“According to the [June 21] 2002 CIA report, ‘Iraq and al Qaeda: Interpreting a Murky Relationship‘: ‘Mamdouh Mahmud Ahmed Salim, aka Abu Hajer al-Iraqi, a top al Qaeda logistician now jailed in the United States–had a good relationship with Iraqi intelligence and at some time before mid-1995 went on an al Qaeda mission to Iraq to discuss unspecified cooperation with the Iraqi government, according to FBI information.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Stephen F. Hayes, The Connection, Page 82