Menurut inspektur jendral Kementerian Pertahanan AS, informasi yang diperoleh setelah runtuhnya rejim Saddam mengukuhkan sikap pra-perang Badan Intelijen Pusat AS (CIA) dan Pentagon bahwa pemerintah Irak tidak memiliki hubungan penting dengan jaringan Al-Qaeda.
According to the inspector general of the US Defense Department, information obtained after Saddam's fall confirmed the prewar position of the Central Intelligence Agency and Pentagon intelligence that the Iraqi government had had no substantial contacts with Al-Qaeda.