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Article: Bush hits Iran for aid to al Qaeda; U.S. investigates links to September 11 attacks.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2004
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Byline: Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush yesterday accused Iran of harboring and aiding top al Qaeda terrorists, but he stopped short of charging that Tehran was directly involved in the September 11 attacks.
Using stern language against a nation that he has labeled a member of an "axis of evil," the president said his administration is examining whether Iran had any connection with the 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.
"We're digging into the facts to determine if there was one," Mr. Bush said from the Oval Office. "They're harboring al Qaeda ...