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Saddam Paid for Lawmakers' Trip to Iraq

Three congressmen unaware he financed visit in 2002

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 26, 2008 8:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Saddam Hussein secretly paid for a trip made by three congressmen to Iraq in 2002 just ahead of the US invasion, the AP reports. The congressmen, all of whom opposed the war, did not know Saddam financed the trip because he funneled the money through... Read full story »

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