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Documenting of 9/11 history sparks debate

As the United States marks the fifth anniversary of September the 11th attacks, bitter debate is rippling across political lines over how the history of those events is being written.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is maintaining that there is a link between al-Qaeda and Iraq, despite the Senate report dismissing that.

Leading conservative author Ann Coulter has decided to take on the widows who are challenging the Bush administration over the investigation of the September 11 attacks.

And in the latest skirmish, former president Bill Clinton and his secretary of state Madeleine Albright have attacked the American ABC network over its miniseries Path to 9/11, which is now screening on Channel Seven in Australia.
Read entire article at World Today (Australia)