Talk:Farouk Hijazi

"The Guardian's speculative conclusion"

I took this out because it is incorrect. It is not a conclusion by the Guardian nor is it speculation on their part. They are reporting what most analysts say. Perhaps it is speculation on the part of those analysts; I think that is clear enough from the quote and there is no need for editorializing about it in the article.--csloat 18:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

That's correct, I'm glad you removed it. I've neglected to pay attention to this article lately because I've been busy and away from Wiki. Thanks. --Strothra 19:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

National Public Radio

Transcripts can be ordered here http://www.npr.org/transcripts/

Search for "Vincent Cannistraro" and find the article dated February 18, 1999

According to Vincent Cannistraro, Iraq invited bin Laden to live in Baghdad to be nearer to potential targets of terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This invitation was extended to bin Laden during a December 1998 meeting in Afghanistan. According to NPR, this information was known through a "variety of intelligence reports."

Please see my comments below. I don't doubt that NPR reported such a thing, but it's a question of when they reported it, and what we now know. The Senate was only able to confirm one hijazi meeting, in 1995. I don't mind including this information, but not without also including the information we now know.--csloat 00:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Removing grammatical nightmare

I'm removing the following, which was inserted by an anon ip without explanation:

National Public Radio reported, at that time, this meeting took place in December 1998 according to a variety of U.S. intelligence reports. Sources inside Afghanistan confirmed the meeting as members of Osama's entourage also let it be known that a meeting had taken place.

First, it makes little sense grammatically. NPR reports, US intel reports, sources inside Afghanistan confirm, and members of Osama's entourage "let it be known" -- who is the actual source of this information? If NPR is reporting what US intel told them based on sources inside Afghanistan telling them what members of OBL's entourage told them, we're playing the telephone game. A quote from the NPR story might help here to sort this out. Second, American officials currently doubt this meeting took place. Hijazi denies it, and he has been cooperating with US intel. The SSCI reported that only one meeting with Hijazi took place back in 1995. Including outdated fourth-hand information reported by NPR in 1999 without including the conclusions of the SSCI in 2006 seems deceptive.--csloat 20:01, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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ANALYSIS: THOUGH AFGHANISTAN HAS PROVIDED OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH SANCTUARY, IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE HE IS NOW National Public Radio (NPR) February 18, 1999 10:00 AM Eastern Time, MORNING EDITION - PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT - Mr. VINCENT CANNISTRARO (Former Chief of CIA Counterterrorism Operations): Farouk Hijazi, who was the Iraqi ambassador in Turkey, went to Afghanistan in December with the knowledge of the Taliban and met with Osama bin Laden. It's known through a variety of intelligence reports that the US has, but it's also known through sources in Afghanistan, members of Osama's entourage let it be known that the meeting had taken place. MIKE SHUSTER: Iraq's contacts with bin Laden go back some years, to at least 1994, when, according to one US government source, Hijazi met him when bin Laden lived in Sudan. According to Cannistraro, Iraq invited bin Laden to live in Baghdad to be nearer to potential targets of terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. There is a wide gap between bin Laden's fundamentalism and Saddam Hussein's secular dictatorship. But some experts believe bin Laden might be tempted to live in Iraq because of his reported desire to obtain chemical or biological weapons. CIA director George Tenet referred to that in recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee when he said bin Laden was planning additional attacks on American targets. Order and read the rest of the transcript at http://www.npr.org/transcripts/

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