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Poll Shows 1 in 3 Americans Still Believe Saddam Involved in 9/11

Poll Shows 1 in 3 Americans Still Believe Saddam Involved in 9/11
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On the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, one-third of the American people continue to believe that Saddam Hussein was "personally involved" in the terrorist assault, according to one recent poll.

Other surveys show that a larger number - 40 percent or more - believe that Iraq had some role in the attacks, or that Iraq gave substantial support to Al-Qaida.

The Sept. 11 commission and intelligence experts never found such a connection, but even after six years of reports and news accounts, the myth of a strong Iraq-Sept. 11 link persists.

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