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Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz, a prominent member of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, told the FBI that the dictator “delighted” in the 1998 terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa but had no interest in partnering with Osama bin Laden, declassified documents show.
“Saddam did not trust Islamists,” Aziz said, according to handwritten notes of a June 27, 2004, interrogation, although he viewed al-Qaeda as an “effective” organization.
The FBI notes are among hundreds of pages of interrogation records of top Iraqi officials — including Hussein — provided to AP this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
