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>>But there is little question that Hussein bankrolled bin Laden in the late 1990's, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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>>The initial conflicts between the two paled in comparison to their mutual hatred of the U.S. Even if no one can prove that Hussein was actively involved with 9/11, he provided tremendous aid to bin Landen for years. (And keep in mind that Hussein was also offering 20-30K a pop, for suicide bombing activities.)
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>I've NEVER heard/seen/read anything saying that Saddam bankrolled Bin Laden.
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I've never heard this either. There is proof of meetings and collaberation on a small-scale (training, medical treatment, Imam broadcasts)

>Surely such a devout Muslim as Bin Laden wouldn't accept a dime from a heathenistic Muslim like Saddam?????

Now I wouldn't go that far. There are numerous sources of Al Qaeda funding coming from the west. Not to mention payoffs from the Saudi Royals (not exactly on OBLs nice list)

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>I have heard lots that Saddam paid suicide bombers families up to $25K.

This is well documented

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>The U.S. is not guiltless when it comes to bankrolling people - even Bin Laden himself, as well as Saddam!!!

Bank-rolled or armed and trained?
Not that there's much of a difference.