It's so funny that the media wrote dozens of articles in the 90's about the world's alarm at the growing relationship between Saddam and Al Qaeda, but now they have forgotten that which they once researched and firmly believed.
This link contains articles written in the early 90's until present day about the contacts and links between Saddam and his military and intelligence operatives and Al Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327993/posts?page=212#212
Man, you wouldn't believe the hateful emails and phone calls Melanie has gotten any and every time she has made the point about Iraq and WMDs.
Some people are just positively filled with hate at the idea that the argument of "there really WERE WMDs and terrorist camps in Iraq" might be accepted by the public.