The commission investigating the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US has found no ‘credible evidence’ that Iraq helped al-Qaeda carry them out.
The statement was published before the bipartisan commission began the final two-day public session.
It contradicts Monday's remarks by the US Vice President, Dick Cheney, about Saddam Hussein ‘long-established ties’ with al-Qaeda.
Iraq's alleged links with al-Qaeda were part of the justification the Bush administration gave for invading Iraq.
