Quote Originally Posted by Todd Patten
However, he put all his energy towards a regime that had nothing to do with 9/11 and had no ties to Al-Queda.

From Information I've been reading, I was under the impression that Saddam **DID** have ties to Osama, and was just really good at hiding it, Made me wonder why he would hide it.. If not because he was going to help him, but wanted it to be unknown. I read about His son printing a list of 600 names... see below

"The paper's November 14, 2002, edition gave the names and titles of 600 leading Iraqis, including this passage:
"Abid Al-Karim Muhamed Aswod, intelligence officer responsible for the coordination of activities with the Osama bin Laden group at the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan."

That name, Hayes wrote, matches that of Iraq's then-ambassador to Islamabad. " It was "theorized that the "impulsive and somewhat unbalanced" Uday may have showcased these dedicated Baathists to "make them more loyal and supportive of the regime" as war loomed." It angered Saddam and he stopped the paper for Ten Days.

This info is pulled from

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1005579/posts

and it goes on to say many things, such as
"If one has the time or professional duty to connect these dots, a portrait emerges of Saddam Hussein as sugar daddy to global terrorists, including al Qaeda and perhaps the 9/11 conspirators."

and is not the only place I have read it.