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To: redfish who wrote (30308)2/18/2004 11:49:38 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 793755
 
There is no question that Iraq was a state sponsor of terrorism - the United States State Department issues a report on state sponsors of terrorism and Iraq has been on that list for many years. Other countries have also had Iraq on their own lists as a state sponsor of terrorism.

For example, Saddam gave money to the family of Palestinian suicide bombers. Another example, he allowed Iraq to be used as a safe haven by such international terrorists as Carlos the Jackal and Abu Nidal.

People who opposed war with Iraq were not persuaded that giving safe haven to Carlos the Jackal and Abu Nidal and so forth was good enough. They wanted a demonstrated connection to Al Qaeda and bin Laden.

So that may be why you balk at my statement about Iraq as a state sponsor of terrorism. To you, perhaps, the only terrorists are members of Al Qaeda.
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