It's not like many of us didn't already know this. but ...

There's no evidence Saddam Hussein had a relationship with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his Al-Qaida associates, according to a Senate report on prewar intelligence on Iraq. Democrats said the report undercuts President Bush's justification for going to war

This is a big right wing talking point and one that Hitchens uses quite frequently. Stephen Hayes, Cheney's new bio author, wrote a book about it. Shame on him. Here's the pdf links for the report...here and here.