THE 9-11 COMMISSION REPORT

The wingnuts refer to the report as providing evidence of the connection between Saddam and Al-Queda but they always neglect to cite this crucial concluding paragraph:

FROM PAGE 66 OF THE 9-11 REPORT:

"According to the reporting, Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq. Bin Ladin declined, apparently judging that his circumstances in Afghanistan remained more favorable than the Iraqi alternative. The reports describe friendly contacts and indicate some common themes in both sides' hatred of the United States. But to date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship. Nor have we seen evidence indicating that Iraq cooperated with al Qaeda in developing or carrying out any attacks against the United States.76"