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Originally posted by Dragonlich
I had hoped you had resisted that urge... it's so useless and pointless. After all, it's not like Rumsfeld meeting Saddam in the 80s has *anything* to do with Saddam meeting Al-Qaida guys in the 90s.
But I suspect you just don't care about logical debates...
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From 1985 to 1987 Saddam's bioweapons program got some assistance from US companies and the US government. The Centers For Disease Control and the Manassas, Virginia based company, American Type Culture Collection sent strains of anthrax, gas gangrene, and the bacteria that produces botulinum toxin to Saddam Hussein's bioweapons sites.
Also, the United States supplied satellite intelligence and military advice to Saddam Hussein during the 10-year war that followed his 1980 invasion of Iran.
Might not be Al-Qaeda, but has something to do with all the shit that's going on in the desert. Oddly enough, he seems to be shaking hands in the 80's too.
As far as Al-Qaeda, in 1979, the CIA launched a covert operation that supported the war of certain Muslim states against the Russians, most notably Afghanistan, which the Russians had invaded. Both Saudi Arabia and the United States supported the defense of Afghanistan, giving money, and more importantly arms. Oddly enough, the Taliban and our good friend Osama received this diplomatic gesture.
If you want me to, I'll stop reading history and put a flag sticker on my car like everyone else.