I think there are plenty of links to terrorism and Iraq to verify that Saddam Hussein viewed terrorists as friendly to his cause and gave financial support and shelter to them.
You do know that Iraq was manufacturing and shipping explosive vests to the Palestinians?
You DO know that Iraq was sending money to the families of homicide bombers?
You DO know that Saddam Hussein was giving aid and shelter to Abu Abbas and Abu Nidal, right? Two people with American blood on their hands?
As another poster pointed out to you, you DO know that the Iraqis had a terrorist training facility at Salman Pak?
In a post 9/11 world, I side completely with the decision to go into Iraq and remove the threat of WMD transfer to terrorists, not to mention the daily shooting at our aircraft.
But hey, as we all know, there is an army of people out there who would (and will) be screaming that “we didn’t connect the dots” after another attack. After doing everything possible to tie the hands of those in intelligence departments and emasculate or remove the tools available to them...the gall. Those people are the ones who will scream the loudest that more should have been done.
Salman Pak is now thought to have once been a counter-terrorism facility.