English newspapers reported several weeks ago on the meetings between AQ and the Iraqi regime. Documents found in Baghdad showed that they occurred in Iraq, Afganistan and the Sudan and that Iraq was providing the means to do so. Reports of attendence by AQ members at Salman Pak have also been revealed by the media.
I am repeating what has been printed here on various occasions from media from across the globe.
Did any of them describe the nature of the contacts or the date?
What I saw in the Guardian was about document from 1999 or 1998 and basically told the same story that came out in 99- that Hijazi met w/ bin Laden and nobody knew for sure what they talked about but that there was lots of speculation. Apparently, the 99 contact wasn't the first. Previously bin Laden had truned down Hussein's offer of asylum.
Here's the 99 guardian story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,314700,00.html Do the reports that you read refer to a different meeting or have any additional details?
Like I said before, "contact" is a very vague word.