New evidence of Saddam link to 9-11
Czech records indicate Atta meeting with Iraqi official in Prague

Posted: May 7, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
from Geostrategy-Direct

New evidence about a meeting in Prague between September 11 plot leader Mohamed
Atta and Iraqi intelligence officer Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani has been
uncovered, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.

Investigative journalist Edward J. Epstein has uncovered Czech government visa
records indicating al-Ani was posted to the Iraqi embassy in Prague between
March 1999 and April 21, 2001, and was involved in handling Iraqi agents.

A search of the Iraq Embassy in Prague after the fall of Baghdad to coalition
forces revealed al-Ani had scheduled a meeting for April 8, 2001, with a
Hamburg student, according to an appointment calendar obtained by Czech
intelligence.

Al-Ani then was placed under surveillance as he met with a young Arab-speaking
man in Prague April 8.

After seeing Atta's photograph after Sept. 11, the Czech counterintelligence
watcher identified the man he had seen meeting al-Ani as Atta. Al-Ani was
expelled from Prague within two weeks.

According to Epstein, al-Ani denied he met Atta and repeated the denial after
being detained by U.S. forces in July.

The CIA has been unable to confirm the Prague meeting between al-Ani and Atta.
If confirmed, the meeting would indicate a role by Saddam Hussein's
intelligence service in some level of support for the Sept.11 plot.

The current official U.S. intelligence conclusion is that Saddam's regime was
not involved in supporting the Sept. 11 attacks.

According to Epstein, Spanish intelligence has uncovered information indicating
Algerians Khaled Madani and Moussa Laouar supplied Atta and another al-Qaida
member, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, with false passports.

Epstein's information supports other journalists who have uncovered a
connection between Iraq and al-Qaida, including Jayna Davis, author of "The
Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing."

In her book, Davis suggests the September 11 attacks possibly could have been
prevented if evidence of an Iraqi and al-Qaida link to the OKC bombing had been
pursued.

Davis writes that in November 1997, Hussain Hashem Al-Hussaini – a former
Iraqi Republican Guardsman whom multiple eyewitnesses identified as McVeigh's
elusive accomplice, John Doe 2 – confided to his psychiatrist that he was
anxious about his airport job because "if something were to happen there, I
(Al-Hussaini) would be a suspect." At the time, Al-Hussaini was employed at
Boston Logan International Airport, where two of the four 9-11 suicide
hijackings originated.

She also reveals court records that suggest one of bombers Timothy McVeigh's
and Terry Nichols's accused Middle Eastern handlers had foreknowledge of the
9-11 plot.

In addition, Davis discusses information she first uncovered eight years ago
– that Nichols learned the macabre genius of terrorist bomb making under the
training of Philippines-based al-Qaida explosives expert Ramzi Yousef, the
convicted mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

New evidence of Saddam link to 9-11
Czech records indicate Atta meeting with Iraqi official in Prague

Posted: May 7, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
from Geostrategy-Direct

New evidence about a meeting in Prague between September 11 plot leader

Atta and Iraqi intelligence officer Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani has

uncovered, reports Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news

Investigative journalist Edward J. Epstein has uncovered Czech government

records indicating al-Ani was posted to the Iraqi embassy in Prague

March 1999 and April 21, 2001, and was involved in handling Iraqi agents.

A search of the Iraq Embassy in Prague after the fall of Baghdad to

forces revealed al-Ani had scheduled a meeting for April 8, 2001, with a
Hamburg student, according to an appointment calendar obtained by Czech
intelligence.

Al-Ani then was placed under surveillance as he met with a young

man in Prague April 8.

After seeing Atta's photograph after Sept. 11, the Czech

watcher identified the man he had seen meeting al-Ani as Atta. Al-Ani was
expelled from Prague within two weeks.

According to Epstein, al-Ani denied he met Atta and repeated the denial

being detained by U.S. forces in July.

The CIA has been unable to confirm the Prague meeting between al-Ani and

If confirmed, the meeting would indicate a role by Saddam Hussein's
intelligence service in some level of support for the Sept.11 plot.

The current official U.S. intelligence conclusion is that Saddam's regime

not involved in supporting the Sept. 11 attacks.

According to Epstein, Spanish intelligence has uncovered information

Algerians Khaled Madani and Moussa Laouar supplied Atta and another

member, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, with false passports.

Epstein's information supports other journalists who have uncovered a
connection between Iraq and al-Qaida, including Jayna Davis, author of

Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern Connection to the Oklahoma City

In her book, Davis suggests the September 11 attacks possibly could have

prevented if evidence of an Iraqi and al-Qaida link to the OKC bombing had

pursued.

Davis writes that in November 1997, Hussain Hashem Al-Hussaini - a former
Iraqi Republican Guardsman whom multiple eyewitnesses identified as

elusive accomplice, John Doe 2 - confided to his psychiatrist that he was
anxious about his airport job because "if something were to happen there,

(Al-Hussaini) would be a suspect." At the time, Al-Hussaini was employed

Boston Logan International Airport, where two of the four 9-11 suicide
hijackings originated.

She also reveals court records that suggest one of bombers Timothy

and Terry Nichols's accused Middle Eastern handlers had foreknowledge of

9-11 plot.

In addition, Davis discusses information she first uncovered eight years

- that Nichols learned the macabre genius of terrorist bomb making under

training of Philippines-based al-Qaida explosives expert Ramzi Yousef, the
convicted mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.