Bin Laden bedazzled Saddam with jewel - $60 million Pearl of Allah 'evidence of al-Qaida link'
In 1999, Osama bin Laden tried to purchase the world's largest pearl, the Pearl of Allah, as a gift to Saddam Hussein "to unite the Arab cultures," and Hussein was prepared to accept, according to the pearl's owner.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1261025/posts
And there is written evidence!
Well, now that is interesting.
Just finished reading the thread.