I don't know about that Johnny. There were definite rumors that Saddam had opened channels of communications with A.Q. Now, whether those rumors were substantiated by unreliable sources (like Chilabi - spelling??) that we now know wanted to encourage the war or by reliable sources, I don't know -- and I guess we never will. However, it wasn't only assumption/conjecture/fantasy. I think that on review, however, it should have been apparent that the connection was tenuous at best.
But, many educated Republicans I know still take it as bedrock fact that Saddam was in bed with A.Q.
I will say the Feyadeen got cozy with A.Q. real quick after the war was lost -- in interesting co-inkydink if ever I saw one.
