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the Powers that Be .:.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bush & Zapatero address The United Nations. Aznar gets a degree. and the Earth moves. Yesterday President Bush (the 2nd) of the USA addressed the United Nations general assembly appealing for support in Iraq, insisting the invasion was legitimate and ruling out a military withdrawl - "we must win". Not far away, only two hours drive through Boston and up to Washington's hinterland, Aznar, (ex president of Spain) addressed the academic staff of Georgetown University (who have recently awarded him a teaching qualification). In a speech entitled 7 theories on terrorism, Aznar attributed the March 11th bombing of Madrid to "Al Andaluz" rather than Iraq. "Al Andaluz" was the arabic name for the iberian peninsula and the etymological root of Andalucia, the last part of the peninsula to be ruled by an Islamic dynastic empire. Aznar in 2002 (readers might recall) sent the spanish military to retake an island (Laia in arabic) (Perejil in Spanish) (Parsley in English) from morrocan policeman who had (armed with a Morrocan flag) occupied the uninhabitated bird reserve 200 metres north of the Morrocan coast. |
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