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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

George W Bush accidentally condemns ‘unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq’ in Ukraine speech gaffe

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Former US president George W Bush made a gaffe on Wednesday and condemned the “brutal” “invasion of Iraq”, before correcting himself to say he was denouncing the invasion of Ukraine.

The 43rd president was speaking at an event on elections at the presidential centre in Dallas.

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