White House denies ‘divine’ mission

THE White House has denied that US President George W Bush said God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, as a new BBC documentary is expected to reveal.

“That’s absurd. He’s never made such comments,” White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said.

The documentary series, Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, set to be broadcast this month in Britain, claims Mr Bush made the claim when he met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and then-foreign minister Nabil Shaath in June 2003.