In answer to Ron Davies question asked in the posts referred to below:
Ron Davies - 27 Nov 05 - 10:23 PM
Ron Davies - 30 Nov 05 - 09:47 AM

I would refer Ron to the answer I gave TIA
TIA "....."Do you really still believe he never tried to say there was a link between Saddam and Al Quaeda?"

ME - When? between 11th September 2001 and 20th March 2003, or between 20th March to present. During the former period they were very clear to point out that Iraq had nothing to do with the 911 attacks.

Pay particular attention to that last sentence Ron, you are rather keen on taking single sentences in isolation and at face value, and remember how this little section of the thread developed. It was the contention by you, Ron Davies, that GWB linked Saddam to the Al-Qaeda attacks on 11th September 2001. Well Ron HE DIDN'T. The reference to your post by the way is

Ron Davies - 24 Nov 05 - 10:25 AM

Teribus 23 Nov 2005 4:40 PM--G W Bush "establishes very early on that Saddam Hussein and Iraq has absolutely nothing to do with the attacks" (of 11 Sept 2001).

Then asks:

"And how long did that last? About 20 minutes?"

As to the investigation into possible Iraqi/al-Qaeda links the evidence of those goes back well into the Clinton administration, plus the presence on Iraqi territory of a terrorist group associated, trained and inspired by Al-Qaeda. There is no doubt at all that prior to 911 there were links between Iraq and a number of terrorist groups, that after all was why the Security Committee set up to evaluate potential threats to the USA identified Iraq as being one of the most dangerous, particularly in the light of its ongoing non-compliance with UNSC Resolutions. And also remembering that its ruler Saddam Hussein was the only head of state to publically applaud and congratulate those who planned and carried out the attacks of 911.