This is not the argument I'm trying to make. There are at least two arguments on the table: 1) whether Saddam directly or indirectly aided and abetted al Qaeda regarding 9-11, and 2) whether Saddam was actively involved with terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, in order to further his own interests, and potentially threaten the U.S. The argument I'm making is a very narrow argument, restricted to argument #2.