President Bush on Thursday disputed the Sept. 11 commission’s finding that there was no “collaborative relationship” between Saddam Hussein and the al-Qaida terrorist network responsible for the attacks. “There was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida,” Bush insisted following a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House. “This administration never said that the 9-11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al-Qaida,” he said. “We did say there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida, for example, Iraqi intelligence agents met with (Osama) bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida in Sudan.” Full Story