Did any of them describe the nature of the contacts or the date?
What I saw in the Guardian was about document from 1999 or 1998 and basically told the same story that came out in 99- that Hijazi met w/ bin Laden and nobody knew for sure what they talked about but that there was lots of speculation. Apparently, the 99 contact wasn't the first. Previously bin Laden had truned down Hussein's offer of asylum.
Here's the 99 guardian story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,314700,00.html Do the reports that you read refer to a different meeting or have any additional details?
Like I said before, "contact" is a very vague word.
Without a wire-wearing snoop all information on meetings like this is "vague." That is the nature of the beast. There were dates in the articles and a discussion of the nature of the contacts.
Extended meetings were held which apparently lasted longer than expected and the memos were explanations from the Iraqui side of the need for more funding, accommodations for the participants and meeting expenses.