Saddam Hussein calls Iran a factor in keeping American inspectors out of Iraq . Hussein described Osama bin Laden as a ` ` zealot , '' but he never met him . Hussein refused to answer a question about whether Iraq would have lost the war it fought with Iran from 1980 to 1988 if it had not used chemical weapons . He said the United States used September 11 attacks as justification to attack Iraq .
Saddam Hussein calls Iran a factor in keeping American inspectors out of Iraq . Hussein described Osama bin Laden as a ` ` zealot , '' but he never met him . He said the United States used September 11 attacks as justification to attack Iraq .