Osama bin Laden and Saddam
Saddam gave Uday authority to control all press and media outlets in Iraq. Uday was the publisher of the Babylon Daily Political Newspaper.
On the front page of the paper’s four-page edition for Nov. 14, 2002, there was a picture of Osama bin Laden speaking, next to which was a picture of Saddam and his ”Revolutionary Council,” together with stories about Israeli tanks attacking a group of Palestinians.
On the back page was a story headlined ”List of Honor.” In a box below the headline was ”A list of men we publish for the public.” The lead sentence refers to a list of ”regime persons” with their names and positions.
The list has 600 names and titles in three columns. It contains, for example, the names of the important officials who are members of Saddam’s family, such as Uday, and then other high officials, including the 55 American ”deck of cards” Iraqi officials, some of whom have been apprehended.
Halfway down the middle column is written: ”Abid Al-Karim Muhamed Aswod, intelligence officer responsible for the coordination of activities with the Osama bin Laden group at the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan.”
Oops.
(Courtesy of Dr Ash.)
