Well, it is NOW

From Bush recently --

How can Iraq be a connection when Saddam Hussein didn't order the attacks?"
And you know, I understand that concern, because he didn't order the attacks. The enemy, however, believes that Iraq is a part of the war on terror. Osama bin Laden has called Iraq central to the war on terror.

Yeah, clueless, they do now. Because you made it that way.

The senate committe report is a bit clearer -Hussein viewed al-Qaida as a threat.