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I can see we won't agree on the Iraq War, but "Saddam Hussein, the anti-terrorist" is not truth and way off base. Most definitely not the headline from the GOP we need now.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/04/saddam_and_alqaeda_1.html

"Saddam supported groups that either associated directly with al Qaeda (such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, led at one time by bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri) or that generally shared al Qaeda's stated goals and objectives."
Because Saddam's security organizations and Osama bin Laden's terrorist network operated with similar aims (at least in the short term), considerable overlap was inevitable when monitoring, contacting, financing, and training the same outside groups. This created both the appearance of and, in some way, a 'de facto' link between the organizations. At times, these organizations would work together in pursuit of shared goals but still maintain their autonomy and independence because of innate caution and mutual distrust. Though the execution of Iraqi terror plots was not always successful, evidence shows that Saddam's use of terrorist tactics and his support for terrorist groups remained strong up until the collapse of the regime."

From: "Iraqi Perspectives Project Saddam and Terrorism: Emerging Insights from Captured Iraqi Document" DOD