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They were totally separate in fact.

They were conflated by the mouthpieces of the Administration in order to justifdy the invasion of Iraq for other motives.

The dates of the links above do not matter; what matters is they demonstrate that the Administration on multiple occasions tried to persuade the American people that there WAS a link, that there WERE WMD and that invasion WAS justified, all three of which turned out to be complete bullshit.

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