Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, and Straw banned from Church of the Nativity (2003)

Bush and Blair banned from Church of the Nativity -1/4/2003

George Bush and Tony Blair have been barred from Bethlehem’s the Church of the Nativity reports the Palestine Chronicle.

A spokesman of the Orthodox Church in the Holy Land, archimandrite Attallah Hanna declared that U.S. President George Bush, his Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw have all been banned from visiting the traditional birth place of Christ in Bethlehem.

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In an interview with IslamOnline.net, Hanna described both Bush and Blair as "excommunicates", having failed to listen to calls by churches before war erupted.

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The attacks undertaken by the alliance in Iraq is contrary to the instructions and message of Christianity, Father Attalah said.

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http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_2003_04_bush_blair_ban.shtml

May the lovers of peace and justice everywhere gather courage tonight, and begin transforming the world with wisdom and compassion tomorrow!

...since I seriously doubt Dick "Vader" Cheney would be particularly welcome there, either.