Al Quote by Peter Schuyler

There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

— George Clooney

Contrary to what the Americans frequently reiterated, al-Qaeda did not have any relationship with Saddam Hussein or his regime.

— Peter Bergen

There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda.

— Joe Lieberman

There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.

— Barack Obama

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein brutally repressed all forms of opposition to his regime, and before the Iraq War, al Qaeda had no presence in…

— Peter Bergen

There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government

— Dick Cheney

The truth was, there was never a connection between Iraq and Osama Bin Laden. There were no weapons of mass destruction, either.

— Richard Engel

There clearly are contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq that can be documented; there clearly is testimony that some of the contacts have been…

— Condoleezza Rice

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

— Peter DeFazio

There's overwhelming evidence... circumstantial and otherwise, to suggest a connection between Iraq and al Qaeda.

— Mike Pence

I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts…

— Wesley Clark

Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any…

— Richard Ben-Veniste