In The Scotsman, we see indications that Saddam Hussein used oil-for-palaces money to finance terrorist groups, including the PFLP. He also provided a safe haven for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Much has gone wrong since Saddam was deposed. But equally, those who favoured a continuation of sanctions as an alternative to regime change must explain how they would have stopped Saddam funding the PFLP, or giving al-Zarqawi free rein to plot bombings in Western Europe. Or how they would have stopped him bribing UN officials to get his murderous way.
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