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White House defends 9/11 ties to Iraq in Bush speech
(White House-AP) June 29, 2005 - The White House is defending President Bush's repeated references to September 11th in Tuesday night's speech aimed at shoring up support for the Iraq War.
War critics, including House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, accuse the president of "exploiting the sacred ground of 9/11" - knowing there's "no connection" between the attacks and Saddam Hussein's regime.

Bush made five direct references to 9/11, and several indirect ones, in his speech at Fort Bragg. He said terrorists want to shake America's will in Iraq, just as they did by attacking New York and Washington.

Spokesman Scott McClellan says Bush wasn't talking about any link between Baghdad and the hijackings, but he was saying those attacks "changed the equation," forcing America to "go on the offense" against terrorists.

The spokesman says in Iraq, America is fighting "the enemy abroad, so we don't have to fight them here at home."

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