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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast

"When Hussein was in power there was no Isis and no al Qaeda." Yeah. Right. That's why Pres. Clinton was trying to get Bin Laden way back in the 1990s.

"Al-Qaeda (/ælˈkaɪdə/ al-ky-də; Arabic: القاعدة‎ al-qāʿidah, Arabic: [ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: "The Base" and alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa'ida) is a global militant Islamist and Wahhabist organization founded by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other militants, at some point between August 1988 and late 1989, with its origins being traceable to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Wahhabi Muslim movement calling for global jihad and a strict interpretation of sharia law. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations Security Council, NATO, the European Union, the United States, Russia, India and various other countries (see below). Al-Qaeda has carried out many attacks targets it considers kafir. Amidst the Syrian civil war, Al-Qaeda factions started fighting each other, as well as the Kurds and government.

Al-Qaeda has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, including the September 11 attacks, 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and the 2002 Bali bombings." wikipedia

Calm down. I was referencing Iraq in my post. No al Qaeda in Iraq when Hussein was in power.