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My daughter is doing a short presentation for college class. She needs concise information on reasons Pres. Bush went to war with Iraq and information and evidence to support it. Did a search on google on this topic and mainly came up with a bunch of left wing anti-war. anti-Bush sites. Thanks, Sky

President Bush delivered his campaign stump speech in yet another venue yesterday, the United Nations, as he again attempted to defend the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- this time to the international body he'd said would become little more than a debating society if it failed to follow his call to war in Iraq. Bush repeated his theme that salvation and stability for the Middle East could be accomplished by outside powers imposing democracy at the point of a gun. He said Afghanistan and Iraq "will be a model for the broader Middle East." In a familiar effort to justify...

NEW YORK -- U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday scolded the United Nations for failing to join his crackdown on "murderers." A tough-talking Bush told the 84 world leaders gathered here in New York for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly's 59th session to stop "looking away." "All civilized nations are in this struggle together and all must fight the murderers," he said, warning of an escalation in attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan leading up to those countries' general elections. Bush used his 15-minute address to the UN to criticize advocates of pulling out of Iraq. "The proper...

Politics - AFP Bush, Annan trade barbs over Iraq at UN 1 hour, 56 minutes ago Add Politics - AFP to My Yahoo! UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) and US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) traded fresh barbs over Iraq (news - web sites) at a sombre meeting of world leaders held in the shadow of Iraq's ongoing bloodshed. Opening the UN's annual debate, Annan said Iraqi prisoners had been "disgracefully abused" and made veiled references to the United States in a wide-ranging speech calling on all nations to...

Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Allawi of the Interim Government of Iraq in a Photo Opportunity The Waldorf-Astoria New York, New York 12:52 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BUSH: A couple of opening statements. We'll answer -- I'll answer a couple of questions from the U.S. media, AP and Reuters, and I'll answer a question from the Iraqi media, as well. First, Mr. Prime Minister, it's been my delight to visit with you. I appreciate your courage. I appreciate your leadership. I am -- I share the same confidence you share that Iraq will be a free nation, and as...

RUSH: Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy! I hope you heard the president's speech at the United Nations, and I really hope you heard Kofi Annan's speech before the president's speech so you could contrast the two. I'm going to tell you something, folks. This Bush speech was a terrific speech. If his name was George W. Clinton, this speech would be hailed as one of the best speeches of all time. The only problem with the speech was Bush was talking about freedom and democracy to a room full of thugs and dictators, but it didn't hold him back. It's...

UPDATE: It's over. Boy, maybe it's me, but I think he's getting worse as the campaign wears on. He's got the gist of a strong message in there — "Bush is too optimistic about how Iraq is going, it's time for us to be prepared for the worst-case scenario." But it's hard to keep that from slipping into a gloomy "all is lost, we'll never fix this dump" message, and I don't think Americans want to hear that. His criticisms are specific and his solutions are vague. It's apparently not that hard for any old jihadi yahoo to get his...

Pres. Bush Before U.N. As is tradition every fall, the President of the United States delivers remarks at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Pres. Bush is expected to speak primarily about the political sitution in Iraq. TUES., C-SPAN, 10:30AM ET

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - On the eve of President Bush's address to the United Nations, domestic and foreign critics of his Iraq war policy focused on a radically different international agenda on Monday. Dozens of leaders from countries that mostly opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, including President Jacques Chirac of France, attended a conference at U.N. headquarters on how to combat the dark side of globalization by fighting poverty. Rebuilding Iraq, fighting terrorism and halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction -- Bush's agenda for the international community -- barely rated a mention at that conference, whose theme...

President Bush will focus on Iraq and Afghanistan in a speech at the United Nations this week. The president used his weekly radio address to preview those remarks. President Bush will tell leaders gathered for the U.N. General Assembly that he will not allow violence to disrupt elections in Afghanistan next month, or a vote in Iraq scheduled for January. "Terrorist enemies are trying to stop the progress of both those countries, and their violent and merciless attacks may increase as elections draw near," said president Bush. "But all the world can be certain: America and our allies will keep...

Friday September 13, 19:09 PM Iraq would "teach US lesson" if it attacked: AzizIraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said Baghdad would "teach (the Americans) a lesson" if they attacked and Iraq did not accept the conditions spelled out by US President George W. Bush in his UN speech. But Aziz, in remarks to Dubai-based Saudi MBC television, excerpts of which were made available to AFP ahead of broadcast at 1500 GMT, said the Iraqi leadership had yet to formulate Baghdad's "final positions" on the current standoff over its alleged pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. "Iraq does not accept...