raq was a secular state. Although its intelligence agencies under Sadaam had aided Islamist terrorist groups that target Western interests, there was little or no evidence to indicate that Iraq supported Al Qaeda. Iraq’s support for Islamist and other secular terrorists, as well as various criminal organizations increased during and after the first “Gulf war”. Through the various intelligence agencies of the Hussein regime , using diplomatic facilities ,such as the the diplomatic mailbag (DPL mailbag), they moved money , arms, ammunition and explosives to countries ranging from Thailand, to the Philippines and Sri Lanka with the intention of attacking US and allied interests.
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