Did Iraq and al Qaeda Have Ties?
The U.S. Department of Justice says yes. The Clinton administration DOJ, that is, in a 1998 indictment of Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef. They were indicted November 4, 1998, in Manhattan federal court for the August 7, 1998, bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

According to the indictment, bin Laden and al Qaeda forged alliances with the National Islamic Front in Sudan and with representatives of the Government of Iran and its associated terrorist group Hezballah with the goal of working together against their common enemies in the West, particularly the United States. "In addition, al Qaeda reached an understanding with the Government of Iraq that al Qaeda would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al Qaeda would work cooperatively with the Government of Iraq," the indictment said.

I wish I'd found it, but the "hat tip" for this find goes to Oscar Jr., which I found via the blog of Roger L. Simon. Simon comments that "the al Qaeda-Saddam link was already made by Janet Reno during the Clinton Administration. ... What this should only remind us of is what a dreary partisan game is going on."

True. The Left and the anti-Bushies are lying about the facts in order to gain partisan advantage. The Clinton administration believed there was an Iraq-al Qaeda link. The Bush administration believed the same thing. The difference is, Bush acted on it.