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Article: Agenda 2001: Crusade - ill-chosen word sparks furore.(Comment)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2001
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Byline: NOREEN BARR
FOR George Bush, pledging to fight a ''crusade'' against terrorism might have seemed like a pithy soundbite.
But that one, ill-chosen word uttered by the US President created deep offence in the Middle East where he is trying to enlist support - and it has already been exploited by Osama bin Laden in his appeal for martyrs to his cause.
"This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while," Bush told reporters in Washington. To him the word probably meant no more than a vigorous campaign.
But in the Middle ...