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Palin Ties Iraq to 9/11 Attacks

Tells deploying troops mission is to 'defend innocent from enemies' who planned strikes

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2008 8:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – In her speech yesterday to Iraq-bound troops in Alaska—a brigade that includes her oldest son, Track—Palin linked the war in Iraq with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reports, making a connection the Bush administration has long since stopped making. She said... Read full story »

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