Original sentence: "  Congressman Paul's controversial statement, however, has been supported by the 9/11 Commission Report which states that the 9/11 attacks were a form of blowback from previous American involvement in the Middle East.In Giuliani's second appearance in a major 2007 GOP debate, on May 15, conducted by Fox News, he challenged fellow candidate Representative Ron Paul, who had mentioned contributing factors that led to anti-American sentiment in the Middle East.The Nation noted that the CIA's former al Qaeda and bin Laden specialist, Michael Scheuer, told CNN: "We're being attacked for what we do in the Islamic world, not for who we are or what we believe in or how we live.When Paul stated that the United States' military interventionist policy (specifically occupation in Saudi Arabia, 1990s bombing of Iraq, and U.involvement in overthrowing democratically elected Iranian leader Mohammed Mosaddeq) was a contributing factor to anti-American feelings in the region, Giuliani interrupted the debate and said that Paul made "an extraordinary statement" and that "as someone who lived through the attack of September 11, that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq
Edited sentence: "  Congressman Paul's controversial statement, however, has been supported by the 9/11 Commission report itself which stated that the 9/11 attacks were a form of blowback from American involvement in the Middle East.In Giuliani's second appearance in a major 2007 GOP debate, on May 15, conducted by Fox News, he challenged the position of Representative Ron Paul regarding the contributing factors that led to the events of September 11th, 2001.When Paul stated that the United States' military interventionist policy (specifically occupation in Saudi Arabia, bombing of Iraq, and U.involvement in overthrowing democratically elected Iranian leader Mohammed Mosaddeq) was a contributing factor, Giuliani added an impromptu response by stating that it was "an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attack of September 11, that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq