Melanie Phillips's Diary: The big lie

As I have noted on innumerable occasions, none of this evidence is cast-iron. But there is so much of it, it is simply not credible that Saddam had no links with al Qaeda, even if he was not personally involved in 9/11. And as for his links with other terror outfits, this is indisputable. Saddam's Iraq was the principal training ground for Islamic terrorism.

Just One Minute Wikitorial

Tom Maguire is hosting a Wiki for rebuttals to the latest anti-war NY Times editorial. On the block: info about Saddam's connections to Al Qaeda, and the Iraqi conflict's effect on terrorism, the fight against terrorism and terrorist recruiting. See the comments for links.

See also the Iraqi WMD blog archives, and the links at right.