Pentagon Probe Finds No Ties Between Saddam and Bin Laden

Friday's edition of The Washington Post says military officials reached the conclusion based on interviews with Saddam and two former aides, as well as documents seized by U.S. forces after Saddam was toppled from power in 2003.

The report by Pentagon acting inspector general Gimble backs earlier assertions made by the intelligence community before the U.S.-led invasion that Iraq and al-Qaida had no operational ties.

一份公开发表的报告说，美国国防部的内部调查发现，基地恐怖组织和伊拉克独裁者萨达姆.侯赛因的政府之间没有直接合作。星期五的华盛顿邮报说，军方官员在有关对萨达姆.侯赛因和他的两名前助理的问话以及美军在2003年推翻萨达姆之后所获取的资料的基础上得出这一结论。

国防部代理总监察长金布尔提出的报告，与情报部门在以美国为首的联军进攻伊拉克之前所得出的结论吻合，即伊拉克和基地恐怖组织之间没有行动上的联系。