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In French Deck, Bush Is King of
Diamonds
PARIS - The ace of spades? Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gets the
honor in a new French deck of cards. President Bush (news
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sites) is the king of diamonds and Osama bin Laden (news
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sites) the joker. The game takes a jab at the famous deck of cards created
for U.S. soldiers hunting down ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news
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sites) and other leaders from the deposed regime.
"I found it
completely indecent to present a manhunt as a game," said Thierry Meyssan,
the man behind the French deck. "We thought this card game would allow us
to ... explain why we consider the government of George Bush a threat to international
security." Meyssan is the author of
a one-time French best seller, "9-11: The Big Lie," claiming that no
plane ever crashed into the Pentagon (news
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sites) on Sept. 11, and that the attacks were plotted by a faction within
the U.S. military. Now, Meyssan said in a
telephone interview, he wants to expose "the 52 most dangerous American
officials." Meyssan heads the
Voltaire Network, a left-wing association that put the cards on its Internet
site. A little over 2,500
decks a la francaise have been sold, at $9.20 each, on the Internet in recent
weeks, Meyssan said. There are plans to sell the decks in stores soon and
translate them into 10 languages, he said. Each card carries a
photo of the official and a text explaining the choice. Bush, as the king of
diamonds, is described as "the president of a baseball club." Charles Mims |
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