CBS article. More fuel for the "Bush is Bin Laden's Man" argument.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/01/opinion/fenton/main633329.shtml

"Tom Fenton (article author), in his fourth decade with CBS News, has been the network's Senior European Correspondent since 1979. He comments on international events from his "Listening Post" in London, and other parts of the world as well."

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"Mr. Bush is the most disliked American president abroad in living memory, perhaps in all of American history."

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"Why would Bin Laden want more of the same from Washington? Because, say these observers, the war in Iraq has been a recruiting ground for al Qaeda supporters. And anything that furthers Bin Laden's grand plan for a clash of civilizations between Islam and the infidels is worth supporting. Even a Bush re-election."