[george wythe]

I think the the closest Bush or Cheney have ever come to "linking" Saddam and 9/11...was when Cheney was saying that that sort of terrorism is in play in Saddam's Iraq as well as with Bin Ladin..

There was a link between al-Qaida and Iraq. The current leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Zarqawi, was living in Iraq before the coalition invasion.

Furthermore, many al-Qaida operatives were using Iraqi passports before 2002. Even one of the World Trade Center bombers in 1993 fled to Iraq.

Since Iraq was a totalitarian state under Saddam Hussein, it's obvious that the Iraqi dictator was looking the other way or cooperating with al-Qaida operatives.

So, yes, there was a link between Saddam Hussein Iraq and al-Qaida.

Nevertheless, it has not been proven that Saddam Hussein was directly involved in 9/11.

[Txsleuth]

Well...you just made both MY point, AND VP Cheney's then, didn't you. Because neither of us has ever said that Saddam was directly linked to 9/11...

BUT, don't be surprised when all of the documents are translated...that we find out it was closer than we know now.