http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600579/posts
Here is the translation of the Iraqi document explaining the contact with Osama.
Stephen Hayes is the Weekly Standard investigative reporter who has doggedly researched the link between Al Qaeda and Saddam.
Read this for instance :
http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/033jgqyi.asp