Here is the article that was referred to in the NYT article. I will let you read it then give my new supporting conclusions at the end.
The Arabic original shows the Falcon emblem of the Iraq Intelligence Service. A translation is provided if you scroll down. I highlight the key wording but there is more:
March 11, 2003
The al-Quds liberation army division supplied us with information....as follows.
1. The Iraqi government will distribute the same leaflets that the American forces are distributing but it will contain anthrax.
2. Iraq imports uniforms resembling American forces uniforms for the purpose of killing Iraqi citizens....
3. Dig trenches around Baghdad...oil...burning...cause mayhem
Now this letter is from al-Quds, a Jihad organization that supports the Palestinians. Saddam was the patriarch and Iraq officers worked closely with them.
IZSP-2003-00000859 also talks about the al-Quds Basra division. This is a a letter from a paramilitary organization INSIDE Iraq and not from Palestinian territories. The al-Quds in Iraq are Palestinians who live in Iraq and also are involved in Palestinian activities. They fought for Saddam because Saddam supported them in Palestine. The officers were Iraqi.
The al-Quds are covering their own butts by telling the IIS what they have been ordered to do or even trying to get them to stop Saddam since the war is immanent. If Saddam wanted to kill Iraqis with anthrax to make it look like the U.S. did it, it would be wise for him to use Palestinians instead of Iraqis. Therefor, it makes sense that he ordered the al-Quds to do it.
Iraqis might not carry out the order.
They also would talk to their communities. the Palestinians would naturally be in more segregated ethic areas of Iraq, thus better security. Perhaps they would go back to the Palestinian territories when finished.
If Iraqis were caught by U.S. forces with the anthrax, then Saddam is caught. If the Palestinians were caught, he could deny it. See the post below on how he never admitted to using chemicals on the Iranians.
So these guys get this order and report it to the IIS to make clear it is not their idea.
The wording "the Iraqi Government" seems to indicate that they are clarifying that when they do this it will not be a Palestinian attack on the Iraqis but under the orders of Saddam. They also avoid saying "we will do it" in case things don't go Saddam's way. They don't want that in a record.
They don't want anybody at the IIS coming after them. They also realize Saddam might be setting them up to take the fall if it all goes bad. The IIS may not know about it.
It wouldn't take "stockpiles" of anthrax to do it, a few vials would be plenty.
This is the only logical reason why al-Quds would be telling the Iraq Intelligence Service what the Iraqi Government is going to do instead of the other way around.
When you think about it, it's very clever. Half the Arabs in the world would be all too eager to believe we used anthrax on Iraq. And the method of transmission would link it straight to us. The Jihad fighters we are facing now would be many times greater, enough to possibly save Saddam's regime.
It also would explain where some of that 17 tons of growth medium went as talked about in a post below.
Unless we see a translation that is different I think we have this:
Proof that Saddam had small amounts of anthrax.
Proof that Saddam would use non Iraqi terrorists to carry out a biological attack.
This is exactly the scenario that President Bush warned about, Saddam giving WMD to terrorists. This is the Mother of all Smoking Guns.
Update: Many of the new documents (released 3/20/2006) are marked PIR, Priority Information Request. Fedeyen Saddam was a PIR item in 2003, so many of them deal with that organization. It would seem Negroponte has switched from his plan to release the junk NIV and is now releasing the most important documents. Good for him!
UPDATE: Thanks to The American Thinker, Confederate Yankee, California Conservative, Gary Gross, and Pajamas Media for the support in getting this important document out. Don't forget to link it on your discussion boards, a lot of people come from there and small blogs (like mine was 2 days ago). Maybe Rush will pick it up and challenge the media to report it or Sean will talk about it on H&C. Thanks to everyone for the interest in seeing the truth come out despite what the MSM will say in their "poor Saddam" stories. For the Associated Press, two words about Saddam: Liars Lie.
NYT rebuttal:
This document is marked secret. If this was reporting rumors that were open source, then there is no reason for it to be secret as it is already "open source".
Every intel document needs a source. What do you expect them to put instead of "open source" something like "Saddam ordered us to do this"? It would just be stupid to put that even in a secret document. You have to analyze and read it from their perspective.
The fifth line is specifically marked as a rumor, therefor it makes sense the rest are not.
The fourth line passes the common sense test as passing fact, not rumor.
I have been asked, "then why didn't they carry out the attack"? Okay, I want you to take this anthrax and spread it around. What would you say? No thanks, I don't feel like getting anthrax today or slaughtering my own people (Arabs which has more of a significance to Palestinians than to Saddam),
This is exactly the MO from Saddam's regime. Perfect example, from jveritas another set up:
Jveritas on Iraq mass graves/ Sammi on Journal
Free Republic - hat tip to Jeff
Saddam Regime Document: Give CNN the Priority for Coverage (Translation)
Pentagon/FMSO website about Iraqi Pre-War documents ^ | March 26 2006 | jveritas
Posted on 03/26/2006 6:42:20 PM PST by jveritas
In this Iraqi document ISGQ 2004-00224003 dated February 7 2001, there was a discussion in upper echelon of the Iraqi intelligence about mass graves in Southern Iraq and how to shift the blame to the Coalition forces and make it look like these mass graves as the results massacres committed by the Coalition forces back in 1991 during Desert Storm Operation. What is also interesting about this document is that it mentions how to give the priority of covering the story to CNN so it will have an effect on the international arena as the documents says.
What jveritas doesn't mention is that they wanted it to look like these people died from radiation, which can only mean from the Depleted Uranium rounds, which are not capable of producing a mass casualty event that would necessitate a mass grave. Therefor, the only conclusion can be that Saddam slaughtered a bunch of people and tried to use a WMD (radiation, even though it is not technically feasible in the DU application) to make it look like the U.S. did it.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME SCENARIO WE FIND IN THE AL-QUDS DOCUMENT!
The National Review Online has more.
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