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I found lots of links showing Ryan Crocker leading U.S. delegates in the Northern region assisting Kurdish groups with Saddam issues but the date don't seem to match.

Even the America haters news network CNN reported Ryan Crockers visit in Northern Iraq with Kurdish groups.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/26/time.iraq/

“Yet while Ansar may share Saddam's desire to destroy the Kurdish leadership—in April, Ansar unsuccessfully attempted to kill one faction's prime minister when Assistant Secretary of State Ryan Crocker was visiting the area—the Iraqi dictator does not appear to have direct control over the Kurdish militants. Both Saddam and al-Qaeda may find Ansar’s activities useful, but there's no evidence that the group serves as a link between them.”

But the evidence about links became clear and the fruit loops at CNN never read this article written at the Weekly Standard.

Saddam's Ambassador to al Qaeda

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/768rwsbj.asp?p g=1

“In addition to weapons, al-Shamari said, the Mukhabarat also helped finance Ansar al Islam. “On one occasion we gave them ten million Swiss dinars [$700,000],” al-Shamari said, referring to the pre-1990 Iraqi currency. On other occasions, the Mukhabarat provided more than that. The assistance, he added, was furnished “every month or two months.”