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Saddam: A terrorist sugar daddy SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE October 17, 2003 By Deroy Murdock NEW YORK (SH) - Critics of President Bush's Iraq policy employ a flimsy argument that nonetheless enjoys growing appeal among a largely hostile press corps. Since Saddam Hussein did not order the Sept. 11 attacks - the fuzzy logic goes - he has no ties to terrorists, especially al-Qaida. Therefore, the Iraq war was bogus, and Bush should be defeated. "The evidence now shows clearly that Saddam did not want to work with Osama bin Laden at all," Al Gore declared Aug. 7. Sen. Jay...