Actually, the report goes further than just denying 9-11 links between Al-Qaeda and Iraq and downplays the existence of any cooperation at all:
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A senior Iraqi intelligence officer reportedly made three visits to Sudan, finally meeting bin Laden in 1994.
Bin Laden is said to have requested space to establish training camps, as well as assistance in procuring weapons, but Iraq apparently never responded.
"There have been reports that contacts between Iraq and al Qaeda also occurred after bin Laden had returned to Afghanistan, but they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship," the report said.
"Two senior bin Laden associates have adamantly denied" any relationship, the report said. - quotes taken from cnn.com
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This makes sense given that Radical Islamists were a threat to Saddam. Let's not forget the open revolt and subsequent repression of the Sunnis after the first Gulf war.
Hopefully this report will put to rest the idea of the Saddam/Osama connection once and for all, but given that a sizable percentage of Americans still believe that there were Iraqis amongst the hijackers on 9-11, I somehow doubt it will.