Originally posted by Vulcan
The difference is the Al Ansar move freely within Saddam controlled Iraq.
Umm...terrorists seem to move pretty freely in many countries, including our own, without consent of the country's government.
What makes you think that Saddam has perfect info on people entering his country and their intent?The Kurds have stated that they've captured Iraqi equipment in the hands of Al Ansar, and that Al Ansar have received training from the Republican Guard.
LOL...well the Kurds use Iraqi equipment too. I guess they are in cahoots with Saddam.
And as far as Ansar getting training from the Republican Guard...when that info was passed to US intelligence agencies last year, they decided the info was not reliable. This position was bolstered by the raid on the Ansar camp by US forces last week. While many documents were found that provided strong links to Al Qaeda, which included info on terrorist activities in the US, nothing was found to tie Ansar to Saddam. (
http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/output/iraq/cst-nws-ansar01.html)
If you believe in a dictatorship such as Iraq that active terrorists can move through the mainstream areas without Saddam and his cohorts knowing then I have a bridge you might be interested in buying.
I believe that his info about terrorists entering his country is probably not nearly as good as the info the US has about terrorists entering this country.
Why would you think his intelligence gathering groups are better than the US's?When you can answer the highlighted questions above and the questions you skipped from my previous posts, we can start negociations for the bridge:
Originally posted by crowMAW
IBTW Vulcan, do you know if there is another international airport, ie port of entry, that travelers to Iraq are allowed to use when flying into Iraq?
Originally posted by crowMAW
BTW, what does the fact that Saddam "so brutally put down uprisings in the south, gassed his own people, and committed numerous other atrocities" have to do with whether or not he has perfect information about people, who may be Ansar members, coming and going into Iraq?