Six weeks before 9/11, Iraq�s state-controlled media making reference to Bin Laden attacking the Pentagon, destroying the White House, and implied he�d attack New York as well. This can�t be misconstrued as being coincidental. This is clearly foreknowledge being publicly disseminated by Saddam Hussein�s Regime.

"In fact, some of the most compelling evidence of a link comes from Saddam Hussein himself, who warned before 9/11 in official government publications that bin Laden would carry out a devastating attack against America - and then effusively praised the 9/11 mastermind after the attacks.

On July 21, 2001 - less than two months before 9/11 - the state-controlled Iraqi newspaper Al-Nasiriya carried a column headlined "America, An Obsession Called Osama Bin Ladin." In the piece, Baath Party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the U.S. "with the seriousness of the Bedouin of the desert about the way he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the White House."

The same state-approved column also insisted that bin Laden "will strike America on the arm that is already hurting," and that the U.S. "will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs" - an apparent reference to the Sinatra classic "New York, New York." [Two 9/11 families were awarded over $100 million in May 2003 by U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer based on this and other evidence that Iraq was involved in 9/11.] (Newsmax)

"Mulhalhal�s July 21 article further informed that BIN LADEN would strike America �on the arm that is already hurting.� Upon information and belief, this references a second IRAQI sponsored attack on the World Trade Center. This interpretation is further bolstered by another reference to New York as �[BIN LADEN] will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra everytime he hears his songs.� (e.g., �New York, New York�) identifying New York, New York as a target."

Mulhalhal further indicated, �The wings of a dove and the bullet are all but one and the same in the heart of a believer.� (Emphasis supplied) This appears to be a reference to the use of commercial aircraft as a weapon. The information was reported in an IRAQI newspaper who�s editor-in-chief serves as secretary to UDAY HUSSEIN�S Iraqi Syndicate of Journalists. The article expressed IRAQI admiration and support for BIN LADEN�s plans and its appearance in the newspaper would clearly have to be endorsed by SADDAM HUSSEIN himself.

All IRAQI news media is strictly controlled and censored by the government of SADDAM HUSSEIN and is under the direct oversight of UDAY HUSSEIN. Various members of IRAQI intelligence work at and control the content of each and every newspaper published inside IRAQ.

The information contained in Mulhalhal�s published statements were known prior to the events of September 11th, and that Mulhalhal has ties to IRAQI intelligence, demonstrates foreknowledge of the planned attacks by BIN LADEN and indicates support by IRAQI co-conspirators.

IRAQ�s July 21 public statements also exemplify the BIN LADEN pattern of publicly threatening violent strikes against the United States prior to and after committing them. (Complaint (PDF) Lawsuit claiming a 9/11 link between Iraq and al Qaeda. Sept. 3, 2002)