[daviddennis]

Analysts believe that Mr Hijazi offered Mr bin Laden asylum in Iraq, most likely in return for co-operation in launching attacks on US and Saudi targets.

My guess is that bin Laden was happy to cooperate and Iraq threw him a few bucks in exchange for a bit of friendly consultation on target selection.

It's pretty suspicious that bin Laden went after the WTC, since the early 1993 attack was almost certainly Iraqi-influenced. So Iraq chose another go at the WTC, and bin Laden provided troops and motivation.

That hangs together awfully well, in my view.

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[MHGinTN]

BTTT ... your analysis works to my mind. Salman Pak was a training haven for nearly every terrorist group willing to come to Baghdad. Documents discovered in Afghanistan show the visits of Iraqi 'Mukbars' to train al Qaeda in production and use of bio and chem weapons. But it doesn't matter to the democrats who wouldn't accept proof if it was irrefutable. They're too bitter about being turn out of power and too involved in trying to prevent this administration from succeeding in the war against terrorism to stop and care about America's safety or the real risks facing US.