Not that there was any doubt of this.
Was it just more bad intelligence or is it lie 437 or 438? I'm losing track.
Quote:
Saddam 'had no link to al-Qaeda'
There is no evidence of formal links between Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda leaders prior to the 2003 war, a US Senate report says.
The finding is contained in a 2005 CIA report released by the Senate's Intelligence Committee on Friday.
US President George W Bush has said that the presence of late al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq before the war was evidence of a link.
Opposition Democrats are accusing the White House of deliberate deception.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5328592.stm
Meanwhile - there is more than a "link" between the CIA and bin Laden where the CIA sat at bin Laden's bedside in the American Hospital in Dubai and had a chat while bin Laden was top of the FBI wanted list in the US.
Not sure if they brought Osama flowers - would have been a nice gesture
