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Saddam Hussein has links to international terrorist groups

Background and Context

Based on George Bush’s first speech to the nation on Iraq and Saddam Hussein, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7, 2002 (link)

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Saddam Hussein has links to international terrorist groups
Saddam Hussein has links to international terrorist groups -- According to George W. Bush >>
Over the years, Iraq has provided safe haven to terrorists >>
Example: Abu Nidal stayed in Iraq
Abu Nidal's terror organization carried out more than 90 terrorist attacks in 20 countries that killed or injured nearly 900 people, including 12 Americans. >>
Example: Abu Abbas stayed in Iraq
Abu Abbas was responsible for seizing the Achille Lauro and killing an American passenger. >>
Iraq and al-Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back a decade. >>
Some al-Qaeda leaders who fled Afghanistan went to Iraq. These include one very senior al-Qaeda leader who received medical treatment in Baghdad this year, and who has been associated with planning for chemical and biological attacks. >>
Iraq is continuing to finance terror and gives assistance to groups that use terrorism to undermine Middle East peace. >>
Iraq has trained al-Qaeda members in bomb-making and poisons and deadly gases. >>
Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist network share a common enemy -- the United States of America. >>
After September the 11th, Saddam Hussein's regime gleefully celebrated the terrorist attacks on America. >>

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