Neither President Bush, Powell, CHeney or any other official has ruled out that Iraq was involved in 9/11. Quite the contrary - they have consistently said that they haven't seen any linkage YET.
As well, we know Iraq had WMD. They used them. Powell showed satellite photos at the UN which reflected the fact that Iraq may be shipping WMD to Syria. Everything I have seen to date seems to fit with that scheme.
Additionally, to pretend that Iraq and AQ did not have ties is to close your eyes to the realities on the ground, friend. Iraq at least knew 9/11 was coming. I doubt Osama bin Laden just decided to notify Saddam that 9/11 was coming because he liked to gossip.
Less than two months before 9/11/01, the state-controlled Iraqi newspaper “Al-Nasiriya” carried a column headlined, “American, an Obsession called Osama Bin Ladin.” (July 21, 2001)
In the piece, Baath Party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the US “with the seriousness of the Bedouin of the desert about the way he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.”
The same state-approved column also insisted that bin Laden “will strike America on the arm that is already hurting,” and that the US “will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs” – an apparent reference to the Sinatra classic, “New York, New York”.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1106657/posts?page=1 Additionally, the link below has many articles regarding links that OBL and Saddam had. Hundreds of articles were written in the 1990's about the world's alarm at the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam. Read a little and educate yourself.
But don't try to peddle that "no relationship" crap here because that boat won't float.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1127451/posts?q=1&&page=51You say it better than I. I lose my temper. (That's "loose" here on FR).