Reply #43: The Iraq invasion was a faith based mission

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http://www.unknownnews.net/insanity2.html
Bush considers God a key political ally
by Bill Straub, Scripps Howard News Service

March 5, 2003
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"The president speaks as he speaks because he believes as he believes," Fleischer said.

Bush's embrace of religion has often been told. He became a self- described born-again Christian, at least in part, because of a battle with the bottle. He hasn't had a drink of liquor since 1986. Born an Episcopalian, he is now a Methodist, the original church of his wife, Laura Bush. He prays daily and often participates in West Wing Bible studies.

When he isn't reading the Bible, Bush often devotes his rising hour to other religious texts. The first lady recently revealed that the president currently is engrossed in "My Utmost for the Highest," a collection of sermons from the late Scottish preacher Oswald Chambers.

"I pray," Bush told those gathered for the National Prayer Breakfast. "I pray for strength, I pray for guidance, I pray for forgiveness. And I pray to offer my thanks for a kind and generous almighty God."
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http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=9616&TagID=
Worst Rape Photos Of Iraqi Woman By US Military And Israeli Operatives Not Yet Released

uploaded 27 May2004


The new photographs released of the depraved sexual abuse of Iraqi POW's by the US Military Police on orders of CIA and Israeli operatives at the Abu Ghraib prison still do not show the worst of the war crimes. The photographs so far officially released are, without exception, only of male Iraqi prisoners of war. According to returning Mexican-American soldiers and staff members of Congressmen who have viewed the videos and photographs in private sessions, there are far more shocking photographs that have not been released to the public. Senator Richard J. Durbin himself said "There were some awful scenes. It felt like you were descending into one of the rings of hell, and sadly it was our own creation". Other members of Congress said, after viewing the images, that they included Iraqi women exposing their breasts and other private parts. Congressman Martin T. Meehan said, ''I was obviously shocked and horrified to discover that the new photos are even more gruesome than those we have seen in the media. Some of the pictures and videos show actual intercourse between male and female soldiers." In addition, the May10 - 17issue of Newsweek said that yet-unreleased Abu Ghraib abuse photos "include an American soldier having sex with a female Iraqi detainee and American soldiers watching Iraqis have sex with juveniles."
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http://www.miniluv.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=471
"One of the bad effects of an anti-intellectual philosophy is that thrives upon the errors and confusions of the intellect. Hence it is led to prefer bad thinking to good, to declare every momentary difficulty insoluble, and to regard every foolish mistake as revealing the bankruptcy of intellect and the triumph of intuition. -Bertrand Russel"