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Richard Cheney: “This is al Qaeda operating in Iraq. And, as I say, they were present before we invaded Iraq.”

On the recordApril 5, 2007
This is al Qaeda operating in Iraq. And, as I say, they were present before we invaded Iraq.

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Cheney asserts that al Qaeda was active in Iraq prior to the U.S. invasion.

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