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Mitchell Holman
Guest
Bush's Mandela death gaffe 'out there'
September 21, 2007
NELSON Mandela is still very much alive despite a gaffe
by US President George W. Bush, who alluded to the former
South African leader's death in a speech yesterday.
In a speech defending his administration's Iraq policy, Mr
Bush said former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's brutality
had made it impossible to unite the country.
"I heard somebody say, 'Where's Mandela?'," he said.
"Well, Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all
the Mandelas."
The bizarre gaffe was made in a press conference in Washington
yesterday.
Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994.
He won a Nobel Peace Prize for preaching racial harmony and
guiding the nation into the post-apartheid era.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22461088-5005961,00.html
September 21, 2007
NELSON Mandela is still very much alive despite a gaffe
by US President George W. Bush, who alluded to the former
South African leader's death in a speech yesterday.
In a speech defending his administration's Iraq policy, Mr
Bush said former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's brutality
had made it impossible to unite the country.
"I heard somebody say, 'Where's Mandela?'," he said.
"Well, Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all
the Mandelas."
The bizarre gaffe was made in a press conference in Washington
yesterday.
Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994.
He won a Nobel Peace Prize for preaching racial harmony and
guiding the nation into the post-apartheid era.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22461088-5005961,00.html