From time to time, I have brought you information on the status of the translations of the 1000s of documents captured by our forces. These include the Saddam documents. Now Fox News has instituted a new feature called the "The Saddam Dossier."
• Terror Links to Saddam's Inner Circle - June 12, 2006
What was the relationship between Saddam Hussein's inner circle and Islamic terrorists? A newly released document appears to provide evidence that in 1999 the Taliban welcomed "Islamic relations with Iraq" to mediate among the Taliban, the Northern Alliance and Russia, and that the Taliban invited Iraqi officials to Afghanistan.
• Documenting Saddam's Link to Terror - June 11, 2006
Was Saddam Hussein a security threat to the United States? Did the Iraqi dictator have connections to Al Qaeda or other terrorist ties? What happened to the weapons of mass destruction everyone believed were in his possession? Did Saddam move them? Did they ever exist?
All of those questions have been dogging President George W. Bush and his administration since the start of the Iraq war. Politicians and respected U.S. military and intelligence officials have weighed in publicly on both sides of the debate, but until recently the general public has had little of the information necessary to make a fully informed decision on its own.
But that is changing.
The U.S. government seized thousands of classified Iraqi government papers when Saddam's regime was toppled, and Washington recently released a trove of these documents on the Pentagon's Foreign Military Studies Office Web site.
The documents, many in Arabic and with no accompanying translation, provide multiple insights into events inside pre-war Iraq. The dossier, however, is huge and disorganized. Digging out its secrets is a laborious task — one that the U.S. government decided to leave to others.
One of those who has taken up the challenge is Ray Robison, currently a military operations research analyst specializing in aviation and missile research in Huntsville, Ala. Robison served on active duty as a fire support officer for the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash. and as a Battalion Signal Officer with the 101st Airborne. His 10 years of active service include duty in the Gulf War and on peacekeeping assignment in Kosovo. ... more
UPDATE: Via MacRanger:
As expected, the left attacks the messenger, Fox, and claims that makes the story bogus.
The fact is these documents have been poured over ever since their release a few months back and like it or not, believe it or not (makes no difference), they show the "ties that bind". Roy Robison has done a fantastic job translating these documents, and as the weeks unfold we will begin to see more and more light.
These documents in the first installment do show that "the Vice President of Iraq met with the leader of the Taliban about the establishment of relations, as noted by Flopping Aces.
The pure and simple fact is that these documents scare the crap out of the left and the laughable stance of "no connections". Fact is that when you know your wrong, you harp the loudest. It's the surest sign you're losing the argument.
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