Monsoor Ijaz reports that France is engaged in a coverup of the connections between Iraq and Al Qaeda. He recounts the travels of Abu Masab al-Zawkawi, a senior Al Qaeda who was injured in the bombing of Afghanistan and went to Iraq to have his leg amputated and recuperate, Before Ramadan he was transported through southern Turkey and the Balkans and has turned up in Paris. Two weeks ago, the French uncovered some terrorist cells in Paris which, like the one in London, possessed ricin. Ijaz gos on:

The French have not publicly acknowledged that they found ricin in that apartment, that is a major breach of what this international war against terrorism is all about. Now, there can only be two reasons for that. One reason is that the French are afraid that there may be 50 other cells like this and don't want to cause a panic inside of France, which is a valid domestic reason.


But I think the more likely reason is that they are deeply concerned if they put that information out there, that then makes the case of al- Zawkawi tied to Iraq, getting recipes from making ricin from Saddam Hussein and bringing those to western Europe to commit terrorist acts.


That is where we sit with the French today, that lying and obfuscation is unacceptable. They need to be called on the mat about this and I hope the secretary will, at minimum, mention the recipe books being moved around inside of Iraq so we can clearly see what the intent of these people are through this process.

This is a bombshell, but I haven't seen it anywhere else. It may still go off in the media.


Update: Colin Powell mentioned al-Zawkawi in his presentation to whe UNSC this morning, although he didn't bring up the French coverup of ricin found in Paris.

Update: Here's more about Abu Musab Zarqawi. (The rules for transcribing Arabic names into English are pretty loose, apparently.) The ricin is the tie to Saddam. This is getting scary. Iraq may end up like Carthage.

Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.. . . Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.

See Jeremiah 50