Chavez Takes Bush to Task Over War in Iraq - gets thunderous applause

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Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:22:39 -0700

Chavez Takes Bush to Task Over War in Iraq - gets thunderous

applause

 

 

 

 

 

*Guess who received the loudest applause at the UN summit Thursday?*

 

 

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB8XH08ODE.html

 

Chavez Takes Bush to Task on World Stage Over War in Iraq

 

 

 

UNITED NATIONS ( AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took President

Bush to task in front of a global summit for waging war in Iraq without

U.N. consent and won rousing applause for his critique.

 

The leftist leader told a U.N. summit on Thursday that fighting the war

without U.N. authorization showed Washington did not respect the world

body. He recommended moving U.N. headquarters to a country that has more

regard for the organization.

 

" There were never weapons of mass destruction but Iraq was bombed, and

over U.N. objections, (it was) occupied and continues being occupied, "

Chavez said. Bush alleged that Iraq possessed weapons of mass

destruction but none have been found, shattering one of his main

arguments for going to war.

 

When he finally stopped, he got what observers said was the loudest

applause of the summit.

 

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