Israel a Prime Target of Saddam Hussein
It is no secret that there have been countless documents, tapes etc. recovered since Saddam Hussein was deposed, some of which are now being released for public consumption.
Judge for yourself after reading this article if the world is not a better place without this tyrant in a position of power:
The Americans captured more than 600,000 intelligence items, including thousands of hours of video and sound recordings, all of which have been scanned and summarized, but only 15 percent was fully translated into English.
A document from 2002, from the chief of staff of the Al-Quds Army, sent to the Karbala Division, orders each brigade to build a model of an Israeli town and practice taking it by force.
Hamas representatives, including Abdel Aziz Rantisi, who was assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces in 2004, contacted Iraqi intelligence and asked to coordinate attacks against American and Israeli targets to delay the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The documents also show that Iraqi agents also followed the activities of Israel in Jordan, Qatar and the Philippines.
A video recording of a meeting between Saddam and Yasser Arafat on April 19, 1990, showed Saddam threatening to assassinate then president George Bush. “We may not be able to reach Washington, but we could send someone with an explosives belt to Washington,” Saddam told Arafat, three months before the invasion of Kuwait.
“We can send people to Washington. A man with an explosives belt could throw himself on Bush’s car.”
Saddam also told his Palestinian guest that he intended to launch surface-to-surface ballistic missiles against Tel Aviv and that he possessed chemical weapons that “have been successfully employed” against Iran - and he would not hesitate to also use them against Israel.
The file listing potential targets in Israel covers 223 pages and was classified as Top Secret by Iraqi intelligence. It was found on April 13, 2003, in the headquarters of the Iraqi intelligence service in Baghdad by a unit of U.S. Marines. [Emphasis, mine]
Much more at the link above including a list of potential targets in Israel which Saddam had designs on destroying.
HT: Clarice Feldman
Written by Sue
~J~ Says:
March 24th, 2008 at 2:01 amVisit ~J~
Good catch, Sue! I’m going over to the linked site after this comment.
I am convinced our country is blessed because we support Israel and that’s why we have to be certain to elect people who support Israel strongly.
Getting rid of Saddam was the right thing to do. Let God sort it all out in the end, but somehow I think He’ll not blame President Bush for saving Israel, even if Bush didn’t know it at the time.