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Titolo: George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq' (The Guardian)

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Am.
George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq'
President told Palestinians God also talked to him about Middle East peace
Ewen MacAskill
Friday October 7, 2005
The Guardian
George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched 
the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior 
Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later 
this month.
Mr Bush revealed the extent of his religious fervour when he met a 
Palestinian delegation during the Israeli-Palestinian summit at the 
Egpytian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, four months after the US-led 
invasion of Iraq in 2003.
 One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign 
minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am 
driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and 
fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would 
tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."
Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go 
get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, 
and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."
Mr Bush, who became a born-again Christian at 40, is one of the most 
overtly religious leaders to occupy the White House, a fact which 
brings him much support in middle America.
Soon after, the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz carried a Palestinian 
transcript of the meeting, containing a version of Mr Bush's remarks. 
But the Palestinian delegation was reluctant publicly to acknowledge 
its authenticity.
The BBC persuaded Mr Shaath to go on the record for the first time for 
a three-part series on Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy: Elusive Peace, 
which begins on Monday.
Religion also surfaced as an issue when Mr Bush and Tony Blair were 
reported to have prayed together in 2002 at his ranch at Crawford, 
Texas - the summit at which the invasion of Iraq was agreed in 
principle. Mr Blair has consistently refused to admit or deny the claim.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister, who was also part of the 
delegation at Sharm el-Sheikh, told the BBC programme that Mr Bush had 
said: "I have a moral and religious obligation. I must get you a 
Palestinian state. And I will."
Mr Shaath's comments came as Mr Bush delivered a speech yesterday aimed 
at bolstering US support for the Iraq war.
He revealed that the US and its partners had disrupted at least 10 
serious al-Qaida plots since September 11, including three planned 
attacks in the US. "Because of this steady progress, the enemy is 
wounded - but the enemy is still capable of global operations," he 
said. He added that Islamic radicals had used a series of excuses to 
justify their attacks, from conflict with the Israelis to the Crusades 
1,000 years ago.
"We're facing a radical ideology with unalterable objectives: to 
enslave whole nations and intimidate the world," he said.
He conceded that al-Qaida, led in Iraq by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and 
other insurgents had gained ground in Iraq but the US would not leave 
until security had been established. "Some observers also claim that 
America would be better off by cutting our losses and leaving Iraq now. 
This is a dangerous illusion, refuted with a simple question: Would the 
United States and other free nations be more safe, or less safe, with 
Zarqawi and Bin Laden in control of Iraq, its people, and its 
resources?" Mr Bush asked.


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