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Bush: Saddam bought geraniums, not uraniums.
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BUSH: SADDAM BOUGHT GERANIUMS, NOT URANIUM
White House Defends War Decision Based on Typo
In an extraordinary retraction of key elements in his last State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush revealed today that Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein did not attempt to buy uranium in Africa, as earlier alleged, but merely geraniums.
“As I was reading the speech to the nation, I should have caught that typo,” the President told reporters today. “My bad.”
While the news about the uranium/geranium goof stunned diplomatic circles, Mr. Bush remained resolute about his decision to go to war, arguing that buying geraniums, while not as potentially dangerous as buying uranium, still represented a “suspicious” activity on the part of the Iraqi madman.
“The question we have to ask is, who was he buying these geraniums for?” Mr. Bush said. “Was he buying them for Osama bin Laden or Kim Jung-Il or some other evildoer? Luckily, we’ll never find out.”
Mr. Bush said that, thanks to Operation Iraqi Freedom, “Saddam Hussein is no longer free to terrorize the world with his evil flower-buying sprees.”
While the President may have been trying to quell international criticism, his comments instead sparked more controversy, as French President Jacques Chirac challenged the U.S. to find evidence of geraniums anywhere in Iraq.
In response, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said that while the U.S. had yet to turn up any concrete evidence of geraniums, U.S. forces had uncovered several “suspicious” empty flowerpots outside of Basra.
Asked by reporters about the flowerpots, Mr. Bush gave a thumbs-up gesture and said, “Mission accomplished.”
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White House Defends War Decision Based on Typo
In an extraordinary retraction of key elements in his last State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush revealed today that Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein did not attempt to buy uranium in Africa, as earlier alleged, but merely geraniums.
“As I was reading the speech to the nation, I should have caught that typo,” the President told reporters today. “My bad.”
While the news about the uranium/geranium goof stunned diplomatic circles, Mr. Bush remained resolute about his decision to go to war, arguing that buying geraniums, while not as potentially dangerous as buying uranium, still represented a “suspicious” activity on the part of the Iraqi madman.
“The question we have to ask is, who was he buying these geraniums for?” Mr. Bush said. “Was he buying them for Osama bin Laden or Kim Jung-Il or some other evildoer? Luckily, we’ll never find out.”
Mr. Bush said that, thanks to Operation Iraqi Freedom, “Saddam Hussein is no longer free to terrorize the world with his evil flower-buying sprees.”
While the President may have been trying to quell international criticism, his comments instead sparked more controversy, as French President Jacques Chirac challenged the U.S. to find evidence of geraniums anywhere in Iraq.
In response, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said that while the U.S. had yet to turn up any concrete evidence of geraniums, U.S. forces had uncovered several “suspicious” empty flowerpots outside of Basra.
Asked by reporters about the flowerpots, Mr. Bush gave a thumbs-up gesture and said, “Mission accomplished.”
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I'm not really an expert on this but I was wondering whether everyone thinks that the idea that Saddam & Bin Laden were/are co-operating is a realistic one?
I think the chances are quite low and that it shouldn't really have been suggested. Aren't they enemies?
Bush probably has theologians rewriting the Bible to make 9/11 the start of the Apocalypse. :rolleyes:
The only valid explaination I've heard for the war in Iraq is that Al Qaeda operates in failed states and Iraq was a failed state-with no fly zones etc. So there was an Al Qaeda cell operating in Kurdish controlled northern Iraq. And they did catch a guy in London who got ricin from them and had received medical treatment in Baghdad after leaving Afghanistan.
And the leader of the group responsible for the attacks in Morroco was in Iraq.
And right now the Cheq Republic claims an Iraqi Intelligence officer met with Mohammad Atta, a leader of the 9/11 murders, in the summer of 2001. So far the US government disputes this saying Atta was in America at that time.
Did anyone think the parody was funny? I did.
What I will once again point out to you as I did in another recent thread is that the whole CZECH (not Cheq) claim was dismissed by the CIA and subsequently admitted to have been an erroneous allegation by the Czech authorities themselves LAST YEAR!
So kindly cease from regurgitating outdated and discredited claims as a basis for anything if you wish to be afforded any credibility.
Go do some thorough research and educate yourself pnj. The propaganda is rotting your brain.
This isnt the case my friend. When those claims were dismissed the Czech's themselves admitted their error. end of story. The report in question just relies on the fact that a majority of the public have short memories and undoubtedly will simply see this report as a means of maintaining their unquestioning support for an admin and a political agenda which is systematically breaking down as the lies are exposed.
This claim has been debunked, deal with it!
The Iraqi regime and Al Qaeda had no connection.