A November 2007 “Pentagon-sponsored study based on 600,000 documents seized in Iraq ‘found no *smoking gun* (i.e., direct connection) between Saddam’s Iraq and al Qaeda.’ The study also concluded that while Saddam’s regime did provide some support to other terrorist groups in the Middle East, the ‘predominant targets of Iraqi state terror operations were Iraqi citizens, both inside and outside Iraq.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 72