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| Capture near the Syrian border ties Zark to 7/7 |
| 2005-09-07 |
| A terrorist captured near the Syrian border last month had a computer "thumb drive" that contained planning information about the July 7 suicide bombings in London, according to a U.S. military officer. Col. Robert Brown, commander of the 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, said that the man was captured north of Qaim in western Iraq and that authorities had connected him to the al Qaeda terrorist network. It is the first evidence of a link between the London bombs and terrorists in Iraq, but fits with other evidence of a growing presence in Iraq by al Qaeda, which has taken responsibility for the British attacks. Col. Brown declined to discuss the specific nature of the information on the thumb drive -- a miniature data storage device that plugs into a computer's USB port -- but said it indicated al Qaeda involvement in the attacks on London's bus and subway system. "I don't think anyone's done a good enough job explaining" the relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda, he said. Bashar al-Naher, an adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, told The Washington Times that he had not heard about the Mosul discovery but said, "This does not surprise me. We are noting a pattern of involvement by [Iraqi hard-liners] in terrorist plots abroad." The U.S. Central Command estimates that about 100 to 150 "foreign fighters" enter Iraq each month. These men are responsible for the great majority of suicide bombs, the most devastating weapon the insurgents and terrorists have in their arsenal. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 I understand moving new info around by why would you have old info? What is the value? I would think they can do post-mordem on the operation from the news. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-09-07 18:54 |
| #9 Because the Bush admin. and the Blair governement are not eager to link Saddam Hussein with al Qaeda in any way. This includes 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings. (And for that matter the 3/11 bombings.) There is so much evidence to support such a case that official suppression is the only plausible explanation. Saddam was hip deep in 9/11 and alot of other al Qaeda terrorist attacks. That's why we are in Iraq. But our political leadership prefers to remain ambiguous. Governemnts act really funny when weapons of mass destruction are involved in a given equation. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-09-07 16:53 |
| #8 SandalNet. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-07 15:14 |
| #7 Because they don't have centralized info store. The guy was probably moving it between cadres. |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-09-07 14:30 |
| #6 Why do they keep evidence in the first place? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-09-07 12:29 |
| #5 Please don't shout, ArmyGuy. My eyes are feeling a bit sensitive today. Thanks! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-07 10:48 |
| #4 Story probably won't be retracted as it is from the Washington Times...not WaPo, NYT-National Inquirer, LAT, or The Globe (er, I mean The Boston Globe). |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-09-07 10:01 |
| #3 I believe he means by the MSM. It doesn't fit their meme that the London boomers were just poor innocent boys outraged by George Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-09-07 08:30 |
| #2 WHY WOULD IT BE RETRACTED????? |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-09-07 08:14 |
| #1 I would guess that this news will be quickly retracted. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-09-07 01:51 |