[Siobhan]

Do I remember correctly that the so-called Grand Mufti was the dog Arafat's grandfather and that Saddam Hussein grew up in the Mufti's home in Iraq? That sounds right, but I'm sure others have those facts better than I do at this point.

[SJackson]

Do I remember correctly that the so-called Grand Mufti was the dog Arafat's grandfather and that Saddam Hussein grew up in the Mufti's home in Iraq?

Yasser "Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Hussaeini" Arafat's uncle. Sadaam was said to have been raised by Khayrallah Tulfah, an associate of the Grand Mufti instrumental in the 1941 coup in Iraq.

Yes, they're all "related", and the connections to the Reich are direct.

[SJackson]

Should have been

The Grand Mufti was Yasser "Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat As Qudwa al-Hussaeini" Arafat's uncle