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February 15, 2006

Saddam General: WMDs In Syria
Another former confidant of ex-dictator makes claim, also links Iraq to al-Qaida
A former general and friend of Saddam Hussein who defected but maintains close contact with Iraq claims the regime supported al-Qaida with intelligence, finances and munitions and believes weapons of mass destruction are hidden in Syria.

Ali Ibrahim al-Tikriti, southern regional commander for Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen militia in the late 1980s, spoke with Ryan Mauro of WorldThreats.com.

Known as the "Butcher of Basra," al-Tikriti commanded units that dealt with chemical and biological weapons. He defected shortly before the Gulf War in 1991.

Last month, Saddam Hussein's No. 2 Air Force officer, Georges Sada, told the New York Sun Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were moved to Syria six weeks before the war started. Sada claimed two Iraqi Airways Boeing jets converted to cargo planes moved the weapons in a total of 56 flights. They attracted little attention, he said, because they were thought to be civilian flights providing relief from Iraq to Syria, which had suffered a flood after a dam collapse in 2002.

Israel Threatens To Sever All Ties With Palestinians
AFP via Yahoo! News Wed, 15 Feb 2006 2:48 AM PST
Israel has ratcheted up the pressure on the Palestinian Authority by threatening to cut all ties if a prime minister affiliated to Hamas is chosen after parliament is sworn in this weekend.

U.S. Interfering, Hamas Says
The Monterey County Herald Wed, 15 Feb 2006 3:06 AM PST
Hamas protested ''interference'' by the United States and Israel following reports Tuesday the nations were exploring ways to topple the militants' incoming government unless they renounced their violent ideology and recognized Israel's right to exist

U.S. Sees Hamas Victory As Reversible
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Hamas could be removed from power in the Palestinian Authority.

Officials said an assessment by the CIA has concluded that the Hamas victory in elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council on Jan. 25 did not mean that the Islamic movement would control the PA over the medium or long term. They said the agency presented several scenarios in which Hamas would fall from power over the next year.

Abbas Pulls Power Play To Keep Hamas In Check
New York Daily News Wed, 15 Feb 2006 1:29 AM PST
RAMALLAH, West Bank - In the countdown to Hamas' takeover, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has taken control of the state media and named allies to top government jobs to make it harder for the militants to rule.

Rice Says Iran In "Open Defiance"
Feb 15 10:21 AM US/Eastern
"They have now crossed a point where they are in open defiance" of the international community, she told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Bird Flu Found In Germany, Fifth EU Country; Asian Cases Rise
Bloomberg.com Wed, 15 Feb 2006 2:30 AM PST
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu spread in the European Union as Germany became the fifth member country to report an outbreak of the deadly virus. Indonesia said the number of human cases of avian influenza is increasing.

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Surprise! Another former Saddam Hussein confidant has said that not only did Iraq have contact with Al-Qaeda they supported them.  And that's just the beginning!  Saddam Hussein's No. 2 Air Force officer, Georges Sada and former general and friend Ali Ibrahim Al-Tikriti say that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were moved to Syria six weeks before the start of the second Gulf War.  Sada claims two Iraqi Airways Boeing jets were converted into cargo planes and it took fifty-six trips to complete transporting them.  They were able to complete their mission undetected because the flights were thought to be humanitarian relief for Syria who at the time had suffered a flood following a dam collapse in 2002.

Al-Tikriti, who defected to the U.S. after the first Gulf War, also had this to say:

Al-Tikriti says he knows Saddam's weapons are in Syria because of contingency plans established as far back as the late 1980s, in the event either Damascus or Baghdad were taken over.

"Not to mention, I have discussed this in-depth with various contacts of mine who have confirmed what I already knew," he said.

Saddam, after lying for so many years, knew the U.S. eventually would come for the weapons, he said, and wanted to maintain legitimacy with pan-Arab nationalists.

Also, he had "wanted since he took power to embarrass the West, and this was the perfect opportunity to do so," al-Tikriti said.

"After Saddam denied he had such weapons, why would he use them or leave them readily available to be found?" he said. "That would only legitimize President Bush, who he has a personal grudge against."

What we are witnessing now, he said, "is many who opposed the war to begin with are rallying around Saddam saying we overthrew a sovereign leader based on a lie about WMD. This is exactly what Saddam wanted and predicted."  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48827

This certainly is no surprise to me, but truthfully, it really doesn't matter.  What most around the world fail to realize is Iraq was in total defiance on so many levels from firing daily on coalition aircraft to blocking United Nations WMD inspectors from doing their job.  

Now Iran is beginning their journey down that same road which may bring an air strike from Israel in the near future.  It will be interesting to see how the world will prevent this attack from happening.  I don't see an all out war just yet since the Bible predicts that a Russian-Arab assault on Israel will take place for the purpose of taking a spoil (Ezekiel 38:12).  At this point, I don't see much of a spoil coming out of Israel.

As reported in yesterday’s article, the U.S. and Israel are plotting to overthrow Hamas.  Hamas is claiming foul and is looking for world support on this issue.  But the U.S. and Israel claim they are playing by the rules but may not play nice.  A recent U.S. intelligence community assessment claims that in time Hamas could be removed from power. 

Officials said an assessment by the CIA has concluded that the Hamas victory in elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council on Jan. 25 did not mean that the Islamic movement would control the PA over the medium or long term. They said the agency presented several scenarios in which Hamas would fall from power over the next year.  http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/february/02_15_1.html

It is possible Hamas could be voted out of office if unrest develops within the Palestinian people.  It's one thing for a terrorist group, who are being supported by the Arab world, to say they don't need aid from the E.U. and the West, but entirely different for a struggling country to make that claim.  Without outside aid, I can't see Hamas going very far unless the Arab world really steps up with a long-term commitment.  I don't foresee that happening, and with Israel and the U.S. not cooperating (probably instigating), it's going to be that much harder especially with the issue of transportation between the West bank and Gaza.  Quite frankly, they need Israel to make it work. 

This weekend Hamas will takeover power in the Palestinian Authority.  In many ways it will be like the Mafia taking charge of the White House.  I guess we'll find out if a group of organized killers can run a country without "whacking" someone.

Are you ready to meet the Lord?  If not, your time is running out!

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