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To: Bridge Player who wrote (68828)	5/27/2008 4:48:59 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542105

Some Americans supported one of the world's most notorious terrorist groups for years and years, should we invade South Boston?

To: Bridge Player who wrote (68828)	5/27/2008 4:50:48 PM
From: Bridge Player	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542105

There is also this, from the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Reported unedited. --------------------------------------------------------------- Third public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Statement of Judith S. Yaphe to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States July 9, 2003 Saddam's Iraq and Support for Terrorism My testimony focuses on the role and actions of Iraq as a state sponsor of terrorism under the control of Saddam Husayn. Iraq under Saddam was a major state sponsor of international terrorism: * Baghdad actively sponsored terrorist groups, providing safe haven, training, arms, and logistical support, requiring in exchange that the groups carry out operations ordered by Baghdad for Saddam's objectives. Terrorist groups were not permitted to have offices, recruitment, or training facilities or freely use territory under the regime's direct control without explicit permission from Saddam. * Saddam used foreign terrorist groups as an instrument of foreign policy. Groups hosted by Saddam were denied protection if he wanted to improve relations with a neighboring country and encouraged to attack those Saddam wanted to pressure. If they refused Saddam's "requests," they were exiled from Iraq Conventional wisdom casts Saddam Husayn as a terrorist, a primary consumer of terrorist tactics and methods, and an enemy of the United States. That is true. Conventional wisdom describes Iraq under Saddam Husayn as a primary state sponsor of international terrorism-and that is true. If the mathematics is correct, then the conventional conclusion must be that Saddam and Iraq were responsible for acts of terrorism against the United States, including the 1993 Trade Towers attack and the events of September 11, 2001. Furthermore, Saddam and al-Qaida leader Usama bin Ladin cooperated in planning and conducting attacks on these U.S. targets. These assessments are incorrect in my personal view and in my professional judgment as a scholar and intelligence analyst on Iraq, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region for more than 20 years. Simply put, Saddam Husayn supported extremist groups that would respond to his orders and work against his enemy. This, unfortunately, does not make him the primary suspect or emince grise for al-Qaida's attacks on the United States.

To: Bridge Player who wrote (68828)	5/27/2008 6:00:20 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Respond to of 542105

Bridge Player; Yes. Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship provided headquarters, operating bases, training camps, and other support to terrorist groups fighting the governments of neighboring Turkey and Iran, as well as to hard-line Palestinian groups. Sorry, I thought the terrorist we were targeting were those terrorising us. If Saddam was sponsoring terrorist groups attacking Iran - seems to me that should be Iran's concern, not ours. ........I have always said I support the efforts in Afghanistan because there was an environment in that country that allowed the growth of groups targeting America. We - Bush - took his eye off our enemies and we have paid dearly for that mistake. Both in Afghanistan where our enemies came from and in Iraq where we have fostered new enemies. steve