[Peach]

I haven't mentioned Chalabi so I don't know who you mean about throwing an allegation around.

You are asserting that Saddam has as much control in Iran as he did in the Kurdish territories? ROFLMAO

Now I see the problem. I am dealing with someone who doesn't know their elbow from their arse.

[MizSterious]

Gee, I didn't know there was a sovereign Kurdish country north of Iraq. Here all this time, I thought where the Kurds were living was in Iraq. Under the control of Iraq's dictator. Silly me. ;)

[lugsoul]

I invited you, nicely, to post any evidence that Saddam exercised control over the Kurdish autonomous zone. Instead, you choose to simply attack my assertion without a single fact in support of your position. If it is so obvious that Saddam controlled the area, as you assert, then it should be very easy for you to back that up. But I won't hold my breath.

I'm sure you'll just stick to your story - that Saddam decided to support an AQ group in Iraq and thought it would be a good idea to set them up in the one area of Iraq where he could not have absolute control over their security and secrecy. Sure, that makes perfect sense.