"A U.S. Federal Grand Jury in New York on Nov. 5
(1998) issued an indictment against Usama Bin Laden alleging that he and others engaged in a long-term conspiracy to attack U.S. facilities overseas and to kill American citizens ...
Additionally, the indictment states that Al Qaeda reached an agreement with Iraq not to work against the regime of Saddam Hussein and that they would work cooperatively with Iraq, particularly in weapons development." See: Flashback to 1998 "US GRAND JURY INDICTMENT AGAINST USAMA BIN LADEN"