George Bush actually said...

"There are al Qaeda terrorists inside Iraq. Senior members of Iraqi intelligence and al Qaeda had met at least eight times since the early 1990s."

"Well, the reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda because there was a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda."

"One of the Bush administration's arguments for the war in Iraq was that Saddam Hussein helped al Qaeda."

"The interim Iraqi government will deal with Al-Sadr. In the way they see fit. They're sovereign."