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

To: jlallen who wrote (688633)	6/29/2005 9:20:10 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

AS: idiot thinks, idiot does, idiot posts ....

To: jlallen who wrote (688633)	6/29/2005 9:31:36 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Official statistics, world terrorism has doubled since 2003. Pull your head out of the ground. Reality sucks for Bush now. Iraq was a really bad idea without moderate Arab partners adn the UN.

To: jlallen who wrote (688633)	6/30/2005 12:48:30 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Terrorist Attacks Increased 400% in 2004 (under Bush) (* sorry I said they only doubled) 0.06.05 1.00pm More travel insurance companies should include cover against terrorism in their policies, an industry body said today. Data issued by the US State Department showed the number of terrorist attacks committed around the world increased to around 655 in 2004 compared to 175 in 2003. The British Insurance Brokers' Association BIBA said too few travel insurance providers included cover against terrorism. BIBA Technical Services Manager Graeme Trudgill said holidaymakers should check their travel insurance policies to see whether they include terrorism exclusions. If not, he said tourists could find themselves having to pay their own medical bills and flight costs home if they were caught up in a terrorist attack overseas. "Terrorists can strike anywhere. If there's one thing the Bali bomb showed us it's that terrorists are increasingly targeting tourists," said BIBA spokesman Jack Doyle. US State Department data showed that some of the worst terrorist attacks that occurred last year took place in European cities. In February 2004 suicide bombers blew up a Moscow subway train, killing 41 people and wounding more than 100. In March, 10 bombs were detonated on commuter trains during the Madrid rush hour, killing 191 people and wounding many more. In August, a suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded at least 50 others when she detonated explosives outside a Moscow subway station. Norwich Union spokeswoman Louise Zucchi said the company's policies would cover acts of terrorism but would not cover those who travelled to war zones. Zucchi said Norwich Union's war exclusion also extended to countries that were facing an imminent state of war and any country to which the Foreign Office had advised tourists not to travel. She said policyholders would be covered against acts of terrorism in any other country in the world. "If you think about it, it would have to be worldwide coverage because, if you took out an annual travel policy we wouldn't necessarily know where you were going anyway." Travel insurance policies from Marks & Spencer, Axa and BIBA also cover acts of terrorism. Churchill Insurance spokesman Greg Dawson said his company did not cover acts of terrorism or acts of war because "they are impossible perils to rate as they could come in any form, shape or size". - REUTERS