http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&u=/ap/20040624/ap_on_re_us/gore_1&printer=1Gore: Bush Lied About al-Qaida, Iraq Link
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By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Al Gore (news - web sites) on Thursday accused President Bush (news - web sites) of lying about a link between al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and said the president refuses to back down from that position to avoid political fallout.
"They dare not admit the truth lest they look like complete fools for launching our country into a reckless, discretionary war against a nation that posed no immediate threat to us whatsoever," Gore, the former vice president who lost the presidency to Bush in 2000, said during a speech at Georgetown University Law Center.
Republicans responded that the Democrat's assertions were false and out of touch.
Ken Mehlman, Bush's re-election campaign chairman, admonished Gore for delivering "another gravely false attack" and the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) contended he was out of touch.
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