KimC,

Some Al Qaeda members are from Iraq, but not many. Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, ironically, hate each other, and Saddam never supported Al Qaeda's activities. Al Qaeda is an internationalist islamist movement, and Saddam was a nationalist, secular dictator. To be in Al Qaeda was automatically a vote of no confidence in Saddam, like being a communist in a monarchy would be a vote of no confidence in the king. Thus to be an Al Qaeda member was very dangerous in Iraq under Saddam.

None of the 9-11 hijackers was Iraqi. In fact, most of them came from Saudi Arabia, but you don't see us going to war there. The government has been trying to convince Americans that there was a connection between iraq and Al Qaeda, so that this war can seem like a retaliation for 9-11. In fact, this war was part of the neoconservative agenda before 9-11; it's not just Al Qaeda, but also the US government, who are using handy, trumped-up excuses to justify crimes they were going to commit anyway.

This is what I meant earlier when I suggested you were a victim of US Government Propaganda. It was not intended as a slur on you, just as an observation that their attempts to confuse you have succeeded.