Sammy offers asylum to Binny, Omar
The Weekly Standard passes on a report from a Pakistani daily that Saddam Hussein has offered asylum to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar. The paper claims that a senior Iraqi diplomat, Taha Husseyn, met in Kandahar with the Taliban's Maulana Jalal ud-Din Haqqani. Saddam allegedly offered not only sanctuary, but military and financial support as well.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-12-03 |