Al Qaeda Link to Iraqi Militia Doubted
A U.S. intelligence official expressed skepticism Monday that a member of Al Qaeda had served as an officer in Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen militia, contradicting a claim made the day before by a member of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. The intelligence official said the CIA had investigated the matter this year after documents recovered in Iraq listed an officer in the Fedayeen Saddam militia whose name was similar to that of a known Al Qaeda operative.Full Story