>>- Bin Laden had no connections with Iraq. Now Al-Qaeda may be connected with any militia there, and may even have infiltrated the Iraqi security forces.
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>YOu might be interested in this opinion piece, which quotes from the 9/11 Commission report:
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http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin200511181121.aspI've read it. The report is, undoubtedly, big enough to be able to find a few scraps to support this sort of conclusion. The relevance of these contacts, however, is doubtful, IMO. Even the quotes, specially in the first two paragraphs, sound contradictory. First, "Bin Ladin had in fact been sponsoring anti-Saddam Islamists in Iraqi Kurdistan", and then "In the late 1990s, these extremist groups suffered major defeats by Kurdish forces." - unclear, whether we have three players here (islamists, Kurds, Iraqi army) or two (with islamists being with Kurds against Hussein).
Therefore, it's an opinion, as you say.
BTW, the choice of books they advertise is very interesting.
