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Tom Udall: “President Bush said last week al Qaeda in Iraq attacked us on 9/11. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2007
President Bush said last week al Qaeda in Iraq attacked us on 9/11. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is there was no al Qaeda in Iraq on 9/11. In fact, we helped create al Qaeda in Iraq by our invasion. And what we are going to learn today from our intelligence service report is 4 years in Iraq has made al Qaeda stronger around the world. So let's get our facts straight in this war and focus on the real threat in a smart and intelligent way.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing President Bush's claims about al Qaeda in Iraq during a discussion on the Iraq War.

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