>This has been completely debunked. Now you're going to mention Saddam giving X thousand dollars to suicide bombers in Palestine... sure, but that wasn't why anyone went to war.

>Hussein was guilty of the following:
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>- Torture and murder of political dissidents in Iraq
>- Taking money and resources sent as aid for the country, and using it for his own gain
>- Repeated and continuous violations of U.N. resolutions
>- Paying 25-30K for families of Palestinian suicide bombers
>- Attempting to purchase nuclear material from the Russian black market
>
>There may or may not have been WMDs. Regardless, there was enough justification for taking Hussein out.

Hi Kevin. That a different argument. I was debating John statement that "Iraq facilitated terrorism"

>- The Czech secret service has reported that when bin Laden had $$$ difficulties in late 1990's with a growing Al Qaeda movement, Hussein used state funds to help bankroll his movement.

Debunked by the 911 Report. The Czechs have backed off this claim, so has Cheney. There's a gigantic wiki page dedicated to this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein_and_al-Qaeda