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(London-AP) -- Documents have been found in the rubble of Iraq's intelligence service headquarters reportedly linking Saddam Hussein's regime and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network.
There's also a report that indicates France gave Saddam Hussein's regime regular reports on its dealings with American officials.
Journalists from the British Sunday Telegraph newspaper found documents revealing a meeting between an al-Qaida envoy and officials in Baghdad in March 1998.
The newspaper reports that the meeting was set to establish a relationship between Baghdad and al-Qaida based on their mutual hatred for the U-S and Saudi Arabia.
Bin-Laden's name had been covered over in white correcting fluid, but the markings were removed. The envoy was described as a trusted confidante of bin-Laden.
The Sunday Times says it found documents in the Iraqi foreign ministry that reveal Paris shared with Baghdad the contents of private transatlantic meetings and diplomatic traffic from Washington.
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