All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.
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There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.
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.
The truth was, there was never a connection between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. There were no weapons of mass destruction, either.
It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.
There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.
There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.
Al Qaeda is alive and well in Libya, Iraq, Syria and the wars are not receding.
No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe.
But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.
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.