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Bush in Britain
Aired November 20, 2003 - 09:01 ET
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Let's get right to the latest now from Istanbul and Turkey. The death toll is at 25 after a pair of nearly simultaneous bombings today. Among the dead, the British consul general. Nearly 400 people were injured by the attacks on the British embassy and a London-based bank. Reacting from London earlier today. President Bush vowed to crush global terrorists who hate freedom.
Suzanne Malveaux is traveling with the president in London this morning.
Suzanne, good morning.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Soledad.
Well, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, also both of them expressed their condolences and offered their greatest sympathies in dealing with that attack. Mr. Blair saying that he believed that some of those casualties would be British casualties.
Both of the leaders framed this issue as much larger, saying that this was part of a war between freedom and extremism, part of a larger global problem. That is the war on terror. Earlier today, President Bush went before and laid a wreath at a ceremony before the tomb of the unknown warrior. Now both of the leaders arguing that this is a universal problem, President Bush making the case that this is about establishing peace in Iraq that the international community has a stake in that, and that the U.S. invasion of Iraq is justified.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: No act of thugs or killers will change our resolve or alter their fate. A free Iraq will be free of them. We will finish the job we have begun.
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MALVEAUX: Both leaders expressed their resolve and unity. Ironically, this very close alliance, this is a city that is preparing for tens of thousands of protesters against President Bush's visit and Bush policy dealing with the war in Iraq. President Bush asked point blank if he was aware of those protesters, and also asked if he was aware of the fact that so many Britons actually hated him when he was asked that, he said, I don't know if they do, freedom is a wonderful thing. I fully understand if people don't agree with war. But I certainly hope that they agree with peace -- Soledad. O'BRIEN: And, Suzanne, we're looking at live pictures of some of those protests. We heard yesterday from Christiane Amanpour that today is really what she called the big one, the big day of protests. We'll see what those numbers actually end up looking like, the number of protesters in the area today.
Suzanne Malveaux is traveling with the president in London this morning. Suzanne, thanks for that update.
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Aired November 20, 2003 - 09:01 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Let's get right to the latest now from Istanbul and Turkey. The death toll is at 25 after a pair of nearly simultaneous bombings today. Among the dead, the British consul general. Nearly 400 people were injured by the attacks on the British embassy and a London-based bank. Reacting from London earlier today. President Bush vowed to crush global terrorists who hate freedom.
Suzanne Malveaux is traveling with the president in London this morning.
Suzanne, good morning.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Soledad.
Well, President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, also both of them expressed their condolences and offered their greatest sympathies in dealing with that attack. Mr. Blair saying that he believed that some of those casualties would be British casualties.
Both of the leaders framed this issue as much larger, saying that this was part of a war between freedom and extremism, part of a larger global problem. That is the war on terror. Earlier today, President Bush went before and laid a wreath at a ceremony before the tomb of the unknown warrior. Now both of the leaders arguing that this is a universal problem, President Bush making the case that this is about establishing peace in Iraq that the international community has a stake in that, and that the U.S. invasion of Iraq is justified.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: No act of thugs or killers will change our resolve or alter their fate. A free Iraq will be free of them. We will finish the job we have begun.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: Both leaders expressed their resolve and unity. Ironically, this very close alliance, this is a city that is preparing for tens of thousands of protesters against President Bush's visit and Bush policy dealing with the war in Iraq. President Bush asked point blank if he was aware of those protesters, and also asked if he was aware of the fact that so many Britons actually hated him when he was asked that, he said, I don't know if they do, freedom is a wonderful thing. I fully understand if people don't agree with war. But I certainly hope that they agree with peace -- Soledad. O'BRIEN: And, Suzanne, we're looking at live pictures of some of those protests. We heard yesterday from Christiane Amanpour that today is really what she called the big one, the big day of protests. We'll see what those numbers actually end up looking like, the number of protesters in the area today.
Suzanne Malveaux is traveling with the president in London this morning. Suzanne, thanks for that update.
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