Bush Again Confuses IDs of Two Terrorists

[tuvor]

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) might have been able to say it was simply a slip of the tongue when he confused two terrorists in a campaign speech Monday in New Hampshire. Trouble is, he's made the same misstatement at least 10 times before.

During remarks in Derry, N.H., Bush said the late terrorist Abu Nidal killed Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old Jewish American who died after being tossed — along with his wheelchair — off a hijacked cruise liner named Achille Lauro in 1985.

"Do you remember Abu Nidal?" Bush asked the crowd. "He's the guy that killed Leon Klinghoffer. Leon Klinghoffer was murdered because of his religion. Abu Nidal was in Baghdad, as was his organization."

Actually, it was Abul Abbas, the leader of a violent Palestinian group, who killed Klinghoffer.

More at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&e=10&u=/ap/bush_wrong_terrorist

[AgadorSparticus]

1. good god. and how do people feel "safer" under this monkey???

[Spinzonner]

2. Personally, I think this is Much Abu about Nothing

[Moderator]

3. Dupe, and LBN Rules

In order for a thread to qualify as Latest Breaking News, LBN Rules require that news items be no older than 12 hours at the time of posting. The linked-to article was first web-published on Monday, September 20 at 8:11 pm ET.

There is a still-active LBN thread from Monday here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=841907

Thanks!

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