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The problem with "terrorism" is that it can be applied to absolutely any rebellion movement anywhere in the world. Do we want to get involved in every single one of those? The Israel/Palestine situation is a mess, but we are not attacking Palestinian terrorists. They generally pose no threat to the US - and they are the only group that Saddam is linked to. In fact, most of the Middle East is linked to the Palestinians - who, while they engage in terrorist activities, are incredibly close to being a recognised entity. (They have observer status in the UN.)
So while Saddam supports their terrorist activities, to use that as the reasoning for going after him is kind of hypocritical. We're not going after the Palestinians are we? Besides that, a lot of people in America and Europe support the Palestinian cause, if not their methods. Not too many support al Qaeda's cause.
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