Bush included S. Arabia, Pakistan in weapons concern: report

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WASHINGTON - Two months before the Iraq war, President George W. Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair that his concern over the spread of weapons of mass destruction went beyond Iraq and mentioned Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, The New York Times said on Friday.

The details of a January 30, 2003 telephone conversation between the two leaders, according to notes taken by a Blair adviser, is reported in a US edition of “Lawless World,” by Philippe Sands, the newspaper said.

The reference, in one sentence in the document the daily said it has reviewed, said Bush “wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation, mentioning in particular Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea and Pakistan.”

Taken down by Matthew Rycroft, Blair’s private secretary at the time, the comment would be significant since Bush at the time often mentioned in public Iraq, Iran and North Korea as members of an ”axis of evil,” but never close allies.

I sure don't want any more wars but the day that piece of human excrement Pervez Musharraf gets yanked out of his spider hole by some Marines I am passing out candy.

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1. Lip service testing the waters re: invasion, imo. nt.