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There are two aspect of this: the specific question
of 9/11 involvement and a more general one of links between Iraq
and al Queda.
As for 9/11, No evidence of close links has ever
been produced - no evidence that didn't dissolve when examined.
Here are a few links:
Spin
Sanity
The Guardian
San Jose Mercury News quoting State Dept. officials
Breaking
news quoting Tony Blair that there was NO 9/11 connection.
Institute
for Public Accuracy quoting NYTimes articles and others.
On the second point, al-Qaida is (or was) a movement
against compromise with what they saw as the infidel secular degenerate
west. They regarded most Arab governments as collaborating with
the West. They hated most Arab governments as corrupt and called
for their overthrow. Thus Sadaam and al-Qaida were enemies until
we insisted that everyone we didn’t like must be in total agreement
with each other. Now they probably do have some connections with
each other, but it wasn’t the case prior to 9/11.
As for the state of relations between Al-Qaida and Iraq being less
than happy, try:
SouthTown news quoting AP reports from the Talaban.
BBC
quotes UK defense officials saying links are weak
BBC
reviews evidence, finds it wanting
Center
for Defense Intelligence - pointing out rifts between the two
and that if they are working together NOW, it is is because of the
tactical situation the US created.
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