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To my knowledge Saddam Hussein had connections with Palestinian organizations that might have committed terrorist acts against israelis, but not Americans.



Whom? Abu Nidal? The guy who was sentenced to death in absentia by both the PLO/Fatah and the Jordanians? The guy who was declared persona non grata by both the Syrians and Qaddaffi? The guy whose tales were so tall that one of his Lieutenants said "If an American soldier tripped in some corner of the globe, Abu Nidal would instantly claim it as his own work?" Died of multiple gunshot wounds in Baghdad nearly a year before we invaded. Both The Sunday Times and Jane's suggest he was killed on Saddam's orders.


Or Hamas? Yeah, he sent them a few bucks, but it pales in comparison to his arch-enemies in Iran, who were sending them, at minimum, $30 Million annually.


Mostly, though, the groups he supported were Mujahadeen-e-Khalq, dedicated to the overthrow of the Iranian regime, and, ironically, a little group known as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK in Turkish) that was fighting against the Turkish government. All in all, most of the "terrorism" he sponsored was directed at Tehran. Remember, Saddam was a secular dictator who had no use for the jihadis, nor they him.



But none of that's really the point. The point is that, once again, Nothrust hadn't a clue what he was talking about and looked like a tool.