UK envoy's Bush barb made public

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BBC News snip:


Ivor Roberts was ambassador to Ireland before going to Rome

Critical private remarks by the British ambassador in Rome about US President George W Bush have been leaked by the Italian media.
A leading daily newspaper has quoted Sir Ivor Roberts as calling Mr Bush "al-Qaeda's best recruiting sergeant."

Sir Ivor reportedly made the comment at a yearly meeting of British and Italian political and business leaders on Sunday.

Remarks at the conference are usually considered off the record. "If anyone's ready to celebrate the eventual re-election of Bush, it is none other than al-Qaeda," Sir Ivor was quoted as saying by the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

It reported he also told the meeting of British and Italian politicians, bankers, academics and journalists in Tuscany: "Bush is al-Qaeda's best recruiting sergeant."

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3674632.stm

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1. Truer words were never spoken

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