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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:27 AM
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BBC: God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bush.shtml


President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq - and create a Palestinian State, a new BBC series reveals.

In Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, a major three-part series on BBC TWO (at 9.00pm on Monday 10, Monday 17 and Monday 24 October), Abu Mazen, Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister, describe their first meeting with President Bush in June 2003.

Nabil Shaath says: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan." And I did, and then God would tell me, "George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …" And I did. 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.'"

Abu Mazen was at the same meeting and recounts how President Bush told him: "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state."

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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:28 AM
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1. Yep! This is an oldy but a goody. I remember when this was first reported,
right after he reportedly said it.
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greenman3610 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:33 AM
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14. Actually, this seems like a new angle
the previous report on this was an article in Ha'Aretz,
I think, and it was kind of hard to get a confirmation.
That report was about a meeting of Israeli dignitaries, it
seems to me.
Here is a report of 2 witnesses at a meeting of Palestinians,
it seems like further reinforcement of the
original report.
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:28 AM
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2. This man needs serious psychological help
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:46 AM
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18. And immediately, for all our sakes. For the world's.
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mrfrapp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:48 AM
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19. Yeah
Edited on Thu Oct-06-05 10:48 AM by mrfrapp
I have no problem with people praying and asking God for advice but when God starts talking back, we have a serious problem.
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tompayne1 Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:28 AM
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3. ........ this man got ELECTED?
in the US!!?!?!
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:28 AM
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4. So in other words, God talks like a fake Texan too?
God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan."
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:30 AM
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8. "Heh heh heh. Hey Bushie! Go 'n git them terrists!"
"Heh heh heh. Git em good!"
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:28 AM
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5. Well, God Damn him!
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:29 AM
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6. Isn't god the prince of peace?
Or is that just at christmas time?
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:29 AM
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7. Man, he's hearing voices. Great. n/t
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:30 AM
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9. "I'm driven with a mission from God"
Hey, he's stolen one of the Blues Brothers' lines!
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:31 AM
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10. Some one is INSANE!
:crazy: And full of himself, too. :puffpiece:
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KyndCulture Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:31 AM
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11. God told me to... famous last words of serial killers! nt
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:43 AM
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17. "Son of Bush"
David Berkowitz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

David Falco Berkowitz (born June 1, 1953) in Brooklyn, New York, better known by his nickname Son of Sam, is an infamous 1970s New York City serial killer who killed six people and wounded several others. His given name was David Falco— Berkowitz was the name of his adoptive parents. His birth parents were Betty Broder who grew up into a poor Jewish family and Tony Falco an Italian-American Catholic.

Berkowitz struggled with being adopted and with the concept that his mother did not want him. His murders began after a three-year enlistment in the U.S. Army. The first occurred on July 29, 1976, when he fired into a car where two girls sat, wounding Jody Valentini and killing Donna Lauria.

The "Son of Sam" nickname came from neighbor/landlord Sam Carr. According to Berkowitz, Sam Carr was a "high demon" who sent his "evil" Labrador dog to command Berkowitz to kill. After his fourth attack in January 1977, authorities realized that he targeted teen girls with long, dark hair and young couples. Berkowitz began writing letters to the media and was arrested on August 10, 1977. He had been issued a parking ticket near the scene of his final crime, and police investigation led them to Berkowitz. Berkowitz, who immediately confessed, was arrested outside his Yonkers apartment on August 10, 1977. He was sentenced on June 12, 1978, to 365 years in prison for the killings.

While Berkowitz originally claimed to receive his orders to kill from his landlord's dog, which he claimed was a demon. He shot the dog one night after carrying out a murder on one of his listed victims, but with it being only a minor wound, the dog survived, such was the proof that the dog was a demon, according to Berkowitz, although now a devout christian serving life imprisonment, he now admits that the story was untrue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam



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enid602 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:32 AM
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12. . . . and then God said . . .
"George, go belt down a fifth of Chivas, and play on your bicycle."
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:36 AM
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15. That jibes with my belief the Almighty has a kick-ass sense of humor
and works for good in mysterious ways :evilgrin:
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:32 AM
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13. Isn't that what he told charlie manson via the beatles guitar amps too?
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:39 AM
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16. Wouldn't it be nice if AMERICAN media would mentioned this? nt
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highplainsdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:57 AM
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21. Yes, it would.
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MellowOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-05 10:48 AM
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20. He is the type of "Christian" that gives God a bad name.n/t
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