Politics > Politics-USA > Republicans shamefully exploit Norway's role in Iraq to promote Bush's re-election campaign
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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Johnny Walker" |
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26 Oct 2004 02:07:53 PM |
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Republicans shamefully exploit Norway's role in Iraq to promote Bush's re-election campaign |
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article898323.ece
The head of the Norwegian Parliament's foreign relations committee
claimed Monday that Republicans in the US were exploiting Norway's
role in Iraq to promote US President George Bush's re-election
campaign. Thorbjorn Jagland called their praise for Norway "a pure
campaign ploy" to help Bush.
Jagland, a former prime minister and foreign minister of Norway who's
viewed as an expert on the Middle East, was quick to bash the
Republicans' praise.
Jagland stressed that Norway's contribution to the rebuilding of Iraq
was only authorized after requests from the United Nations, not the
Bush Administration, after the war had been launched.
The Norwegian government earlier was among the many countries who
firmly opposed Bush's bid to invade Iraq.
Republican members of Congress sent a letter to Norway's ambassador to
the US, Knut Vollebaek, praising Norway's cooperation in the so-called
"war against terrorism" and the invasion of Iraq.
Jagland said the letter was merely a bid "to drum up support for the
Republicans' claim that Bush had a broad international alliance behind
him before the invasion of Iraq."
He said Norway's agreement to send troops to Iraq for humanitarian
work "must not be misinterpreted as support for Bush's war in Iraq."
Johnny
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