In a speech at a Maryland synagogue, Rudolph Giuliani criticized President Clinton for failing to see the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center as a declaration of war by Osama bin Laden. President Clinton did not respond, said Giuliani, a Republican presidential candidate. Bin Laden declared war on us. We didn’t hear it. Giuliani spoke at B nai Israel Congregation in Rockville as part of the Greater Washington Jewish Community Relations Council s Presidential Forum Series. The former New York City mayor said of Iran s president, If a man says he s going to destroy Israel and kill Americans, and that man runs a government I m going to take him seriously and I m going to stop them.
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