Habbush letter , or Habbush memo , is a handwritten message dated July 1 , 2001 , which appears to show a link between al-Qaeda and Iraq 's government . It purports to be a direct communication between the head of Iraqi Intelligence , General Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti , to Iraqi president Saddam Hussein , outlining mission training which Mohamed Atta , one of the organizers of the September 11 attacks , supposedly received in Iraq . The letter also claims that Hussein accepted a shipment from Niger , an apparent reference to an alleged uranium acquisition attempt that U.S. President George W. Bush cited in his January 2003 State of the Union address
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