Saddam Hussein's Philanthropy of Terror

Here's an incredibly detailed analysis of the workings of Saddam's terror network - and yes, Al Qaeda is definitely 'mentioned'. Deroy Murdock has done some outstanding work.

Let’s start with money. At a minimum, we know that Saddam Hussein’s government supported terrorism by paying "bonuses" of up to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian homicide bombers. How do we know this? Tariq Aziz, Hussein's own deputy prime minister, was stunningly candid about the Baathist government’s underwriting of terrorist killings in Israel.

“President Saddam Hussein has recently told the head of the Palestinian political office, Faroq al-Kaddoumi, his decision to raise the sum granted to each family of the martyrs of the Palestinian uprising to $25,000 instead of $10,000,” Aziz, announced at a Baghdad meeting of Arab politicians and businessmen on March 11, 2002, Reuters reported the next day.

But then again, it seems like terrorism against Israel is not terrorism.

http://husseinandterror.com/ is packed with facts and references to studies and reports. A valuable asset.