[fintstone]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
Here you go, Fint:

p. 96-97

"There is also evidence that around this time, Bin Laden sent out a number of feelers to the Iraqi regime, offercing some cooperation. None received a significant response. According to one report, Saddam Hussein's efforts to rebuild relations with the saudis and other Middle Eastern regimes lead him to stay clear of Bin Laden."

" . . .to date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship. Nor have we seen evidence indicating Iraq cooperated with Al Qaeda in developing or carrying out any attacks against the US."

I'm still reading. If I see anything contrary, I'll post it. I've been waiting for the page cites from cegerer or RoninLB, but I guess I'll have to find them myself.

Thanks SoCal.
So it doesn't say..as quoted by Bleyseng:

the 9/11 reports says there were no connections to Saddam

. It in fact points out that there were connections. It does point out that they could find no "evidence" of "a collaborative operational relationship." which no one has ever claimed there was. Also, from your quote...they did not deny the possibly either. Even if there had been such a "collaborative operational relationship," I doubt that either Saddam or Bin laden would have come to the Commission and testified as such....so how could they possibly have found evidence of such?