Garry Trudeau said it better than I could

[figmo]

From the October 19, 2003 Doonesbury:

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Al-Qaeda and Saddam

[patoadam]

As I understand it, Al-Qaeda actively disliked the Saddam Hussein regime because it was a secular Islamic regime rather than a theocracy, and Saddam actively disliked Al-Qaeda because Al-Qaeda actively disliked Saddam.

I expect the truth is more complicated than that and not amenable to summary in a few words, but the idea that Al-Quaeda and Saddam Hussein collaborated is quite improbable.

Forgot where I heard it, but.....

[poltr1]

As far as I know, the only things Iraq and Al-Queda have in common are the letters "A" and "Q".