wiseones2cents
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Yup. Decided to do some more research and the claims of this article are B.S.
The claim your link made:
"Recall that Abdul Rahman Yasin, one of the al-Qaeda bombers who hit the World Trade Center in 1993, fled to Iraq after that attack and lived there freely, reportedly with a government salary. That’s one clear link to al-Qaeda."
Now here is the TRUTH!
Abdul Rahman Yasin was actually imprisoned in Iraq since 1994.
With Yasin reportedly being held as a prisoner in Hussein's Iraq, Leslie Stahl of CBS interviewed him there for a segment on 60 Minutes on May 23, 2002 (see below). Yasin appeared in prison pajamas and handcuffs. It was claimed that Iraq had held Yasin prisoner on the outskirts of Baghdad since 1994.[2]
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Here is another interesting note:
On several occasions, Iraq offered to turn Yasin over to the US government in exchange for lifting UN economic sanctions[citation needed]. Tariq Aziz, spokesman of Iraq, claimed that in the 1990s all Iraq wanted in return was a signed statement that Iraq had handed over Yasin. But reportedly the statement presented to the U.S. at the time contained lengthy wording essentially exonerating Iraqi involvement in the 1993 WTC attack. Nevertheless, Kenneth Pollack of the State Department stated that there was no CIA information tying Iraq into the 1993 WTC bombing.
Your article is all lies and if I had the time or desire? I could pick it all apart.
Peddle your B.S. elsewhere.
The claim your link made:
"Recall that Abdul Rahman Yasin, one of the al-Qaeda bombers who hit the World Trade Center in 1993, fled to Iraq after that attack and lived there freely, reportedly with a government salary. That’s one clear link to al-Qaeda."
Now here is the TRUTH!
Abdul Rahman Yasin was actually imprisoned in Iraq since 1994.
With Yasin reportedly being held as a prisoner in Hussein's Iraq, Leslie Stahl of CBS interviewed him there for a segment on 60 Minutes on May 23, 2002 (see below). Yasin appeared in prison pajamas and handcuffs. It was claimed that Iraq had held Yasin prisoner on the outskirts of Baghdad since 1994.[2]
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Yasin"]Abdul Rahman Yasin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Yasin2002.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Yasin2002.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Yasin2002.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/b/bd/Yasin2002.jpg[/ame]
Here is another interesting note:
On several occasions, Iraq offered to turn Yasin over to the US government in exchange for lifting UN economic sanctions[citation needed]. Tariq Aziz, spokesman of Iraq, claimed that in the 1990s all Iraq wanted in return was a signed statement that Iraq had handed over Yasin. But reportedly the statement presented to the U.S. at the time contained lengthy wording essentially exonerating Iraqi involvement in the 1993 WTC attack. Nevertheless, Kenneth Pollack of the State Department stated that there was no CIA information tying Iraq into the 1993 WTC bombing.
Your article is all lies and if I had the time or desire? I could pick it all apart.
Peddle your B.S. elsewhere.