sep 11, 2001 - President George W. Bush in a speech he
delivered before Congress a short time after
the attacks. Bush made the claim that 130
Israelis perished in the attacks. Israel
Newspaper claims only 5 dies a year later
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President George W. Bush in a speech he delivered before Congress a short time after the attacks. Bush made the claim that 130 Israelis perished in the attacks
"We will not forget moments of silence and days of mourning in Australia and Africa and Latin America. Nor will we forget the citizens of 80 other nations who died with our own. Dozens of Pakistanis, MORE THAN 130 ISRAELIS, more than 250 citizens of India, men and women from El Salvador, Iran, Mexico and Japan, and hundreds of British citizens."
CNN.com Transcript of President Bush's address 2001, Sept 21
"Five Israeli victims remembered in capital"
Jerusalem Post 2002, Sept 11
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