[alnick]

Why is Bush saying this? What about Salman Pak?

Salman Pak is not evidence that Saddam had anything to do specifically with 9/11. Neither Bush nor Cheney nor Rice nor Rummy has said that Saddam was not connected with AQ. They've said that they have no hard evidence that Saddam was behind 9/11. This is nothing new; they've said this all along.

[texasmountainman]

There was an airplane fuselage (possibly a 707) there that was photographed numerous times by satellite. Some Iraqi defectors told U.S. officials that foreign terrorists used the fuselage to train for hijacking missions. Marines destroyed the base during the war and claimed that many non-Iraqi fighters were killed. The information about Salman Pak obtained by the Marines after the base was destroyed has not been released. Until this information is made public it is not true to say that Salman Pak is not evidence of a Saddam link with 9-11.