As for Saddam, one important item that didn’t circle long before disappearing down the memory hole:
Zawahiri and his gang (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) were on Saddam’s payroll when they recruited Bin Ladin, and formed his inner circle.
So Saddam’s link to Bin Ladin has always hidden right out in plain sight. Its just that our journolists and politicians have always been too polite to mention it.
CNN...someone other than people stranded at the airport watch this anti-American screed?