Lebanese cleric derides Bush policies
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Frail, pale and weakened by the Ramadan fast, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was able to muster just about enough energy to vent his anger at President Bush, whom he recently dubbed "the devil's messenger."
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim at U.S. policies in Iraq and Lebanon on Tuesday, and accused Washington of abusing its power in the U.N. Security Council to punish others while protecting its own interests and allies.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan 13 -- President Bush accused Iran Sunday of undermining peace in Lebanon, funding terrorist groups, trying to intimidate its neighbors and refusing to be open about its nuclear program and ambitions.
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Statements by two top US policymakers contradicting adminstration dogma on Iraq provided new fuel to relentless Democratic criticisms of President George W. Bush that have jolted his re-election bid.
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The White House on Monday condemned  the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  and said Lebanon should be free to pursue its political future  free of violence and Syrian occupation.
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President Bush cursed Hezbollah&#039;s attacks against Israel in private conversations with foreign leaders Monday that were picked up by a microphone.
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A popular former president has resumed his attacks against hardline Iranian clerics threatening to disqualify reformists from upcoming elections.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday harshly criticized the bipartisan report recommending changes to U.S. war policies, saying it contained some "very dangerous" recommendations that would undermine the sovereignty of Iraq.
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister said Friday hard-line Sunni clerics outside Iraq share the blame for this week's bloodshed at a Shiite religious festival in Karbala because they issued religious decrees terming Shiites heretics.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President George W. Bush on Friday banned entry to the United States by Syrian and Lebanese officials whom Washington accuses of undermining the Lebanese government, the White House said.
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Aljazeera, Baghdad, 05 Sept 2004 -- An influential cleric has lambasted US-led forces for conducting a damaging military raid that he says has harmed efforts to secure the release of two French journalists.
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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses George W Bush of "sowing division" during his recent Middle East visit.
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An Egyptian cleric based in Qatar and often described as a moderate has ruled that it is a religious duty for Muslims to fight Americans in Iraq, including U.S. civilians, his office director said Thursday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a cease-fire in Lebanon and criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East on Wednesday, saying Washington wants to "recarve the map" of the region with Israel's help.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized U.S. policy and offered to work with Americans to reverse those policies.
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A former top White House official accused the Bush administration yesterday of trying to muzzle his criticism of its Iran policy and of falsely alleging  that his writings contained classified material to prevent them from being published.
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An Iranian-based cleric who had been the former spiritual guide of radical anti-U.S. Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr has distanced himself from his former pupil's actions, his Web site said Sunday.