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From the link:9/11 nor AlQ was used as a reason for invasion.
9/11 was not used later in the war.
The "fear" of AlQ was that they could destabilize or control Iraq. This is not a "used AlQ" but a fact and it was, in reality, a danger.
President Bush declassified portions of a 2005 intelligence assessment Tuesday that alleges that Osama bin Laden authorized allies in Iraq to plan operations both in and outside of that country targeting the U.S.
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The declassification came just as the White House was in final negotiations with Congressional Democrats about a 2007 supplemental spending bill for ongoing military operations in Iraq.
Read more: Bush's Intelligence on Al-Qaeda in Iraq - TIME
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10347835President Bush said Wednesday American intelligence had shown that as late as 2005, al-Qaida was planning new attacks outside Iraq that were thwarted by the timely capture of key leaders of the terrorist group.
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