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Date: 09 Sep 2004 05:39:26 PM
Object: # Bush by numbers: Four years of double standards

From <http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=557746>:

1 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National
security issued between 20 January 2001 and 10 September 2001 that
mentioned al-Qa'ida.

104 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National
security and defence in the same period that mentioned Iraq or Saddam
Hussein.

101 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National
security and defence in the same period that mentioned missile defence.

65 - Number of Bush administration public statements on National
security and defence in the same period that mentioned weapons of mass
destruction.

0 - Number of times Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden in his three State
of the Union addresses.

73 - Number of times that Bush mentioned terrorism or terrorists in
his three State of the Union addresses.

83 - Number of times Bush mentioned Saddam, Iraq, or regime (as in
change) in his three State of the Union addresses.

$1m - Estimated value of a painting the Bush Presidential Library in
College Station, Texas, received from Prince Bandar, Saudi Arabia's
ambassador to the United States and Bush family friend.

0 - Number of times Bush mentioned Saudi Arabia in his three State of
the Union addresses.

1,700 - Percentage increase between 2001 and 2002 of Saudi Arabian
spending on public relations in the United States.

79 - Percentage of the 11 September hijackers who came from Saudi Arabia.

3 - Number of 11 September hijackers whose entry visas came through
special US-Saudi "Visa Express" programme.

...and many more illuminating statistics - go to
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=557746>
for the full article.

Paul

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