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To: marcos who wrote (123246)	1/15/2004 12:01:56 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<<.. The directive expressed Saddam's fears that the Islamists would hijack the insurgency for their own ends, and were not interested in restoring the Ba'athist regime>>> In the final story, I think both items were true. That Saddam did talk to the Al Queda and permit them to have a training camp, and that he was also afraid of them per the above sentence. Saddam did communicate with the Al Queda to find out their usefulness, what they were doing, or what he might sell them. But being the true suspicious isolationist that he was, he would not trust them with anything that could come back and haunt him or undermine his power or be publicly discussed. "If you want to train a few terrorists to act against the US ,I would not object if you did it up in Kurdish territory, just dont tell anyone that I gave you permission. And keep up the good work." Sig