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Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is hoping John Kerry wins the presidential election in November, several Palestinian leaders told WorldNetDaily.

Mahathir blasts Americans, Bush From correspondents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19oct04 AMERICANS were "very ignorant" and would almost certainly re-elect a "liar" as their president, Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview published today. The trademark tongue lashing directed at US President George W. Bush also took in his allies - Prime Minister John Howard and Britain's Tony Blair. In an interview with Malaysia's The Star newspaper Dr Mahathir also did not spare Mr Bush's rival, Senator John Kerry, saying both politicians were "in total denial" about the root causes of terrorism. Dr Mahathir stepped down as...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, siding with President Bush two weeks before the U.S. election, said Monday that armed attacks in Iraq were staged by "international terrorism" out to block his re-election. "The attacks of international terrorism in Iraq are directed not only at international coalition forces but at President Bush personally," said Putin, speaking in the Tajik capital. "International terrorism has given itself the goal of causing maximum damage to Bush in the election battle, the goal of blocking the re-election of Bush for a second presidential term," he told a news conference. Putin's comments, ahead...

WASHINGTON: Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohammad has appealed to American Muslims not to vote for George Bush on November 2. In an open letter sent to the community, believed to number seven million, the former prime minister said during the past four years of the Bush presidency, the Muslims and their countries had suffered oppression and humiliation as never before in the history of Islam. “There is an obvious connection between the sufferings of the Muslims and the policies and thinking of Bush. We cannot expect much change to the policies of the United States of America towards Islam and...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's former prime minister has urged Muslims in America to vote for US Senator John Kerry in the Nov 2 presidential election, saying President George W. Bush has been 'the cause of the tragedies' across the Muslim world.

Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Two of Japan's most powerful politicians, in quick succession, effectively have endorsed President Bush in next month's election, in contrast to a recent poll suggesting that the Japanese people generally favor the Democratic candidate. On Saturday, the secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Tsutomu Takebe criticized Sen. John Kerry for his pledge to hold direct talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program and other issues. "To negotiate [with Pyongyang] over Japan's head on issues including nuclear development would be exactly what North Korea wants," Takebe said in a speech in...

Mahathir asks Muslims to vote out Bush By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohammad has appealed to American Muslims not to vote for George Bush on November 2. In an open letter sent to the community, believed to number seven million, the former prime minister said during the past four years of the Bush presidency, the Muslims and their countries had suffered oppression and humiliation as never before in the history of Islam. “There is an obvious connection between the sufferings of the Muslims and the policies and thinking of Bush. We cannot expect much change to the...

Iran is at a critical time in its history. Pro-democracy forces are finally making headway against the iron-fisted religious rule of the mullahs, led by the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For the first time, more difficult since Iran was taken over by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, there is a chance for the Iranian people to achieve democracy by overwhelming popular demand. President Bush has been openly supporting the rise of democracy in Iran and other countries. A recent letter from the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) to President Bush praised him for his steadfast support...

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe said Friday there will be trouble if Democratic challenger John Kerry beats incumbent George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election. Takebe, who is seen as a right-hand man of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, told a Nippon Broadcasting System radio program, referring to the Nov. 2 presidential election, "It would mean trouble if it is not President Bush. Mr. Kerry is trying to address the North Korean problem bilaterally. That is totally out of the question." While praising Bush's policy of seeking a resolution to the standoff over North Korea's nuclear ambitions through...

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been given to Kerry from the pro-Iranian lobby......

John Kerry's presidential campaign reached out Monday morning to Spain's prime minister-elect, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, requesting the opportunity for the two men to meet. Kerry, who has a vacation planned in the coming weeks, is said to be eager to travel and to meet some of the world leaders he claims support him. "You're going to see him meet with some of the people he has built relationships with over the years," says a Kerry adviser in Washington. "This is a man who has always cared about international relations, and he knows some of these leaders better than the...

BEIJING, Oct 14 (AFP) - If Chinese could vote in the US presidential election they would overwhelmingly support Democrat challenger John Kerry, but China's authoritarian leaders prefer the methods of incumbent George W. Bush, analysts said. "The majority of Chinese will consider a win by John Kerry favorably," said Zhu Feng, an expert on Sino-US relations at Beijing University's International Studies Institute. "They consider that Bush's policy choices have been too simplistically focused on US interests, that the Bush administration has had a bad foreign policy and his personal performance has been poor." Chinese people are distressed by the Iraq...

Tehran would welcome John Kerry's proposal to supply nuclear fuel, Hossein Musavian, the head Iran's Supreme National Security Council's foreign policy committee, announced today. First outlined in a June speech, Kerry's plan to provide Iran with nuclear fuel in exchange for a pledge to use it for peaceful purposes only was unveiled to the American public during the first presidential debate. "I think the United States should have offered the opportunity to provide the nuclear fuel, test them, see whether or not they were actually looking for it for peaceful purposes," Kerry said in a critique of the Bush administration's...

TEHRAN - Iran would welcome a proposal by U.S. presidential candidate Senator John Kerry (news - web sites)'s running mate for a "great bargain" to solve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards (news - web sites) has said that Kerry, a Democrat, would be willing to supply Iran with nuclear fuel for power generation if Tehran abandons its own fuel-making capability - if Iran did not accept this offer, it would confirm Iran wanted to make an atom bomb. Iran earlier rejected the proposal, saying it would...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would welcome a proposal by U.S. presidential candidate Senator John Kerry's running mate for a "great bargain" to solve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Vice presidential candidate Senator John Edwards has said that Kerry, a Democrat, would be willing to supply Iran with nuclear fuel for power generation if Tehran abandons its own fuel-making capability - if Iran did not accept this offer, it would confirm Iran wanted to make an atom bomb. Iran earlier rejected the proposal, saying it would be "irrational" for Iran to jeopardize what...

France disputes Iraq bribe claims Allegations that French officials were offered bribes by Saddam Hussein are unverified, France has said. An official US report said that the former Iraqi leader sought to influence world figures with "oil vouchers" in an attempt to get UN sanctions lifted. French businessmen and politicians were among the recipients, it said. The report, which found Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction at the time of the US-led invasion, has fuelled the debate about justification for the war. The BBC's David Bamford says that on the face of it, the ISG's evidence about alleged bribery...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christine Iverson (202) 863-8614 WASHINGTON – Chairman Ed Gillespie made the following statement today:“Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski’s deeming as “immoral” John Kerry’s insult of Poland’s sacrifice in Iraq once again exposes the fallacy of the senator’s claim that he would be able to convince other countries to replace our troops in Iraq with theirs. President Krasniewski has been resolute in understanding the importance of achieving victory in Iraq, unlike Senator Kerry, who has vacillated with every shifting political wind.”

World leaders come forth to criticize John Kerry for undermining our allies in the War on Terror.

Meet the unsavory types who’ll be grading us on the global test. President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry referred to the United Nations 17 times during their debate last Thursday on American foreign policy. Kerry's references outnumbered the president's more than 2 to 1. The senator's attitude? The U.N. is the centerpiece of any definition of America's strategic interests. Kerry put U.N. centrality this way: "You don't help yourself with other nations...when you refuse to deal at length with the United Nations." Speaking of Iraq, "at length" meant "We needed to go to the U.N. The president needed...

Summary to begin Series on the " Allies" in the United Nations that according to KERRY we were "suppose" to turn over OUR NATIONAL SECURITY to and " Wait, be patient, and use MORE diplomacy" with. Before the invasion facts: UNITED NATIONS:- ------RECEIVED A 2.2% OF REVENUES IN THE OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM FOR " SUPERVISION OF COMMERCE " Under program agreement--ALL " program Work " between Kofi Annan, Benon Sevan ( director of program) and staff-is UN-DISCLOSABLE, Un-Accessable, NON-Releasable to ANY OTHER UNITED NATIONS MEMEBER FOR REVIEW OR INSPECTION. ( Please See : Kofi Annan's SON'S Compnay : Cotecna...