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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Ari Fleischer about the faith of recent suicide bombers and a recent controversial comment by a State Department official.
WND: Ari, I am sincerely distressed that you are leaving us. But I have a two-part question. (Laughter.)
FLEISCHER: Lester, you get everybody’s attention for some odd reason.
WND: Part one is: The Washington Times quotes the president as saying that the latest Arab suicide bombers are “killers whose only faith is hate.” Since this amounts to a claim that these creatures are not Muslims, my question is, does he believe that the Islamic Jihad is not Muslim?
FLEISCHER: He believes that those who carry out these type of killings do so in the name of a false religion because they do not amplify what Islam is about.
WND: The State Department’s William Burns in Jerusalem said, “The common sense of all peoples will override the conservative and Christian viewpoints once they see the road map’s potential.” Is the president really anxious that the Christian viewpoint be overridden?
FLEISCHER: Lester, I’m not aware of the comments. I can’t say anything about it.
WND: It was in this morning’s Washington Times. Now, you must keep track of Burns, Ari. (Laughter.) Surely, you keep track of Burns.
FLEISCHER: The State Department keeps track of him. No, I haven’t –
WND: So you plan to avoid this question.
FLEISCHER: No, I just haven’t seen it. I don’t comment on things I haven’t seen.
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