Panel says Saddam didn't help al-Qaeda
WASHINGTON ? There is "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan and train for attacks against the United States, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks said Wednesday. That finding disputes a rationale the Bush administration gave for invading Iraq.
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In its report, the commission says that although bin Laden opposed Saddam's "secular regime," he "explored possible cooperation with Iraq" after he moved to Sudan in 1991. Saddam sent an intelligence officer to meet with bin Laden in 1994. But the report says Iraq never responded to his requests. Further, it says that "two senior bin Laden associates have adamantly denied that any ties existed between al-Qaeda and Iraq."
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