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President Bush Links US Security with Peace in Middle East
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=138FEED:3919ACA Mr. Bush says
conflict in Lebanon is part of broader struggle between freedom and
terror 





President Bush (file photo)President Bush says security in the United
States depends on democracy taking hold in the Middle East.

He said during his weekly radio address Saturday that the conflict in
Lebanon is part of a broader struggle between freedom and terror. He
also said it is no coincidence that such violent struggles are taking
place in Lebanon and Iraq, both places where people are struggling to
build free societies.

Mr. Bush said terrorists and their sponsors realize these countries
are at a pivotal point, and he vowed the United States will continue
to work to support young democracies across the Middle East.

The president said the future in the Middle East will be difficult,
but repeated that United States security depends on peace in that
troubled region.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP.


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