Mr. Bush got some support from an unexpected quarter today when President Vladimir Putin of Russia said that his intelligence services had learned that Mr. Hussein planned terror attacks on American soil and had warned Washington, Reuters reported.
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Mr. Putin said Russian intelligence had been told on several occasions that Mr. Hussein's special forces were preparing to attack American targets inside and outside the United States, Reuters said, although he offered few other details on the matter.

Today, as he stood before a sea of uniformed soldiers, Mr. Bush said over and over again that 9/11 was the reason the United States had to go to war in Iraq more than a year ago.