“Now comes a document from the files of the Iraqi secret police, or Mukhabarat, dated March 28, 1992, and headed routinely, “In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate.” It is a straightforward listing of contacts and “assets,” quite unsensational until it comes to the “Saudi front,” where we find the name “Osama bin Ladin/he is well-known Saudi businessman, founder of Saudi opposition in Afghanistan, had connection with Syrian division.” Of course, this is not a smoking gun.”
The always riveting Christopher Hitchens.