October 14, 2006

Fallujah: Baathist and Wahhabist cooperation

By Ray Robison
It has become 'common knowledge' in America that Saddam Hussein's Iraq would never work with Islamic terrorists because of ideological differences. In a recent report, the Senate Intelligence Committee codified this theory by quoting Saddam Hussein, who claimed he would not work with Islamic extremists. It appears however that the realpolitik of Baathist conformity with Wahhabists did occur inside Iraq right under Saddam's nose. A newly released document from Iraq has lead to some interesting revelations for this researcher. While the document is limited in information and hard to authenticate, it provides a great lead. The text under the handwritten title 'President of the Republic, the President' simply says, 'Doctor Ahmad Al Kabissi gives lectures to the Wahhabis in Fallujah and then the Wahhabis have a karate class.' Now first I will note this document is not conclusive. It does not prove anything. But it does open a view of Fallujah that the mainstream media has failed to pick...(Read Full Article)