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Section sizes Section size for Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations (41 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 1,858 1,858 Background 2,629 2,629 History of claims 23 17,251 After the September 11 attacks 751 751 Dick Cheney's allegations 3,104 3,104 Intelligence community claims and doubts 3,928 3,928 9/11 Commission conclusions 2,626 2,626 Operation Iraqi Freedom documents 2,316 2,316 Bush administration retraction 2,603 2,603 American public opinion 1,900 1,900 Skepticism 68 11,942 Conflicting goals and ideologies 6,767 6,767 Lack of evidence 5,107 5,107 Background 5,771 5,771 Timeline 1,225 1,225 Colin Powell's address to the U.N. Security Council 6,984 6,984 Investigations and reports 1,378 45,745 1993 WTC investigations 2,091 2,091 1998 National Security Council exercise 1,098 1,098 2001 President's Daily Brief 1,535 1,535 2001-02 Atta in Prague investigations 4,570 4,570 2002 DIA reports 1,567 1,567 2002 British intelligence report 1,005 1,005 2003 CIA report 4,318 4,318 2003 British intelligence report 1,247 1,247 2003 Israeli intelligence 956 956 2003 Feith memo 3,173 3,173 2004 Carnegie study 946 946 2004 FBI interrogation reports 2,943 2,943 9/11 Commission Report 554 554 2004 Senate report of pre-war intelligence on Iraq 1,518 1,518 2004 CIA report 1,976 3,471 2005 update 1,495 1,495 2006 Pentagon study 1,159 1,159 2006 Senate report 1,528 2,765 Administration response 1,237 1,237 2007 Pentagon inspector general's report 1,846 1,846 2008 Pentagon report 3,651 3,651 2008 Senate report 3,954 3,954 Notes 24 24 References 394 394 Total 93,823 93,823

• "Saddam in the crosshairs"
• ABC News video report by Sheila MacVicar on RealOne Player from January 14, 1999
• "Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view". Jane's Information Group. 2001-09-19. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
• Benjamin, Daniel (2002-09-30). "Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda Are Not Allies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
• Saddam and al Qaeda the link we've all missed by David Rose, The Evening Standard London, December 9, 2002
• Goldberg, Jeffrey (2003-02-03). "The Unknown: The C.I.A. and the Pentagon take another look at Al Qaeda and Iraq". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
• Star finds bin Laden-Iraq links by Mitch Potter, Toronto Star, April 28, 2003
• U.S. District Court Judge Harold Baer, Jr. (2003). "Opinion and Order" (PDF). United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Retrieved 2006-09-10.
• [http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34147 Saddam and bin Laden] by Joseph Farah, August 18, 2003
• The Iraq — Al Qaeda Connections by Richard Miniter, September 23, 2003
• Case Closed: The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden by Stephen F. Hayes, November 17, 2003
• Case Decidedly Not Closed Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball MSNBC, November 19, 2003
• Iraq-al Qaeda link comes in focus by Rowan Scarborough Washington Times, December 1, 2003
• Does this link Saddam to 9/11? Daily Telegraph, December 14, 2003
• DoD Statement on News Reports of Al Qaeda and Iraq Connections Dept. of Defense, December 15, 2003
• Dubious link between Atta and Saddam MSNBC, December 19, 2003
• The Clinton View of Iraq-al Qaeda Ties at www.weeklystandard.com The Clinton View of Iraq-al Qaeda Ties] by Stephen F. Hayes, December 29, 2003
• Iraq and Al Qaeda: Allies or Not? Congressional Research Service, February 5, 2004
• Saddam's Ambassador to al Qaeda by Jonathan Schanzer March 1, 2004
• Iraq On the Record - The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq (U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Gov't Reform - Minority Staff, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)), March 16, 2004
• The Connection by Stephen F. Hayes, June 7, 2004
• 9/11 panel sees no link between Iraq, al-Qaida MSNBC June 16, 2004
• Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed by Walter Pincus and Dana Milbank, Washington Post June 17, 2004, p. A1
• Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Pre-War Intelligence Assessments on Iraq Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, July 7, 2004
• The Truth About the Saddam-Al-Qaeda Connection, Robert S. Leiken, November 2004
• It's all about 9/11 By Andrew C. McCarthy, June 29, 2005
• The ties that bound Iraq to bin Laden By Stephen F Hayes, July 18, 2005
• The Four-Day War by Thomas Joscelyn, July 19, 2005
• Saddam's Terror Training Camps by Stephen F. Hayes, Weekly Standard, January 16, 2006

Additional Sources

• The Left Coaster: Why Americans Believe There Was an Al Qaeda/Iraq Link at www.theleftcoaster.com
• CNN.com - Rice: Iraq trained al Qaeda in chemical weapons - Sep. 25, 2002 at archives.cnn.com
• The Clinton View of Iraq-al Qaeda Ties at www.weeklystandard.com
• CNN.com - 9/11 panel: Al Qaeda planned to hijack 10 planes - Jun 17, 2004 at www.cnn.com
• Latest Headlines, Top News, Entertainment, Health, Science and Sports News - UPI at www.upi.com
• [1] at www.warblogging.com
• The Memory Hole > Bush Flatly Declares No Connection Between Saddam and al Qaeda at www.thememoryhole.com