exist . . . and the PLAN IS TO WIN. We will need no plan for the peace if we don’t win; we will only need further war plans. When Kerry discusses “No Plan for the Peace” he indicates that he is only planning for the peace. He can’t win the war by only planning for the peace. JOHN KERRY—FIRST WE WIN THE WAR, THEN WE WILL HAVE TIME TO PLAN FOR THE PEACE. If you are so busy planning for the peace, you might miss the war and lose it.

The returning Vet expressed the plan: ADAPT, IMPROVISE, OVERCOME! I agree with the returning Vet’s opinion. We must win in Iraq; we must do WHATEVER IT TAKES.

ADAPT, IMPROVISE, OVERCOME and WIN.