Whoa buddy. ABC News. Check out that editors note. This is going to make a lot of people really happy and a lot of people really sad, but I'm reserving judgement right now.

March 16, 2006 — Following are the ABC News Investigative Unit's summaries of four of the nine Iraqi documents from Saddam Hussein's government, which were released by the U.S. government Wednesday.

The documents discuss Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass destruction, al Qaeda and more.

The full documents can be found on the U.S. Army Foreign Military Studies Office Web site: http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/products-docex.htm.

Note: Document titles were added by ABC News.


"Osama bin Laden and the Taliban"

Document dated Sept. 15, 2001

An Iraqi intelligence service document saying that their Afghani informant, who's only identified by a number, told them that the Afghani Consul Ahmed Dahastani claimed the following in front of him:


That OBL and the Taliban are in contact with Iraq and that a group of Taliban and bin Laden group members visited Iraq.
That the U.S. has proof the Iraqi government and "bin Laden's group" agreed to cooperate to attack targets inside America.
That in case the Taliban and bin Laden's group turn out to be involved in "these destructive operations," the U.S. may strike Iraq and Afghanistan.
That the Afghani consul heard about the issue of Iraq's relationship with "bin Laden's group" while he was in Iran.

At the end, the writer recommends informing "the committee of intentions" about the above-mentioned items. The signature on the document is unclear.

(Editor's Note: The controversial claim that Osama bin Laden was cooperating with Saddam Hussein is an ongoing matter of intense debate. While the assertions contained in this document clearly support the claim, the sourcing is questionable — i.e. an unnamed Afghan "informant" reporting on a conversation with another Afghan "consul." The date of the document — four days after 9/11 — is worth noting but without further corroboration, this document is of limited evidentiary value.)

3/17/2006 10:13:39 AM

dollar says its from kinkos

3/17/2006 10:16:29 AM

They've found oil in the hills of afganistan! Imagine that!

3/17/2006 10:39:13 AM

ehe yeah I've always admired the ability of teh L3ft-wing media to spin and tilt but still be "unbiased" in the eyes of...well...teh L3ft

[Edited on March 17, 2006 at 1:09 PM. Reason : gg ABC News...]

3/17/2006 1:08:46 PM

Anybody who says that there could even be a connection between OBL and SH doesn't know jack shit about their respective ideologies.

3/17/2006 6:51:03 PM

b/c OMGA a secular Sunni and a theological Sunni would never cooperate against a common enemy. I mean OBL even called SH an infidel three years ago!!1

[Edited on March 17, 2006 at 6:54 PM. Reason : correction]

3/17/2006 6:54:21 PM

Did they get this intelligence from the Zimbabwe intelligence agency, too?

3/18/2006 1:21:43 AM

Quote :

"Anybody who says that there could even be a connection between OBL and SH doesn't know jack shit about their respective ideologies."

spin spin spin spin spin

i'm getting dizzy here

Quote :

"OMGA a secular Sunni and a theological Sunni would never cooperate against a common enemy"

3/18/2006 10:28:23 AM