not sure about the reliability of the NY Daily News..but here it is anyway...wonder if any of the peace demonstrations here were ultimately organized by Iraqi spies. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/55766p-52218c.html Report: Iraqi spies in U.S. By JAMES GORDON MEEK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Iraq sent spies from Canada to New York and Washington this month to snoop and stir up anti-war demonstrations, according to a government report obtained by the Daily News. The classified document also reveals a plot by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Zimbabwe to attack American targets in that country and elsewhere if the U.S. declares war on Iraq. It suggests the group, Tablik Ja'maat, could be a "conduit for communication" between Osama Bin Laden's terror network and Iraqi leaders. The threats, disclosed to U.S. spy agencies yesterday, are detailed in a secret report prepared by an intelligence unit in the Homeland Security Department. It comes as the White House weighs the release of classified information to prove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's links to Al Qaeda and efforts to evade UN weapons inspectors. A source identified as a member of the Iraqi opposition told U.S. agents that Iraqis in Canada were ordered to recruit Arabs and other foreigners for espionage missions in the U.S., the report said. The Iraqi Embassy in Ottawa sent operatives to New York and Washington with instructions to "intensify spying activities and to carry out anti-U.S. demonstrations to stop a war against Iraq," the report said. The report said the Iraqis were willing to spend "large sums" to back the effort. The report also describes a plot by Tablik Ja'maat to carry out "coordinated attacks" against U.S targets in Zimbabwe if war is declared on Iraq. Other attacks, revealed by the group's leader at a Jan. 18 meeting at a mosque in Harare, would take place in Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey, South Africa and Israel, the report said. An Associated Press report last week said that the FBI is looking to question as many as 50,000 Iraqis living in the U.S. to root out potential spies and terror cells.
This shows (to me) one of two things. Either Al Quaeda and Iraq <i>are</i> in cahoots or, more likely, it demonstrates that Al Quaeda has really no legitimate beef with the U.S. It is my opinion that Osama Bin Laden is a megalomaniac and when he was fighting the Russians were in Afganistan he was the proverbial big fish. When they left he had to find another "cause" to rally the troops around. When Iraq invaded Kuwait he offered his services to Saudi Arabia to protect them against Saddam. Saudi chose the U.S. over Bin Laden (obvious chose!) and that pissed him off. So now he's gonna make us pay. In other words he's got no legitimate beef with the U.S. he's just looking for an enemy to fight against to maintain his own personal power. He doesn't care about Iraq. He even offered to fight against Iraq for Saudi Arabia before the Gulf War. This is just another excuse for Al Quaeda to rally troops and keep their power.
so the american people need iraqi spies to promote peace? are anti-war demonstrators now going to be categorized as iraqi spies? WHAT?
No, I think the current categorization of "dirty dope-smoking hippie retread pinko-commie Stalinists" will do just fine.
