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Former Malaysian PM Condemns Bush, Blair as 'War Criminals'
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=161B0DD:A6F02AD83191E1607EBBEF1296BBBFF09574F7DCC14957C0 Mahathir Mohamad
made his comments as he opened a war crimes conference in Kuala Lumpur





Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad introduces a photo of child,
victim of war on display while delivering his speech in Kuala Lumpur,
5 Feb 2007A former Malaysian leader has condemned British Prime
Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush as "child
killers" and "war criminals."

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad made his comments as
he opened a war crimes conference in Kuala Lumpur. The former
Malaysian leader also called Australian Prime Minister John Howard a
''pocket Bush" for his support of military action in Iraq.

The 81-year-old Mahathir hopes to use the conference to launch an
unofficial tribunal that would condemn alleged war crimes in Iraq.

Seventeen Palestinians, Iraqis and Lebanese who say they are torture
and abuse victims are also attending.

Mr. Mahathir served as prime minister for 22 years before retiring in
late 2003, making him Malaysia's longest serving leader.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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