The Pentagon's study of 600,000 documents seized in Iraq since 2003 has shown that Iraq had no ties to Al Qaeda. Well, duh. Here's the Times blurb:

There was no direct operational connection between Saddam Hussein’s government and Al Qaeda before the war in Iraq, says a Pentagon-sponsored study released Wednesday.

The report, by the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federally financed research institution, found “no smoking gun” after a review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that have come into American hands since the March 2003 invasion. Senior administration officials cited the existence of ties between Mr. Hussein and the terrorist network run by Osama bin Laden as a rationale for the invasion of Iraq.

While the report echoes findings of other independent analyses, it represents the most definitive assessment to date by the United States government.

Among other findings, the report said that Mr. Hussein’s government provided support to other regional and international terrorist operations.

Expect the usual noises from the neocon right.