Unfortunately, this is always the question we have to ask with newsmax.
I suspect so, the two salient facts are easily verifyable: Iraqi media praised bin Laden mid-2001 and praised 9/11 afterwards.
Why that leads Limbacher to believe Iraq knew anything is beyond me, though. Al Qaeda was not exactly a secret organization and had done several anti-Western attacks in the past. Of course Saddam would praise them.
Saddam's behavior after 9/11, though, doesn't suggest anything to me. If he'd known, he would have either bragged or tried to hide that he knew.
But, they were a RELIGIOUS organization, and Saddam was SECULAR. I've always been told that Saddam therefore HATED Al Qaeda! /sarcasm
Saddam's behavior after 9/11, though, doesn't suggest anything to me. If he'd known, he would have either bragged or tried to hide that he knew.
Appears to have been the latter, doesn't it?