http://www.judeoscope.ca/breve.php3?id_breve=2633 Bush: no war on Islam, Elmasry "not fooled"
The Calgary Sun reports on US President Bush's statements to the UNGA that the West is not engaged in a war against Islam, but rather against extremists, and offers the usual, dismissive "woe is us" response by the Canadian Islamic Congress' Mohamed Elmasry: "Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false, and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror," Bush said. "We respect Islam - but we will protect our people from those who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction." As thousands of anti-war protesters marched outside the UN yesterday, Bush worked to boost flagging international support for the U.S.-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Mohamed Elmasry, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, slammed Bush's appeal to Muslims as empty rhetoric. "He can not fool any Muslims. Muslims are aware of his aggressive policies against Muslim countries," he said. Elmasry also blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper for bringing more aggression to Canada's foreign policy. http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2006/09/20/pf-1867231.html Bush denies war on Islam Speaks out to world's Muslims By KATHLEEN HARRIS <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , OTTAWA BUREAU NEW YORK -- America and its allies are not at war with Islam, U.S. President George W. Bush said yesterday, as he called on Muslims to embrace his peace plan for the Middle East. In a 15-minute address to the UN General Assembly, Bush made a direct appeal to citizens to reject extremism and join the fight against terrorism. The modern world is divided by a "great ideological struggle" between terror-inflicting extremists and peace-loving moderates, he said. "Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false, and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror," Bush said. "We respect Islam -- but we will protect our people from those who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction." As thousands of anti-war protesters marched outside the UN yesterday, Bush worked to boost flagging international support for the U.S.-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Mohamed Elmasry, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, slammed Bush's appeal to Muslims as empty rhetoric. "He can not fool any Muslims. Muslims are aware of his aggressive policies against Muslim countries," he said. Elmasry also blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper for bringing more aggression to Canada's foreign policy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
