# Saddam Supports Terrorists!  Evidence!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 14, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-supports-terrorists-evidence/269154 "2004-10-14T03:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-supports-terrorists-evidence/269154/1 "2004-10-14T03:59:44Z")

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Yup, it turns out that Saddam did, indeed, funnel millions of dollars to a group that the U.S. government has labeled a terrorist organization - it’s all laid out in the Duelfer report. Bush vindicated, right?

Not so fast. Turns out that the Bush administration might not want to spread the joyous news too loudly.

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> In fact, U.S. officials concede, the Duelfer finding does little to advance the administration’s case and could even be politically awkward. The State Department designated terrorist group in question, is the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)—an Iranian opposition group that was long backed by Saddam’s regime as a counterweight to the Tehran government. Not only does the MEK have no connection either to September 11 or Al Qaeda, in the past, it has had strong support from members of Congress—including leading Republicans in both chambers and a current Bush cabinet member, Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Read the full story here: [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6242223/site/newsweek](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6242223/site/newsweek).

Every time I think I’ve heard the most stomach-turning thing about these clowns, something new comes down the pike.

Vote Early, Vote Often!

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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-supports-terrorists-evidence/269154/2 "2004-10-14T04:02:51Z")

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In case someone wants the Duellfer Report. [Here it is.](http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/)

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**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-supports-terrorists-evidence/269154/3 "2004-10-14T04:20:45Z")

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In January of this year, Rchard Perle, one of the Prez’s main foreign policy advisors and the man who was appointed chief of the Defense Advisory Board, was raising funds for the MeK.

I’ve ben bitching abut it ever since. Not that anyone ever listens to me…  
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If the hamsters’re feeling frisky, you may be able to search for Khalq crsoss referenced by my name and find some rants on the subject.

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**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-supports-terrorists-evidence/269154/4 "2004-10-14T04:23:43Z")

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Better yet search for Perle cross referenced by my name.