So in other words Democrats are taking the word of Saddam over Cheney. No surprise there.
Al Qaeda was In Iraq at least one year before Operation Iraqi Freedom so they were be able to establish an infrastructure in the country, recruit terrorists, know the area, know the roads, hide weapon cashes, have safety houses etc… Only fools and/or Bush haters like the democrats and their media would think that they were able to do all this after the toppling of Saddam terrorist regime.