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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.

— Peter L. Bergen

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Peter Schuyler

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

— Douglas Feith

Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

— Barack Obama

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.

— Sebastian Junger

By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.

— Jack Keane

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

— George Clooney

Saddam, as most tyrants, was a total control freak. He wanted total control of his regime. Total control of the country. And to introduce a wild card like Al Qaeda in any sense was just something he would not do.

— Bob Simon

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

— Peter DeFazio

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

— Leon Panetta

✗Opposing Perspectives

Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.

— Lindsey Graham