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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:35 PM
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Thousands protest in Gaza against "vampire" Bush
Source: Reuters

Thousands protest in Gaza against "vampire" Bush
Wed Jan 9, 2008 10:06am EST


By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Brandishing placards showing George W. Bush as a vampire swigging Muslim blood, thousands of Hamas supporters protested in Gaza on Wednesday against the U.S. president's visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank.

Some 20,000 members of the Islamist group, shunned by the West for refusing to renounce violence, set U.S. and Israeli flags alight. Bush was a "butcher" whose first presidential visit to the Holy Land was skewed towards helping Israel, they said.

"In his first words Bush talked about Israel, its security, its democracy and the right of America and Israel to defend themselves," senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar told reporters at the rally.

"He did not talk about settlements or the assaults against our people." In Jerusalem, Jewish families waved Israeli and American flags and cheered Bush, who hopes his visit will invigorate efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office...........

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL09301499





I am surprized that Reuters put vampire in the headline.
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rAVES Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:09 PM
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1. Unfair comparison...
for Vampires.
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momster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:17 PM
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2. He'll Drink Any Flavor
Muslim, Greek Orthodox, Santeria, Southern Baptist, Polish, French or American and in a pinch, puppy... He's not picky.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:27 PM
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3. But he loves baby blood the best
As long as it's born baby.
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Acadia Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:35 PM
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4. he sucked the life blood out of the middle class and America.
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rockybelt Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:36 PM
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5. I wonder...
is there anything else he could suck?
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:59 PM
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6. I dunno, maybe someone should ask James Bath...
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 05:15 PM
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10. Don't forget Poland!
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:13 PM
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7. Israelis protested too


Israeli left-wing Jewish and Arab demonstrators protest U.S. President George W. Bush's visit in front of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. President George W. Bush, seeking to pull Israel and the Palestinians toward serious negotiations, said Wednesday he has high hopes that a Mideast peace pact can be achieved before he leaves office next year, despite ongoing land squabbles and continuing violence.
(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:16 PM
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8. Great Posters!


Palestinian Hamas supporters protest against the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to Israel and the West Bank, in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Thousands of Palestinian hard-liners in Gaza staged protests against George W. Bush on Wednesday, burning Bush in effigy and underscoring the deep political split with West Bank moderates who welcomed the visit of the U.S. president as an important gesture to the Palestinians.
(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:23 PM
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9. Never mind
Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 02:25 PM by otohara
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 05:40 PM
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11. The Pissant-In- Chief does bear a strange resemblance to the late Bela Lugosi..
in his declining years.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 05:14 PM
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12. You guys just don't get it! He's brilliant!
He's going to unite the Jews and Arabs in their hatred of America.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 05:45 PM
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13. More out of ignorance than anything else. Piss in a boot has more sense than he does.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 06:06 PM
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15. Yeah, I saw him in "Shrek" and would have to agree. n/t
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 05:46 PM
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14. The Vampire Anti-Defamation League will be all over this.
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