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However, Bin Laden "completely ignored Saddam Hussein," mentioning him perhaps twice in letters, Lawrence said.
is at best disingenous and at worst agenda-driven. Because we know that Osama didn't ignore Saddam. Just the opposite.
"What's really fascinating when you read all these letters together is, it shows how obsessed bin Laden has been about Iraq," Lawrence said. However, Bin Laden "completely ignored Saddam Hussein," mentioning him perhaps twice in letters, Lawrence said.
Lawrence is referring to the letters only. Apparently Osama wrote very little about Saddam, for whatever reasons. Lawrence was translating just his letters, and not using 2003 reports from Iraq.