The US administration restated its case that Iraq had strong links to Al-Qaeda following Vice President Dick Cheney’s latest statement that Saddam Hussein’s regime had given sanctuary to Osama bin Laden’s group.The administration has persisted in saying there were close links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda even though the official investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks said in its final report there was “no collaborative operational relationship between Iraq and Al-Qaeda.” “You don’t have to have a collaborative operational control in order to aid terrorists,” national security advisor Condoleezza Rice told NBC television when questioned about Cheney’s remarks.Full Story