The war in Iraq was never really about Al Queda. The Bush Administration used that fear of terrorism to justify a war that Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, the Carlyle Group and others have been planning since the mid 1990s. Its called Project for a New American Century, or PNAC.

Here's an excerpt from a letter to President Clinton in 1998:

"We urge you to articulate this aim, and to turn your Administration's attention to implementing a strategy for removing Saddam's regime from power."

The letter is posted at
http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm
Check out the names at the bottom.