Cheney defends U.S. invasion of Iraq
LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, September 9, 2004
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(09-09) 14:16 PDT CINCINNATI (AP) --
Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday defended the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein harbored al-Qaida terrorists and others and again connecting the war to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Cheney skimmed over President Bush's principal justification for going to war: that Saddam harbored weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them. No such weapons were found in Iraq.
The bipartisan commission that investigated the attacks cited contacts between Saddam's regime and al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, but said there was no "collaborative relationship" before the terrorist strikes.
Cheney spoke to about 500 invited supporters at a town-hall meeting and answered about a half dozen friendly questions in this conservative section of this contested swing state.
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