This war is sick. There is no connection between Al-Quaeda and Iraq. If there were the US would have already invaded Iraq to secure the oil riches there. There are definite ties between the US and Al-Quaeda, but no one wants to talk about that. From USA Today:
WASHINGTON � Bush administration lawyers have concluded that establishing a link between al-Qaeda terrorists and Iraq would provide the legal justification the White House needs to attack Saddam Hussein’s regime, U.S. officials say.
An intensive effort by U.S. intelligence to establish a link between al-Qaeda and Iraq is being driven, in part, by a conclusion reached in recent weeks by White House and Pentagon legal and legislative advisers. They believe that connecting Iraq and the Sept. 11 attacks would allow the administration to avoid debates at the United Nations and in Congress over what some would call an unprovoked strike.
The administration has sought the connection since the first days after Sept. 11.