Harlots And Hustlers Unite For Terrorism
By Isaiah Z. Sterrett (06/24/04)
AS WE NEAR the June 30 transfer of power in Iraq, liberals’ desperation only increases. The New York Times is drearily asking questions like, “Did Bush administration officials falsely link Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks?” In the same section on the same day, Maureen Dowd likened Bill Clinton’s philandering to the war in Iraq, which she then likened to 9/11. Talk about a link that doesn’t exist.
Democrats became fairly conceited for a few weeks, just as violence in Iraq peaked. But now they’re jittery again, hence all the yakking about the al Qaeda-Iraq connection.
Arguing that there’s no link between the 9/11 terrorists and Saddam’s Iraq is like arguing that there’s no correlation between call girls and pimps. The hooker may be responsible for the most visible details of such a relationship, but without her fancy man she’s just a sad hussy looking for employment.
Osama may have been the one standing on the corner in stilettos waiting for a customer, but Saddam helped him find that spot on the sidewalk, and probably put in a good word for him. He may not have told him to get in The Business, but once he had, Saddam was going to do all he could to get in on the fun—and to make sure Osama enjoyed it, too.
This is at least according to the Czechs, who say that several months before the September 11 attacks Mohammed Atta visited with Iraqi officials in Prague.
And if you, like the CIA, don’t believe that, then how about this: Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Palestinian terrorist born in Jordan, was indisputably protected by Saddam.
Zarqawi heads the notorious al Tawhid terrorist network, whose primary goal is to overthrow the Jordanian government and replace it with a fundamentalist Islamic state. He is also responsible for much of the violence we’ve seen in Iraq, including at least some of these vicious beheadings. Zarqawi has long been recognized as the most outstanding tie between Saddam and Osama.
The “spiritual adviser” of al Tawhid is Abu Qatada. I don’t know exactly why a terrorist group needs a “spiritual adviser,” but I assume it’s because they need someone to organize their pancake breakfasts, set up dances for the children, sew the costumes for the winter pageant, preach jihad, and so forth. Qatada is being detained under anti-terrorism laws, and has been dubbed “Bin Laden’s Ambassador in Europe.”
The title fits, at least the part about “Bin Laden’s Ambassador.” Qatada was the mastermind behind a plot to blow up the British Embassy in Berlin, and he worked in association with al Tawhid to murder 16 people at a synagogue in Egypt.
Additionally—and this is important—videos made by Qatada have been found in Mohammed Atta’s Hamburg residence. The British government froze Qatada’s assets shortly after September 11, and Spanish investigators say they can prove a link between Qatada and the 9/11 hijackers. Spanish Judge Baltazar Garzon issued a decree in Madrid shortly after the attacks naming Qatada an associate of al Qaeda.
Today Qatada resides at Belmarsh prison in Britain, but that hasn’t stopped him from staying in close contact with his terrorist pals. In April he allegedly received cell phone calls from the group involved in the Madrid train bombings. They sought permission to blow themselves up when their home was surrounded by police.
Saddam was knowingly assisting Zarqawi, which is the same as assisting Qatada, because they’re part of the same terrorist group. Qatada was then named an accessory to the 9/11 hijackers, or, al Qaeda. That, mes bons amis, is an obvious link between Saddam’s Iraq and the terrorists by whom we were attacked three years ago. The people who continue to foist upon us the outlandish idea that there was no bond between Saddam and Osama are wrong.
“No link between Iraq and terrorists” can be added to the “Stuff Liberals Were Wrong About” list, just beneath “no WMD,” “oodles of civilian casualties,” “bio weapons attacks,” “door-to-door street battles,” and “Iraqis aren’t smart enough for democracy.”
I note with considerable glee that liberals also say the transfer of power won’t go well.
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