Saddam bought suicide bombers

Clearly Saddam had ties to terrorists. Clearly al Qaeda is or has been in dozens of countries around the globe, including America. Somehow the left media claims that we are sure that Saddam had no ties to al Qaeda, and that it was not in Iraq with the permission of Saddam's government.

• Saddam Hussein diverted money from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who carried out attacks on Israel, say congressional investigators who uncovered evidence of the money trail.

  The former Iraqi president tapped secret bank accounts in Jordan -- where he collected bribes from foreign companies and individuals doing illicit business under the humanitarian program -- to reward the families up to $25,000 each, investigators told The Associated Press.