There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.
No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe.
The truth was, there was never a connection between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. There were no weapons of mass destruction, either.
There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad.
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein brutally repressed all forms of opposition to his regime, and before the Iraq War, al Qaeda had no presence in Iraq.
Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.
Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.
There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.
There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
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