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To: GST who wrote (139873)	7/11/2004 7:01:01 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

That's simply untrue. The reports state that Saddam had no connection with 9/11, that Saddam had never tried to use Al Qaeda for an attack, and that there was no "established formal link" between Saddam and Al Qaeda. On the other hand, according to Roberts, the Chair of the Committee, Iraq was a "safe haven" for terrorists. "ROBERTS: Well, we were worried — "we" meaning the editorial "we" of the whole country — was Iraq becoming a safe haven for, say, any jihadist group, more particularly in regards to Al Qaeda. Were they in contact? Yes. Were they a safe haven? Yes, you have Mr. Zarqawi and others, more especially up in the northwest part, where they made ricin." foxnews.com