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 AUCHTERARDER, Scotland, July 7 –
Opportune timing…
The bombings in
London today knocked the summit meeting that had just gotten under way
here off of its carefully scripted focus on global warming and African
poverty and turned it into a forum for President Bush and other world
leaders to express their unity in confronting terrorism.
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, as host of the summit meeting of
the Group of 8 big industrialized nations, had set an agenda that was
intended in part to shift the focus in his nation away from his support
for the war in Iraq and his foreign policy partnership with Mr. Bush.
But within minutes of the first session starting, it was apparent that
this summit meeting would be defined for its response to violent Islamic
fundamentalism..
from the
New York Times
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