Does it matter? What difference does it make?
We must catch Osama, ties or no ties.
It matters because the DemonRats and their accomplices in the MSM are using the supposed lack of *any* connection between OBL and Saddam Insane to undermine that part of the war on Islamist terrorism that is being conducted in Iraq. Show that they are lying through their teeth and it becomes harder for them to do.
We must catch Osama, ties or no ties.
Osama is only one player, the one who attacked us directly, but still only one player. Isalmist terrorism is not centrally controlled in the same way as a rogue country like Iraq under Saddam or Germany under Hitler. Russia under Stalin and Japan under Tojo are better examples, but still not Cut off the head of this snake, and two more heads will pop up to take it's place.
The only "centers" are in Oom, Najaf, Mecca, Medina and probably most important the madrassas in Pakistan and elsewhere.