Originally Posted by Jolie Rouge

The highly anticipated, 567-page report provided new details on contacts between Iraq and al-Qaida, noting that bin Laden began exploring a possible alliance in the early 1990s. In one new disclosure, the report says that an Iraqi delegation traveled to Afghanistan in July 1998 to meet with the ruling Taliban and with bin Laden.

Intelligence indicates that Iraq may have offered bin Laden safe haven, but he declined after apparently deciding that Afghanistan was a better location. The report says although there were some “friendly contacts” between Iraq and al-Qaida and a common hatred of the United States, none of these contacts “ever developed into a collaborative relationship” and that Iraq was not involved in the Sept. 11 attacks.



I posted the report, Crick - I did not write it

As I read it I take it to mean that since there were "friendly contacts" it is the International version of "aiding and abetting" even if Saddamn was not directly involved in the planning or execution of the 9-11 attacks.

It is well known that Saddamn was in the practice of paying the families of Palestinian suicide bombers thousands of dollars following successful attacks. Is it possiable he was prepared to do the same for the members of Al-Qaida ?