They met in 1998 based on their hatred of the US
From one of the links I posted;
Journalists from the British Sunday Telegraph newspaper found documents revealing a meeting between an Al Qaeda (search) envoy and officials in Baghdad in March 1998.
The newspaper reports that the meeting was set to establish a relationship between Baghdad and Al Qaeda based on their mutual hatred for the United States and Saudi Arabia
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The meeting was to establish a relationship in 1998 on their mutual hatred for the US. Where did that relationship lead to? We will find out in the near future.
I am sure they only talked about the nice things they would do for the US.
Oh...and then 2 1/2 years later we had 9/11