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God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers

Category: News

Date: 06.10.2005
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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."



The series charts the attempts to bring peace to the Middle East, from Bill 
Clinton's peace talks in 1999/2000 to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last 
August.



Norma Percy, series producer of The 50 Years War (1998) returns, with 
producers Mark Anderson and Dan Edge, to tell the inside story of another 
seven years of crisis.



Presidents and Prime Ministers, their generals and ministers tell what 
happened behind closed doors as peace talks failed and the intifada exploded.



Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace - Mondays 10, 17 and 24 October, from 
9.00 to 10.00pm on BBC TWO.

                
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Category: News

Date: 06.10.2005
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bush.shtml