It seems all sorts of interesting things are turning up in the papers left behind by Saddam's regime. A few days ago, there were articles in the Telegraph and the Christian Science Monitor about Saddam paying off a British Labour Party politician.

Now, there's this Telegraph article, "http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/27/walq27.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/27/ixnewstop.html>The proof that Saddam worked with bin Laden.

Papers found yesterday in the bombed headquarters of the Mukhabarat, Iraq's intelligence service, reveal that an al-Qa'eda envoy was invited clandestinely to Baghdad in March 1998.



The documents show that the purpose of the meeting was to establish a relationship between Baghdad and al-Qa'eda based on their mutual hatred of America and Saudi Arabia. The meeting apparently went so well that it was extended by a week and ended with arrangements being discussed for bin Laden to visit Baghdad.



And there's this article from an Australian paper: France briefed Iraq on war: report

FRANCE gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its dealings with US officials, The Sunday Times reported, quoting files it had found in the wreckage of the Iraqi foreign ministry.



The conservative British weekly said the information kept Saddam abreast of every development in US planning and may have helped him to prepare for war.

This is just the beginning.