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We had a post the other day, about the Christians that were murdered, and linked to a website.

Take a look at the this 1999 article, that has Saddam links.

The Long Arm of Saddam Hussein
FBI officials now believe that the brutal murder of an Iraqi-American family in late May was likely perpetrated by the Iraqi secret police. This would be the first successful assassination attempt carried out by Baghdad inside the United States.

Khazal Taima, his wife Dorothy and teenage son Leith were shot to death at their home in the Washington DC suburb of McLean during Memorial Day weekend. The crime scene, however, was almost totally bereft of physical evidence-- investigators found no sign of forced entry and no murder weapon--leading investigators to discount the possibility that the deaths resulted from a domestic dispute, robbery attempt, or suicide. The three victims were clearly murdered by someone they knew or had allowed into the house.

But who?

Taima, 63, was a well-known consultant and financier who had a long history of business dealings with the Iraqi government. In the mid-1980s, one of his consulting firms landed a $10 million contract selling American-made oil and gas machinery to the Iraqi government. "He went to Baghdad a lot," remembers a U.S. Commerce Department official who asked not to be named. "He was aggressive, a real dynamo."1 Taima even had a photograph of himself and Saddam Hussein prominently displayed in his home.

After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Taima's financial assets in Iraq were frozen by U.S. trade sanctions. During the buildup to war that fall, Taima founded the American Iraqi Foundation, aimed at " improving relations" between the U.S. and Iraq, and reportedly met with President George Bush at the White House to push for a negotiated settlement. After the war, Taima appeared frequently on national television to criticize the sanctions against Iraq.

Taima's financial situation deteriorated greatly during the 1990's due to the continuing economic sanctions against Iraq. However, he began making frequent business trips to Baghdad over the last couple years. Around this time, Taima began to fear for his life, often telling acquaintances that he had received death threats. "He was afraid someone might kill him," said a neighbor, Betsy Crawford. He told friends and family members that his car had been firebombed, though police say they have no record of this.

Shortly before his murder, Taima returned from a visit to Baghdad and told family members that his financial troubles were over. His father-in-law recalled Taima talking about a "good contract" just a couple days before his death.

"The pattern and the circumstances point to a connection between Mr. Taima's business interests and the long arm of Saddam Hussein"

FBI spokesman

"The pattern and the circumstances point to a connection between Mr. Taima's business interests and the long arm of Saddam Hussein," said an FBI spokesman. Investigators believe that Taima's recent business dealings in Iraq somehow interfered with the Iraqi regime's lucrative monopolies in oil, food and technology and that this is why he was killed. A similar incident took place last year in Jordan, where a prominent Iraqi businessman and eight others were killed in an attack said to be ordered by Saddam's son, Uday, to protect his father's illicit sanctions-busting ring. In both attacks, the suspected killer was welcomed into the residence as a dinner guest before murdering his victims.

On the evening of the murders, Dorothy Taima called Leith and asked him to come home because she felt uncomfortable being alone after an unexpected visit that evening by a "friend" of her husband. A friend of Leith's who was at the house that evening told investigators that he recognized the visitor, but had not seen him for quite awhile.

1 "Profile of a Puzzling Life; Slain Mclean Man a Mystery to Many," The Washington Post, 10 June 1999.

Khazal Taima, his wife Dorothy and teenage son Leith were shot to death at their home in the Washington DC suburb of McLean during Memorial Day weekend.

This is the same tactics of the Russian Mafia and drug cartels. Kill the whole family!

Fascinating, Granny.

>>>The Long Arm of Saddam Hussein
FBI officials now believe that the brutal murder of an Iraqi-American family in late May was likely perpetrated by the Iraqi secret police. This would be the first successful assassination attempt carried out by Baghdad inside the United States.<<<

I don't remembering ever hearing about this.