From his office in clouded cuckoo land: Bush:

BBC NEWS Americas Bush rejects Saddam 9/11 link

"We have no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the 11 September attacks," Mr Bush told reporters as he met members of Congress on energy ...

Insurgents in Iraq same as 9/11 attackers:

President Bush, defending his troop surge in Iraq, insisted Thursday that the insurgents attacking US troops in Iraq "are the same ones who attacked us on Sept. 11."

Edwards: Bush's Iraq/September 11 remarks 'border on the delisonal' :

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards slammed President Bush's connecting of insurgents in Iraq with the terrorists who attacked the US on Sept. 11, 2001, saying the president's remarks "border on the delusional" and accusing him of ignoring his role in allowing al Qaeda to gain strength in Iraq.

Critics Assert Bush Distorts Al Qaida Links To Iraq

The New York Times MICHAEL R. GORDON and JIM RUTENBERG July 12, 2007 08:59 PMIn rebuffing calls to bring troops home from Iraq, President Bush on Thursday employed a stark and ominous defense. "The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq," he said, "were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th, and that's why what happens in Iraq matters to the security here at home."
It is an argument Mr. Bush has been making with frequency in the past few months, as the challenges to the continuation of the...