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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (255949)	5/16/2002 10:36:50 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 769670

Bush apologist Condi Rice has asserted that they were clueless about the potential of using hijacked planes to attack positions. In fact in July Bush and friends were using anti-aircraft missles to protect themselves from just such an attack. cnn.com Surface-to-air missiles, fighter jets and naval ships form part of the security operation, which is also responsible for defending the summit from attacks by terrorists. g7.utoronto.ca ...Another projected theme will be the fight against terrorism - which is becoming all the more relevant with the alleged reports of a terrorist attack on the Genoa Summit this July. It has occupied a large part of the G7 Summit agenda in the past, aircraft hijacking being the first non-economic issue discussed at a G7 meeting in Bonn 1978. Mr. Bianco indicated that there is a widespread concern regarding regionalist and nationalist types of terrorism, in particular if linked to Islamic fundamentalism. Once again the Bush actions do not agree with his words. TP