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George Bush: 'God Told Me to End the Tyranny in Iraq'
By Ewen MacAskill
The Guardian UK
Friday 07 October 2005
President told Palestinians, God also talked to him about Middle East peace.
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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