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Mahathir blasts Americans, Bush From correspondents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19oct04 AMERICANS were "very ignorant" and would almost certainly re-elect a "liar" as their president, Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview published today. The trademark tongue lashing directed at US President George W. Bush also took in his allies - Prime Minister John Howard and Britain's Tony Blair. In an interview with Malaysia's The Star newspaper Dr Mahathir also did not spare Mr Bush's rival, Senator John Kerry, saying both politicians were "in total denial" about the root causes of terrorism. Dr Mahathir stepped down as...

WASHINGTON: Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohammad has appealed to American Muslims not to vote for George Bush on November 2. In an open letter sent to the community, believed to number seven million, the former prime minister said during the past four years of the Bush presidency, the Muslims and their countries had suffered oppression and humiliation as never before in the history of Islam. “There is an obvious connection between the sufferings of the Muslims and the policies and thinking of Bush. We cannot expect much change to the policies of the United States of America towards Islam and...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's former prime minister has urged Muslims in America to vote for US Senator John Kerry in the Nov 2 presidential election, saying President George W. Bush has been 'the cause of the tragedies' across the Muslim world.

Mahathir asks Muslims to vote out Bush By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohammad has appealed to American Muslims not to vote for George Bush on November 2. In an open letter sent to the community, believed to number seven million, the former prime minister said during the past four years of the Bush presidency, the Muslims and their countries had suffered oppression and humiliation as never before in the history of Islam. “There is an obvious connection between the sufferings of the Muslims and the policies and thinking of Bush. We cannot expect much change to the...

<p>March 19, 2004 -- A week after boasting he had the support of unnamed world leaders, John Kerry released a message yesterday to any more who want to back him for president - please don't.</p> <p>The plea came after he got the support of the notorious anti-Semitic former leader of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, and the incoming Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez.</p>

<p>At least one foreign leader has emerged to support Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid – but Kerry would prefer if this one had kept his support to himself.</p> <p>Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose anti-Semitic tirade last year was personally rebuked by President Bush, says he's behind Kerry.</p>

It was okay when John sKerry could say that foreign leaders supported him over President Bush, because it suited his political purpose. Now that one of these "foreign leaders" have stepped forward, Senator Flip-Flop is singing a different tune. Sounds like a familiar refrain, doesn't it? What a phony. Yesterday, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, an avowed anti-Semite, said that he was endorsing John Kerry for president of the United States. It took all of the three seconds for the Kerry campaign to issue a statement rejecting the endorsement, and saying this: "It is simply not appropriate...

As well all know, Kerry has said orign leaders are telling him behind closed doors that they hope he wins the presidency. As a result, many foreign leader are coming out of the closet to support Kerry. Just yesterday, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian who was shot while campaigning on the day before Taiwan's presidential election, has come out for Kerry. Chen Shui-bian said from his hospital bed, " I support John Kerry because he will ban all guns from America. That is a good thing, " he said clutching his wounds. Post here your news about foreign leaders who have...

<p>WASHINGTON — He may have not been one of the foreign leaders with whom John Kerry (search) spoke about his presidential candidacy, but former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (search) endorsed Kerry anyway on Thursday.</p> <p>The former prime minister, who made headlines in October for saying at an Islamic Summit Conference that "the Muslims will forever be oppressed and dominated by the Europeans and the Jews," said Kerry would keep the world safer than President Bush.</p>

From Drudge: Kerry Foreign Policy Advisor Rand Beers issued the following statement today: '...It is simply not appropriate for any foreign leader to endorse a candidate in America's presidential election. John Kerry does not seek, and will not accept, any such endorsements'... Statement from Kerry Foreign Policy Advisor Rand Beers on the former Malaysian Prime Minister Washington, DC – Kerry Foreign Policy Advisor Rand Beers issued the following statement today: “John Kerry rejects any association with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, an avowed anti-Semite whose views are totally deplorable. The world needs leaders who seek to bring people together,...

Mahathir Mohamad, who as Malaysia's soft-on-terrorism prime minister last year urged fellow Muslim leaders to achieve a "final victory" over the Jews who "rule the world by proxy," today endorsed Kerry's effort to defeat President Bush....

It turns out that Spain's new soft-on-terror socialist leader, the Arab propagandists of Al Jazeera and the cowardly French aren't the only dubious foreign supporters of John Kerry's presidential campaign. Mahathir Mohamad, who as Malaysia's soft-on-terrorism prime minister last year urged fellow Muslim leaders to achieve a "final victory" over the Jews who "rule the world by proxy," today endorsed Kerry's effort to defeat President Bush. "I think Kerry would be much more willing to listen to the voices of people and of the rest of the world," Mahathir, who retired in October after 22 years in power, told the...

<p>PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) -- Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad endorsed Democratic contender John Kerry in the U.S. presidential race Thursday, saying he would keep the world safer than President Bush.</p> <p>"I think Kerry would be much more willing to listen to the voices of people and of the rest of the world," Mahathir, who retired in October after 22 years in power, told The Associated Press in an interview.</p>