Similarly, alleged links between Iraq and al-Qaeda were called into question during the lead-up to the war, and were discredited by a 21 October 2004 report from U.S. Senator Carl Levin, which was later corroborated by an April 2006 report from the Defense Department's inspector general. Предполагаемые связи Ирака с аль-Каидой также были под вопросом в ходе подготовки к войне и были дискредитированы в докладе американского сенатора Карла Левина от 21 октября 2004 года.