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Iraq rebuffed al-Qaeda: report

INVESTIGATION A meeting between one of the 9/11 pilots and an Iraqi agent, often cited as evidence of a terrorist alliance, never took place, the Sept. 11 commission found

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , WASHINGTON

Soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, Czech officials said they had received reports that Atta had met in April 2001 with Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim al-Ani, an Iraqi intelligence officer stationed in Prague.

But the CIA and FBI, and some top Czech officials, quickly began to cast doubt on the story, and Czech security officials were never able to corroborate the initial report, which was based on a single source.

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