[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25604-25605]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           DOCUMENTS LINK SADDAM HUSSEIN TO TERRORISTS BEFORE
                                  9/11

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, an adviser to former President Clinton 
commented last month after reviewing documents captured by U.S. troops 
in Iraq. One 11-page memo dated 1993 lists experts ``in executing the 
required missions,'' including terror groups and

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three of the most wanted terrorists in the world: Al-Zarqawi, a-
Zawahiri, and Hekmatyar.
  Another memo that lists names of those trained for suicide missions 
was personally reviewed and approved by Saddam Hussein himself. The 
documents also describe Iraq's purchase of mustard gas and anthrax at a 
time when Hussein had kicked the U.N. inspectors out of the country. 
They show a strong operational link to al-Jihan al Tajdeed, a group 
allied with Zarqawi that posts its videos and statements on the Web.
  Taken as a whole, the documents demonstrate not only Saddam Hussein's 
role in terrorism but his personal involvement, collaboration, and 
support for Islamic terrorist groups, with some on Saddam's payroll and 
some operating under his direct authority.
  While some people have refused to acknowledge the documents, we 
cannot ignore them. The American people should know of them.

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