Cobalt- there is no link even if we define 9/11 terrorists as Al Qaeda. The one name you gave me as a "link" was the name of a man who had a base in the no-fly zone where Saddam had no power to "assist" him (or arrest him- something he apparently wanted to do), and our own government, after reviewing the "intelligence" on the matter, thinks there was no link.
I don't refuse to acknowledge Zarqawi wasn't a player, but you keep ignoring ALL the data that Saddam was NOT connected in any way to Zarqawi, and that Zarqawi's base was in an area Saddam did not control. Your own WIKI article (remember, I quoted it to you, and you still fail to address this) says that there was no evidence Saddam assisted or was connected to Zarqawi.
I don't know what you think my "rules" are. All I expect is some minimal logic, an attempt by other posters to follow the main points and address them, and a lack of personal insults. You keep avoiding the main facts- that there is no evidence of collusion between Saddam and Zarqawi (and our government says so, and other governments in the region say so- as per your own Wiki article, among other sources), and the man's camps were in an area Saddam did not control so that saying Saddam "allowed" him to operate there is beyond silly. Now is it possible for you to address those points without telling me I'm defining 9/11 terrorists in a way I am not, and without making up some spurious claim about "rules"? We shall see.
Somehow you flipped from Zarqawi to Zawahiri. I'm not sure you meant to do that. If you did, you might want to explain why you suddenly changed. All the facts in question apply to Zarqawi.
see here:
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Zarqawi not Zawahiri is the man we are talking about
And here is where you flip the names:
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