God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed
me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the
problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the
elections will come and I will have to focus on them.
-- George W. Bush, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas,
from minutes acquired by Haaretz from cease-fire negotiations between Abbas
and faction leaders from the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular and
Democratic Fronts (circa June, 2003
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