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Though Bush’s State of the Union speech occurred at 3am in Britain and 5am in Iraq, on Wolf Blitzer Reports on Wednesday afternoon CNN correspondents had no problem finding Britons and Iraqis angry about it. “Europeans find the President's talk about God and good and evil very scary,” sniffed Walter Rodgers before trumpeting how “analysts here say that alienation is not going to change until Mr. Bush leaves the White House.” Rodgers insisted that the alliance “has been badly shattered by this President, and by the unilateralist policy.” From Baghdad, Michael Holmes relayed: “The attitude very much, we don't know...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troops weren't the only ones surprised by President Bush's Thanksgiving Day visit to Iraq. The White House press corps was, too. For security reasons, Bush's trip would have been canceled if the information had leaked, so most reporters were kept in the dark.</p>