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FILES." WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> Guest: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Host: WHAT'S
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THE
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CONNECTION BETWEEN SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE TERRORISM GOING ON IN THE PHILIPPINES. >> Guest: THERE WERE INDICATIONS THROUGHOUT ACTUAL AND 2003 THAT ...
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THE PHILIPPINES. THERE WAS A
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MAN NAMED HISHAM HUSSEIN WHO WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A
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WIDE ARRAY OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES BY THE PHILIPPINE KNOW AUTHORITIES. THERE WAS ONE BOMBING ON OCTOBER 1st, 2002 IN A CITY IN THE SOUTH. IT WAS AN...
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BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE IRAQI EMBASSY AND MANILA AND THE INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS BACK IN BAGHDAD, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN FAIRS BACK IN BAGHDAD,
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AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING FAX TRAFFIC, SHOWS YOU HOW THE IRAQIS WERE IN CONTACT WITH INFORMANTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHO THEY WERE WATCHING, WHAT THEY...
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WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSIS AND THE JOINT FORCES COMMAND IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. PLANS FOR RELEASE OF MANY MORE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED....
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AND SHIPPED MOST OF IT TO DOHA, QATAR WHERE THEY WERE GOING THROUGH A DOCUMENT EXPLOITATION PROCESS WHICH MEANS THEY WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE STUFF...
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HELLO, STEPHEN HAYES. >> Guest: YES. >> Caller: I'D LIKE TO SAY I READ WITH GREAT INTEREST ALL OF YOUR ARTICLES ON THE "WEEKLY STANDARD" WEBSITE. I...
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AND
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THEREFORE, NEECTS COVERAGE OF THESE? BECAUSE
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YOUR PRESENCE ON THIS PROGRAM HERE I BELIEVE WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW TIMES I'VE EVER SEEN SOMEBODY PORTRAY AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAY SOMETHING...
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HIS LEFTOVERS, LOOTED SYSTEMATICALLY LOOTED AND DESTROYED THOUSANDS, PERHAPS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS. THERE WERE NEWS STORIES, THERE'S ONE FROM...
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A LARGER POINT. THERE IS THE SENSE, IF PEOPLE WATCH JOHN MURTHA ON MEET THE PRESS DWHK WEEKEND, HE MADE THE CLAIM ONCE AGAIN, IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO...
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TERRORISM BEFORE THE U.S. INVASION IN 2003. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THAT IS GROWING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM. IT'S FLAT WRONG I THINK. WHATEVER WE MIGHT...
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CONTINUOUSLY MAKING SADDAM HUSSEIN INTO A SUPPORTER OF ALL
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THESE TERRORISTS. WELL, HE DID SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT WERE TRYING TO HELP THE PALESTINIANS BY SENDING THEM $25,000. ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IS SPECULATION....
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I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE KINDS OF CHALLENGES. I WOULD ARGUE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PART THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE...
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AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THAT SADDAM
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WAS MORE INVOLVED WITH TERRORISM THAN PERHAPS WE HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT. PERHAPS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT. THERE WAS THE SENSE...
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THE ISSUES ABOUT OUR PRESIDENT? I WISH THE TWO OF YOU COULD HAVE SAT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER. I'D
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LIKE TO THANK C-SPAN AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. I'LL LISTEN TO YOUR RESPONSE OFF LINE. THANK YOU. >> Guest: I ONLY HEARD ABOUT THE LAST TEN MINUTES OF MR....
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AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE OSAMA BIN LADEN TELLING YOU THAT HE'S GOING TO COME AND KILL YOU AND HE WANTS TO KILL YOU AGAIN, SADDAM HUSSEIN, INCIDENTALLY,...
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AS RELATES TO THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY AND
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WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. GO IN DEPTH ABOUT THAT. AND SECONDLY, I THINK THAT YOU, THAT GROUP I JUST MENTIONED IT, HAN NIT, ALL YOU GUYS NEED TO STRAP...
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THE DOCUMENTS CAPTURED IN IRAQ. AS FOR THE PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY, IT'S A THINK TANK SET UP BY BILL CRYSTAL, MY EDITOR. IT'S BEEN IN...
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QUESTION. IN THIS SET OF DOCUMENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS I TRY TO MAKE THE POINT IN THE ARTICLE IS THAT YOU KNOW, THESE DOCUMENTS ARE JUST A CUT, REALLY...
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RELATIONSHIP. AND IN FACT, A COMMENT WE LEARNED THAT IRAQ HAD BEEN FUND ABU SAYYAF NOT BECAUSE THE IRAQIS TALK BACKA PAYMENT THAT WENT HERE OR A PAYMENT...
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BE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY
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MORAL ARTICLES OR AREAS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS THE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER TERROR CELLS OUT THERE? AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE A...
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THEY SAID ALL SORTS OF INTERESTING THINGS. ONE WAS APPARENTLY A CHAPTER FROM A BOOK WHICH ANALYZED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD,...
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TOO TERRIBLY AGGRESSIVE IN ITS ANALYSIS OF THESE THINGS. MARCH 26th, 2003, A DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE STATE NAMED MATH
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THU DAILY GAVE TESTIMONY IN WHICH HE TALKED ABOUT OPERATIONAL LINKS BETWEEN ABU SAYYAF AND THE IRAQIS. THE IRAQIS ALSO IN DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR...
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YOU MENTIONED IN THE LATE '70s, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN SYRIA.
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I BELIEVE THAT THE FORM TER PRESIDENT ASSAD WENT AND CRUSHED THAT MOVEMENT AT THAT TIME. WHAT I CALLED, THE COMMENT I CALLED TO MAKE WAS THAT YOUR ARTICLE...
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THAT COMES OUT. I THINK THAT'S TOO BAD. I WISH THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO. WE COULD HAVE EXPLOITED THESE DOCUMENTS AND RELEASED THEM AND...
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ADVICE MINSTER OF THE AIR
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FORCE DURING SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REIGN. HE DESCRIBES IN THIS VERY INTERESTING BOOK WHICH IS CALLED SADDAM'S SECRETS, HE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL HOW THE WEAPONS...
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FLYING THIS MATERIAL OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
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PETE HOCH STRA CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE I BELIEVE FOLLOWED UP WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, AND THIS IS AS...
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WHERE THE DEMOCRATS SAID THIS AND THE
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REPUBLICANS SAID THAT. AND IT WE'RE GIVING TOO MUCH POWER TO THE TERRORISTED. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CALL IN ABOUT. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY....
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HONEST WAY. I MEAN, I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO SAY IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TERRORISM IS PLAINLY WRONG. IT'S NOT SUPPORTED BY THE FACTS. I THINK IF WE...
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WE ARE A
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DIVIDE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA JUST LIKE WE WAS IN THE CIVIL WAR. I DON'T CARE
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WHAT ANYBODY SAYS. WE ARE A
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DIVIDED COUNTRY JUST LIKE BACK IN THE CIVIL WAR. NUMBER TWO, ANSWER THIS TRUTHFULFULLY FOR ME, PLEASE, SIR. ON BILL CLINTON'S WATCH, HOW MANY TIMES...
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OF 1998, HE WENT TO THE PENTAGON. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY I THINK TO PREPARE THE COUNTRY FOR WAR. HE GOT A BRIEFING FROM ADVISORS AT THE PENTAGON AND THEN...
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A STAFF WRITER FOR THE "WEEKLY STANDARD." OUR NEXT CALL FROM
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VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA. GO AHEAD. >> Caller: I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE REALIZE MR. HEYS WORKS FOR ONE OF THE ORIGINAL NEO-CONS, BILL CRYSTAL WHO...
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HAVE DIED, AND YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO DEFEND A POLICY THAT IS TENUOUS AT BEST AND EVEN IF EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS CORRECT, WASN'T OUR PRESIDENT PREMATURE...
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HIS ROUTINE VIOLATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE IMPOSED OR THE SANCTIONS THAT WERE IMPOSED ON HIS REGIME, THE RESOLUTIONS...
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ALSO THINK THAT 9/11'S GOOD ENOUGH DOCUMENT FOR ME. IT SHOULD BE FOR THE REST OF AMERICAN PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T
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FORGET. AND IF THEY LOOK AT SADDAM HUSSEIN THE WAY HE REALLY WAS, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER NOW, HE KILLED HIS OWN PEOPLE. I MEAN, HE DIDN'T WASTE NO...
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FOR ATTACKS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST. SADDAM'S OLDER SON UDAY ORDERED PREPARATIONS FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS, ASSASSINATIONS AND BOMBINGS...
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WERE HIS SCIENTISTS LYING TO HIM, DID HE OVERSTATE IT, DID HE EVER COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE WEAPONS HE THOUGHT HE HAD....
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AFTER WE FREED KUWAIT FROM HIS
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GRASP. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN YOU LOOK AT MILITARY HISTORY. MY SECOND COMMENT IS, IN REGARDS TO WHAT GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS SAID,...
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I THINK TURNS OUT TO HAVE SENT THE
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WRONG SIGNAL TO THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ATTACK US. THE SAME IS TRUE WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM SOMALIA. IN 1993, AFTER ATTACKS THERE. YOU...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.