 Facing a GOP revolt in the Senate, Bush urged Congress on Frid to join in backing legislation to spell out strategies for interrogating & trying Boogieman suspects, saying "the enemy wants to attack us again." "Time is running out," "Congress needs to act wisely & promptly." Bush denied the US might lose the moral high ground in the war on terror in the eyes of world opinion, as former Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested. "It's unacceptable to think there's any kind of comparison between the behavior of the U S of A & the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women & children to achieve an objective," said Bush, growing animated as he spoke. On Iraq, Bush said he regretted US troop levels are rising instead of falling. He blamed it on the recent surge in sectarian violence. How unfair of them, we only bombed them killing thousands of innocent men, women and children invaded destroying their homes and country, now why should they be upset and want to kill us? ...
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 Bush stance on al-Qaida suspects is morally wrong, says Colin Powell Geneva convention must be respected |
The former secretary of state Colin Powell yesterday repudiated White House plans to allow coercive interrogations of al-Qaida suspects, saying it would erode the moral basis of the US "war on terror". In a letter to Senator John McCain, one of a trio of powerful Republicans who have opposed White House proposals for new legislation on detainees, Mr Powell warned that it would be a mistake to reduce America's commitment to the Geneva convention on treatment of prisoners. "The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," Mr Powell wrote. The intervention from Mr Powell, a four-star general almost universally respected by civilians and former colleagues in the military, dealt a serious setback to White House efforts to bring in legislation on the war on terror ahead of November's mid-term congressional elections. ...
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| Bush to argue case for terror law at media event Surprise news conference comes day after tension on Hill over strategy |
Bush, faced with a revolt by some fellow Republicans over treatment of foreign terrorism suspects, scheduled a news conference on Friday to argue his case. The White House said Bush would appear in the Rose Garden at 11:15 a.m. ET. MSNBC.com will stream the conference live at video.msnbc.com. Bush goes before reporters a day after a Senate Committee rejected the president’s pleas that legislation on foreign terrorists allow CIA interrogators to use tough interrogation methods. Instead, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 15-9 to endorse an alternative bill by Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain that would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects. McCain, Virginia Republican Sen. John Warner and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham made up the core of the rebellion against Bush and engineered the vote despite a personal visit by the president to Congress on Thursday. ...
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| China Rips U.S. Claims on Weapons Sales China denounces accusations by the United States that it sold weapons to Iran, North Korea |
China on Friday denounced accusations by top U.S. officials that it was selling weapons to Iran and North Korea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang called the criticism "groundless and irresponsible," the official Xinhua News Agency said. No other details were given.Peter Rodman, assistant secretary of defense for international security, on Thursday urged China to re-evaluate its relationship with allies Iran and North Korea, two countries with which the United States is locked in tense nuclear standoffs.He said Washington sees in China "a general willingness to transfer a wide variety of technologies to customers around the world."...
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| Taleban 'seize Afghan district' |
The Taleban have ousted Afghan security forces from a district headquarters in the western Farah province after days of heavy fighting, police say. The forces were besieged and support was unable to reach them, Farah police chief Sayed Aqa Saqib told the BBC. The Taleban have fought fierce battles with Afghan and foreign troops this year, mostly in the south and east, in which hundreds of people have died. The Farah attack has raised concerns of a new front opening up in the west. Hundreds of heavily-armed Taleban fighters have been involved in this week's violence in the province, the authorities say. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press quoted the country's hardline former rulers as saying they took the Golestan district headquarters "after a brief clash" on Thursday evening. ...
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| NATO Asks Again for Afghanistan Troops |
NATO's top commander renewed an appeal Friday for allies to urgently provide up to 2,500 troops for the battle with Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, but officials said it likely would take two weeks before governments reply. Gen. James L. Jones told a closed meeting of ambassadors from the 26 NATO allies that Poland's welcome offer of 900 troops in February had not diminished the immediate need for more troops, planes and helicopters, according to officials at NATO headquarters. Diplomats said they expected the call for more troops to feature at a meeting of allied foreign ministers Thursday in New York, but said decisions likely will have to wait until defense ministers gather Sept. 28-29 in Slovenia. They said governments needed time to assess what forces they could make available, to test political support for deployment and to find funding for such a mission. ...
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