Saddam VP's hideout found ("al-Qaeda" documents seized)

[sabra]

Source: news24

Baghdad - Security forces stormed a hideout belonging to Izzet al-Douri, the former Iraqi vice president under Saddam Hussein, in a village near Tikrit, 170km north of Baghdad, an Iraqi official said on Friday.

They broke into the hideout based on confirmed intelligence that al-Douri was using it to hold meetings with his aides, said the source who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The forces did not find al-Douri, but seized documents with information on the al-Qaeda terrorist network and other militias, their activities and the techniques used to conduct their operations in northern Iraq, the source said.

The documents also referred to the groups' objectives which involved attacking Iraqi military and police forces, but contained no reference to US troops.

Read more: http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_2234809,00.html

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[ixion]

1. *sigh*... you'd find the same information if you stormed Darth Cheney's office, too

so I don't know what is news about this.

[ck4829]

2. Wait a second

"Northern Iraq" is actually the Kurdistan region, which is said to be stable except for the fact that the PKK resides there.

Something doesn't add up here.

[mod mom]

6. Saddam was hated by the Kurds so why would he hide out there?

Doesn't past the smell test to moi.

[Warren Stupidity]

14. Tikrit was Saddam's home town.

It is an ethnically diverse region, Tikrit is a sunni town. Actually, Kurds are sunnis as well, for the most part. So make that a sunni arab town.

[Drum]

3. Oh please...I trust nothing I hear from there/them anymore....nt

[aquart]

4. Are they saying Saddam and his men were al qaeda?

Which would mean they ain't bothering to tell any of the truth.

[bullimiami]

5. oh bull-fing-shit already.

[0007]

7. Is there another source of information?

[Javaman]

8. Oh of course they found al qeada papers. What else would they find?

is it just me or is everyone just so completely worn out by this constant stream of bullshit?

[zbdent]

9. So? I could reproduce those documents with Word ...

[wtmusic]

10. See? See? We TOLD you Saddam bin Laden had ties to Iran!

You liberals never learn!

[indimuse]

11. desperate people (administrations) do desperate things!

lol....never ending bs..

[rucognizant]

12. That news site was S A ( SOuth Africa)

Who is gaining from this news story?

[laconicsax]

13. Sounds to me that they found intelligence reports

If al-Qaeda was in northern Iraq, and Saddam didn't control northern Iraq, then it would seem that any documents detailing their activities and anti-Iraqi objectives would be intelligence reports.

[Baby Snooks]

15. You see, Cheney was right...

Cheney will spin this to bolster his claim that Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11 and was working with Osama bin Laden. Where is old Osama by the way? Enjoying his monthly stipend from the CIA in Miami Beach?

[xchrom]

16. saddam didn't have control of northern iraq for how long?

that these files on al qaeda were in tikrit makes sense -- that was his home base.

that he would keep documents on a wide range of subjects -- especially people he was enemies with also makes sense.