I won't bore you with the 3,000-word PM I've just sent to beardedbruce, but the simple refuation of the neo-cons' claims can be found at the following links: 9/11 Panel sees no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda
Maj Gen Bastide's testimony to "An Oversight Hearing on the Planning and Conduct of the War in Iraq"
The US Senate select committee on intelligence, "Postwar Findings about Iraq's WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How they Compare with Prewar Assessments", particularly pages 65, 67, 73 and 109.
A British Defence Intelligence briefing refuting links between Iraq and Al Queda.
Anyone seen anythng of our Terry?