The Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations were based on false claims by the United States federal government alleging that a secretive relationship existed between Iraqi president Saddam Hussei
Osama bin Laden, general emir of al-Qaeda
Colin Powell's U.N. slide of Al-Zarqawi's alleged global terrorist network. The "detained Al-Qaeda Operative" is widely believed to be Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. The "UK Poison Cell" was found in court to be a single person.
Rationale for the Iraq War
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There are various rationales that have been used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Iraq War, and subsequent hostilities.
Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations
…Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the pan-Islamist militant organization al-Qaeda between 1992 and 2003. US president George W. Bush used it as a main reason for invading Iraq in 2003. The conspiracy theory dates to after the Gulf War in 1991, when Iraqi Intelligence Service officers met al-Qaeda members in 1992. After the…
US secretary of state Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving the presentation to the United Nations Security Council on 5 February 2003
A United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq
President George Bush, surrounded by leaders of the House and Senate, announces the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq, 2 October 2002
Computer-generated image of an alleged mobile production facility for biological weapons, presented by Colin Powell at the UN Security Council. Absence of more substantial proof undermined the credibility of the speech on the international scene. Russian experts questioned the likelihood of such mobile facilities, which are extremely dangerous and difficult to manage.