Bush to seek G-8's support for war on terror

Washington Times ^ | Monday, June 24, 2002 | By David R. Sands

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President Bush must hold hands and stiffen spines this week as he faces a delicate diplomatic task at the first post-September 11 Group of Eight summit at a remote resort in the Canadian Rockies.

Mr. Bush said last week he will be looking for a clear show of solidarity from the world's leading industrial powers in the U.S.-led war on terrorism. But he also will face concerns, particularly in Europe, about U.S. unilateralist tendencies and the focus on security and anti-terrorism matters to the virtual exclusion of other concerns.

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Monday, June 24, 2002

Quote of the Day by LonePalm

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"In the United States, the terrorism fight is seen as a war, but you don't get the same sense in Europe," said Ognyan Minchev, head of the Institute for Regional and International Studies, a think tank in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Well, perhaps that will change when the Louvre is demolished, or Big Ben is flattened by terrorists.