The London Telegraph is reporting that links between Saddam and bin-Laden did indeed exist:

Iraqi intelligence documents discovered in Baghdad by The Telegraph have provided the first evidence of a direct link between Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'eda terrorist network and Saddam Hussein's regime.

Papers found yesterday in the bombed headquarters of the Mukhabarat, Iraq's intelligence service, reveal that an al-Qa'eda envoy was invited clandestinely to Baghdad in March 1998.

The documents show that the purpose of the meeting was to establish a relationship between Baghdad and al-Qa'eda based on their mutual hatred of America and Saudi Arabia. The meeting apparently went so well that it was extended by a week and ended with arrangements being discussed for bin Laden to visit Baghdad.

The papers will be seized on by Washington as the first proof of what the United States has long alleged - that, despite denials by both sides, Saddam's regime had a close relationship with al-Qa'eda.

The Telegraph found the file on bin Laden inside a folder lying in the rubble of one of the rooms of the destroyed intelligence HQ. There are three pages, stapled together; two are on paper headed with the insignia and lettering of the Mukhabarat.

I give the Bush administration credit. They have not crowed when they have found evidence of WMD or links to al-Qaeda. They will not even comment until they have proof which is the proper way to handle this whole scenario. Here is a more in depth look at the report.

They found what looks to be potential nerve gas in north central Iraq:

U.S. soldiers found 14 barrels of chemicals yesterday in a vast weapons storage area in north-central Iraq, and three initial tests indicated that they contained a deadly mixture of cyclosarin nerve agent and mustard gas.

Previous finds of suspect chemicals in Iraq have turned out to be false alarms, and a Pentagon spokeswoman said yesterday that defense officials had no conclusive evidence that the barrels contained chemical weapons.

She said samples from the barrels would be sent to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland for further testing, a process that could take a week or longer.

i think the US is gathering all this information together to present to the UN. Instead of disclosing finds here and there, we'll present it all in one overwhelming dossier that will be indisputable.