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Iraq to Pay for September 11 Attacks State Department Confirms Hussein’s Government Served With JW Lawsuit While government officials continue to debate what to do with Iraq, the linchpin of the Axis of Evil, Judicial Watch has already taken action. Armed with ample evidence of a connection between Saddam Hussein’s government and the terrorists who carried out the September 11 massacre, JW sued Iraq, Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden and others on behalf of the widower of a World Trade Center victim who, for security reasons, wishes to remain anonymous. The State Department now confirms that Iraq was served on June 17 through the Polish Embassy in Baghdad while Afghanistan was served on July 31. Saddam Hussein had 60 days to respond to the suit. Since he failed to do so, recently Judicial Watch asked for a default judgement and will seek to collect damages from frozen assets and other sources. "The evidence clearly shows that Iraq played a role in the murder of our client¹s wife," said JW Chairman Larry Klayman. "Some in our government may choose to ignore this fact, but Judicial Watch cannot and will not." The connection between Hussein and Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network has been well documented. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Bush Administration now claims it has the evidence to prove Mohammed Atta, the man who orchestrated the attacks for bin Laden, met secretly with an Iraqi agent in Prague on April 8, 2001. Czech authorities also have confirmed repeatedly that this meeting took place. The New York Times also reported earlier this year that Saddam¹s personal doctor Mohammed Khayal was escorted to Afghanistan by Iraqi Secret Service agents to tend to Osama bin Laden, who is known to have kidney problems. At least two Iraqi defectors have testified they worked for several years at a secret Iraqi government camp south of Baghdad that trained Islamic terrorists, including bin Laden foot soldiers. According to one of the defectors, a former general, the camps were designed to train radicals to attack installations important to the United States, including how to take over a plane without the use of weapons. Judicial Watch seeks damages under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. |
