<<http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/09/21/iraq/
index.html?pn=1>
> A Saddam connection?
> While the world focuses on Osama bin Laden, some experts argue that
> Iraq was a likely conspirator.
>
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> By David Neiwert
>
> Sept. 21, 2001 | Even as the Bush administration and the national
> media focus almost exclusively on Osama bin Laden as the seemingly
> preordained "prime suspect" in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on
> New York and Washington, evidence is beginning to emerge that a
> more familiar enemy may also have been involved in the devastation:
> Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
What a treasure trove!
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/25/ wnidal25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2002/08/25/ ixport.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=150520>
> Saddam killed Abu Nidal over al-Qa'eda row
> By Con Coughlin
> (Filed: 25/08/2002)
>
> Abu Nidal, the Palestinian terrorist, was murdered on the orders of
> Saddam Hussein after refusing to train al-Qa'eda fighters based in
> Iraq, The Telegraph can reveal.
>
> Despite claims by Iraqi officials that Abu Nidal committed suicide
> after being implicated in a plot to overthrow Saddam, Western
> diplomats now believe that he was killed for refusing to reactivate
> his international terrorist network
>
> The head of Iraqi intelligence holds photographs purporting to
> prove Abu Nidal's 'suicide'
> According to reports received from Iraqi opposition groups, Abu
> Nidal had been in Baghdad for months as Saddam's personal guest,
> and was being treated for a mild form of skin cancer.
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/
000/000/002/628wqxma.asp>
> The Al Qaeda Connection
> From the May 12, 2003 issue: Saddam's links to Osama were no secret.
> by Stephen F. Hayes
> 05/12/2003, Volume 008, Issue 34
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/
000/000/003/527uwabl.asp>
> The Clinton View of Iraq-al Qaeda Ties
> From the December 29, 2003 / January 5, 2004 issue: Connecting the
> dots in 1998, but not in 2003.
> by Stephen F. Hayes
> 12/29/2003, Volume 009, Issue 16
> ARE AL QAEDA'S links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq just a fantasy of the
> Bush administration? Hardly