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But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly.

There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.

Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.

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.

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 connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.