Atta met Hussein before Sept 11
2002-09-08 13:24
Milan - Mohammed Atta consulted Saddam Hussein prior to leading the
suicide attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11,
according to Richard Perle, an advisor to the US defense secretary.
"Mohammed Atta met Saddam Hussein in Baghdad prior to September
11. We have proof of that, and we are sure he wasn't just there for
a holiday," Perle told Italy's business daily Il Sole 24 Ore.
"The meeting is one of the motives for an American attack on
Iraq," added Perle, who is chairperson of the Defense Policy Board and
consultant to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a leading
advocate of an attack on Iraq.
"The main objective of the American administration is to avoid
weapons of mass destruction falling into the wrong hands," said
Perle. - Sapa-AFP
- SAPA