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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (866)	9/14/2006 2:33:54 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Iraqi Official Testifies to Links Between Saddam and Al Qaeda The New York Sun ^ \| September 14, 2006 \| ELI LAKE nysun.com WASHINGTON — A deputy prime minister of Iraq yesterday offered a sharp contradiction of the conventional wisdom here that Saddam Hussein's Iraq and Al Qaeda had no connection before the 2003 war, flatly contradicting a recent report from the Senate's intelligence committee. In a speech in which he challenged the belief of war critics that Iraqis' lives are now worse than under Saddam Hussein, Barham Salih said, "The alliance between the Baathists and jihadists which sustains Al Qaeda in Iraq is not new, contrary to what you may have been told." He went on to say, "I know this at first hand. Some of my friends were murdered by jihadists, by Al Qaeda-affiliated operatives who had been sheltered and assisted by Saddam's regime." (Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ....