Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune carefully follows the MSM meme of "no ties" between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda by writing in today's Chicago Tribune that Colin Powell's allegation that Zarqawi was a link between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussien is "incorrect, as we now know."

I am not sure who "we" refers to but it isn't the Bipartisan Senate Select Intelligence Committee who later confirmed the terrorism allegations in Powell's UN speech. (Dan Darling also noted this in his Weekly Standard piece mentioned below)

Page isn't the only one using Zarqawi's death to expose their misunderstanding of Saddam Hussein's possible sponsorship of al Qaeda and he certainly won't be the last. But the question remains, on what is Page basing his allegation that Powell's assertions (regarding Zarqawi) were false?

It would be nice if his readers were priveleged with the details of how he came to such a conclusion.