Wow Kerry took the Florida primary!

[kandrathe]

Saddam's Ambassador to al Qaeda -- by Jonathan Schanzer Weekly Standard, Mar 2004

Found: A Smoking Gun -- William Safire, THE NEW YORK TIMES February 11, 2004

Raid Finds Al-Qaida Tie to Iraq Militants -- AP, March 2003

From:State Department 2000:Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism

The Iraqi regime rebuffed a request from Riyadh for the extradition of two Saudis who had hijacked a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight to Baghdad, but did return promptly the passengers and the aircraft. Disregarding its obligations under international law, the regime granted political asylum to the hijackers and gave them ample opportunity to ventilate in the Iraqi Government-controlled and international media their criticisms of alleged abuses by the Saudi Arabian Government, echoing an Iraqi propaganda theme.

Several expatriate terrorist groups continued to maintain offices in Baghdad, including the Arab Liberation Front, the inactive 15 May Organization, the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), and the Abu Nidal organization (ANO). PLF leader Abu `Abbas appeared on state-controlled television in the fall to praise Iraq's leadership in rallying Arab opposition to Israeli violence against Palestinians. The ANO threatened to attack Austrian interests unless several million dollars in a frozen ANO account in a Vienna bank were turned over to the group.

I think save haven is more what I would call it. Now I feel you are trying to find a justification for Saddam's actions. Is Saddam really the guy you want to defend? I don't have video or audio tape of meetings between Iraqi Intelligence and terrorists. If that ever did exist, I doubt anyone would get access to it anytime soon. If I do, I will post the link. I don't need that level of evidence to have reasonable doubts. If it looks like a fish, and smells like a fish, it is probably a fish.

You say...

and they continue to imply, despite a complete lack of evidence.

... And I would say that as I've attempted to show, it's not a complete lack of evidence and as time goes on, more evidence becomes available.

This site is dedicated to retreiving and translating documents from Iraq as they become available. It provides interesting insight into Saddam's Iraq.
IRDP - Iraqi Research and Documentation Project