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Abbas denies Bush's 'mission from God' remark
SMH ^ | 10/08/05 | SMH

Posted on 10/07/2005 10:39:50 PM PDT by Pikamax

Abbas denies Bush's 'mission from God' remark October 8, 2005 - 12:23PM

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has denied an account by another Palestinian official of a meeting with US President George Bush in which Bush is cited as saying he believed that God told him to go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

A statement in Abbas's name released by his office said an excerpt from an interview with Palestinian Information Minister Nabil Shaath due to be broadcast by the BBC in which Shaath described a meeting with Bush in June 2003 gave a "completely false" account.

In the interview for the series, Israel and the Arabs, Shaath described the meeting, at which he said Abbas was present.

"President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did. And then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq.' And I did,'" Shaath said.

"This report is not true," the Abbas statement said today. "I have never heard President Bush talking about religion as a reason behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush has never mentioned that in front of me on any occasion and specifically not during my visit in 2003."

Shaath could not be reached for comment.

The series, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace, will be broadcast in Britain on October 10, 17 and 24, and in its entirety on the US Public Broadcasting Service on Monday.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; divineintervention

1 posted on 10/07/2005 10:39:50 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: Pikamax

Must have been lost in translation.


2 posted on 10/07/2005 10:52:53 PM PDT by Peace will be here soon (Liberal definition of looting: " Self-help Humanitarian Aid.")
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To: Pikamax

The BBC will run the story anyway. The allegation, not the truth is what matters to leftists.


3 posted on 10/07/2005 10:57:11 PM PDT by jess35
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To: Pikamax

did anyone actually think it was true besides the DUmmies?


4 posted on 10/07/2005 10:59:31 PM PDT by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: Pikamax

Gee. How stupid can the rest of the world get. He's not on a mission from God...

He's on a crusade ;-)


5 posted on 10/07/2005 11:15:46 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (When a Jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings)
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To: Pikamax

6 posted on 10/07/2005 11:18:53 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Rastus

Thank you! I've been begging for that since these threads came up.


7 posted on 10/07/2005 11:22:17 PM PDT by AZ_Cowboy ("Be ever vigilant, for you know not when the master is coming")
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To: Pikamax
"President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did. And then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq.' And I did,'" Shaath said.

"And then what happened, Mr. President?"

"I went up on the mountain to see what I could see. The whole world was fallin' right down in front of me."
8 posted on 10/07/2005 11:25:03 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: AZ_Cowboy

It was the first thing that came to mind. :)


9 posted on 10/07/2005 11:25:42 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Pikamax

God may be sick and tired of these butchers who are butchering in the name of a sick demented religion.


10 posted on 10/08/2005 3:03:12 AM PDT by tkathy (Tyranny breeds terrorism. Freedom breeds peace.)
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To: Rastus

http://www.sacredcowburgers.com/fresh/showpics.cgi?as_a_matter_of_fact


11 posted on 10/08/2005 3:06:20 AM PDT by Einherjar (PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER)
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