Tim Blair

FROM THE GUARDIAN, February 6,

FROM THE GUARDIAN, February 6, 1999:

Saddam Hussein's regime has opened talks with Osama bin Laden, bringing closer the threat of a terrorist attack using chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, according to US intelligence sources and Iraqi opposition officials.

The key meeting took place in the Afghan mountains near Kandahar in late December. The Iraqi delegation was led by Farouk Hijazi, Baghdad's ambassador in Turkey and one of Saddam's most powerful secret policemen, who is thought to have offered Bin Laden asylum in Iraq.

Via the excellent Blog of MidEast Politics.

Posted by Tim Blair at March 17, 2003 12:26 AM