Exhaustive review sponsored by the Pentagon finds NO link between Saddam, al Qaida

But the report also mentions that Saddam did have ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, and numerous other independent terrorist groups linked to Syrian terrorists who in the past have worked with or have been rumored to have worked with al-Qeida, black. The report also mentions that he gave sanctuary and money to people who were rumored to have radical anti-Isreali missions. Saddam probably did not deal with al-Qeida because rumored mutual mistrust but he did have terrorist ties and he did inquire about trying to obtain uranium from Africa. That is not a lie or exaggerated facts either so take it as is.

Just my two cents. Flame away
Which just goes to show how screwed up the area is.

Syria was no friend of Saddam.