'No link' between al-Qaida and Saddam

The commission investigating the September 11 attacks reported today that Osama bin Laden met a top Iraqi official in 1994 but that it found “no credible evidence” of a link between Iraq and al-Qaida in attacks against the US.

In a report based on research and interviews by the commission staff, the panel said that bin Laden explored possible cooperation with Saddam Hussein even though he opposed the Iraqi leader’s secular regime.