I never said that he made that claim. Your "editing" of my comment reminds me of the tactic adopted by the administration on this issue. First, Bush or one of his people will link Iraq to 9/11. Usually, there is noone there to challenge the bogus claim, but when a reporter does call them on it, they say something like, "Nobody in this administration ever said Saddam ordered the attacks on 9/11."

Here are a couple of statements from W's press conference about a week ago:

"Imagine a world in which Saddam Hussein was there, stirring up even more trouble in a part of the world that had so much resentment and so much hatred that people came and killed 3,000 of our citizens."

A literally true statement, but one that helps feed the still commonly-held misconception that Saddam had something to do with 9/11. A reporter called the President on that issue and he obfuscated:

"nobody has ever suggested that the attacks of September 11 were ordered by Iraq."

There are other instances where administration officials mention 9/11 when talking about why we invaded Iraq. Maybe I will try to google some of those, although it's not that easy googling up specific little snippets.

Here's an old link to a BBC compilation of Bush statements implying a connection between Saddam and 9/11: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3119676.stmSo, are you saying that Saddam posed a threat to the United States in 2003?