After the narrative on the al-Shifa bombing, the report does note Clarke’s concerns about the Iraqi connection (sorry, working my way through this thing). Page 128:
“Though intelligence gave no clear indication of what might be afoot, some intelligence reports mentioned chemical weapons, pointing toward work at a
camp in southern Afghanistan called Derunta.On November 4, 1998, the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed its indictment
of Bin Ladin, charging him with conspiracy to attack U.S. defense installations.
The indictment also charged that al Qaeda had allied itself with Sudan,
Iran, and Hezbollah.The original sealed indictment had added that al Qaeda
had ‘reached an understanding with the government of Iraq that al Qaeda
would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically
including weapons development, al Qaeda would work cooperatively
with the Government of Iraq.’ This passage led Clarke, who for years had
read intelligence reports on Iraqi-Sudanese cooperation on chemical weapons,
to speculate to Berger that a large Iraqi presence at chemical facilities in Khartoum
was ‘probably a direct result of the Iraq–Al Qida agreement.’ Clarke
added that VX precursor traces found near al Shifa were the ‘exact formula
used by Iraq.’ This language about al Qaeda’s “understanding” with Iraq had
been dropped, however, when a superseding indictment was filed in November
1998.






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