“Although the Bush administration…claimed that a Jordanian terrorist fighting U.S. forces in Iraq, Abu Mousab al Zarqawi, was a member of Al Qaeda, later evidence contravened this.” According to Newsweek on November 1, 2004, “In a letter to Bin Laden acquired from a captured courier in 2004, Zarqawi literally beseeched Bin Laden for his support in the terrorist movement against the U.S. in Iraq, saying he needed help. He added, ‘We do not see ourselves as fit to challenge you.’ Zarqawi is only asking for an opportunity ‘to work under your banner, comply with your orders.’ …Osama wasn’t interested.”
– Vincent Bugliosi, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Page 262