"State in one sentence for me one piece of information (hard fact) that will convince a high school drop out that Saddam was aiding and abetting al Qaida to attack the World Trade Center. "
How about two words: Salman Pak.
The training grounds outside Bagdad where they kept a 747 fuselage for the express purpose of training terrorists to take over an airplane using available weapons (ie boxcutters) - the tactic used on 9/11 - and which was visited by at least one of the 19 hijackers.
I would make a lot more of this if I were on W's PR team.
How about two words: Salman Pak.
The training grounds outside Bagdad where they kept a 747 fuselage for the express purpose of training terrorists to take over an airplane using available weapons (ie boxcutters) - the tactic used on 9/11 - and which was visited by at least one of the 19 hijackers.
I would add that this information has been corroborated by the testimony of a former Ba'athist officer from the Iraqi Intelligence service. He has gone on record that they were training groups of Al Qaida at Salman Pak.