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Fwd: [bangla-vision] Bush: Mubarak Wanted Me To Invade Iraq



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URL:http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26806.htm

Bush: Mubarak Wanted Me To Invade Iraq

By Mohammad Sagha

November 13, 2010 "
Foreign Policy" - --  In his new book, George W. Bush writes that he was under pressure not just from hawks in the United States to invade Iraq, but from Arab statesmen as well.

In a revealing passage, Bush writes that President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt "told Tommy Franks that Iraq had biological weapons and was certain to use them on [American] troops," a VOA article highlights. Bush goes on to say that Mubarak "refused to make the allegation in public for fear of inciting the Arab street."

Additionally, Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who served as the influential Saudi ambassador to the United States for over 20 years and who Bush calls "a friend of mine since dad's presidency" also wanted a "decision" to be made -- although this seems less direct an indictment than "Iraq has biological weapons and will use them against you."

So while the Arab street was firmly opposed to American intervention in Iraq, Arab heads of states were quietly and secretly either encouraging or tacitly endorsing allegations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, a fact that was directly being used as the principal justification for invading the country.

Sound familiar?

 

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al.caswa · 1 day ago

bush must be up to something...
it does not appear he's concerned involving Egypt..
what is he thinking about....
another war between iraq or Iran and Egypt perhaps..?
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AmmonRah001 · 1 day ago

How about Israel, it's Prime Minister and its Zionist in the White House?! Me thinks they exerted a much higher degree of influence than any Arab country.
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David Kennedy · 1 day ago

I guess ole George was put under great pressure from these Arabs. They sure know how to pressure a guy. I always knew he could never have thought up this kind of thing all by himself, good Christian an' all. Those damn pesky Arabs. They sure are always up to something, and usually it's no good.
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Bill Johnson · 1 day ago

I really don't give a damn about Bush's book of recounting lies and silly excuses for his bloody terrorist crimes against humanity while in office and out. He belongs in jail or better still, the world would be better off if he had been aborted prior to birth.
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Turtle · 1 day ago

How is this relevant? Since when do client states have a real say?
When both Egypt and KSA wanted the US to tell Israel to get out of Lebanon in 2006, did it mean anything to Bush? Did the "birth pangs of democracy" suddenly diminish in intensity due to their intervention? Why did their counsel hold such sway in Iraq, but not in Lebanon? Hazard a guess?

T.
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Hussein Kabil · 1 day ago

If this turns to be true and because of the source one ought to be cautious and vigilant. The phraseology used by bush is shady. To say that Saddam will use his biological weapons against you (of course if he has them) is a mile away from telling Bush to attack Iraq. However such an action would be a typical Mubarak position; his behavior in 1991 was an indication of malleability and weakness. Again if an encouragement was given Mubarak ought to be tried for treason. Many Arab legal venues can take this responsibility; also he ought to be tried as a co-conspirator in the murder of about 2 million Iraqis, the displacement of 4-5 million human being, the destruction of a well established society, the nuclear poisoning of Iraq and a long list of crimes against humanity... again if this is true it should be an unforgivable crime.
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Of course, the Bush Memoire is just the beginning of something bigger..
However there is some obvious truth in the Memoire.. The Muslims particularly the ARABs are deeply devided, hated and feared one another.
You can tell by the fact that THERE are NO 2 ALLIED MUSLIM NATIONS. even they are neighbours. even between Pakistan and Bangladesh!!!
They almost always stab one another's back for the WEST.. Indonesia vs Malaysia..
whereas the whole WESTERN NATIONS united UNDER ISRAEL..
I cannot escape the conclusion that Muslims are so stupid and the Jews are so clever..
And the Western peoples are so dumb slave
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tarazan · 1 day ago

Bush is indirectly trying to make his point that Saddam had WMDS before the war of 2003 started, and he is using Mubarak of Egypt to make his point that he was right about illusive Saddam's WMDS and intent..
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whispering truth · 1 day ago

please i don't want to hear what he says in his book--heck i didn't want to hear him when he screwed this country the first time around--i just want to know when he gets arrested, and when the execution will be--ok?
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Carol · 1 day ago

Bush was never good with names. I think he meant to say Israel. Political leaders are usually unsettled by rioting constitutents and if they want to stay in power, don't defy them.
We have plenty of evidence that the Bush Adminstration and Blair's boys, "sexed up" the intelligence to justify and invations. There are the meetings between Cheney and big oil, dividing up Iraqs resources before 9-11. Murbarak did not attend.
Bush's book is selfing serving fiction.
Bandar, maybe. He was with Bush the night of 9-11. Bandar in no way represents the Saudi people or all its leadership.
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