
Entry 110May 1, 2003
“We've removed an ally of al Qaeda, and cut off a source of terrorist funding.”110
110President George W. Bush, President of the United States, USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003. Source
Why it’s on the record. The 9/11 Commission concluded that while contacts existed in the 1990s, they did not result in a collaborative relationship between al Qaeda and Iraq.
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- Why it’s on the recordSource: edition.cnn.com
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On the record
The President claimed the removal of the Iraqi regime would disrupt terrorist funding.
- Said by
- President George W. Bush, President of the United States
- Where
- USS Abraham Lincoln
- When
- May 1, 2003
- Source
- USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003