G-8 Leaders Back U.N. On Iran Sanctions

Bush Misses Morning Meetings Due To Stomach Bug, But Back For Lunch, Pix, Ready For Poland Visit

(CBS/AP)  The Group of Eight countries said Friday that they "will support adopting further measures" if Iran refuses to put a halt to its uranium enrichment program.

G-8 leaders said they will back U.N. Security Council moves on a third set of sanctions against Iran if Tehran fails to suspend enriching uranium, a process that can produce fuel for civilian energy — or fissile material for a bomb.

"We again urge Iran to take the steps required by the international community, and made mandatory by these resolutions, to suspend all its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development, and allow negotiations to begin," their summit communique said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent anti-Israel comments were one reason the group adopted such a forceful resolution.

"I find that the statements of the Iranian president about Israel are fully unacceptable," she said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the G-8 thought it was necessary to "send a message of firmness, certainly a toughening of sanctions."

There is a "great commonality of views between China, Russia and the United States" to "push the Iranian leaders to return to the negotiating table."

The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Sunday that Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly made anti-Israeli comments, referred twice to Israel's impending destruction.

IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon showed for the first time that the "hegemony of the occupier regime (Israel) had collapsed, and the Lebanese nation pushed the button to begin counting the days until the destruction of the Zionist regime."

"God willing, in the near future, we will witness the destruction of the corrupt occupier regime," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying.

In October 2005, the Iranian president caused outrage in the West when he said during a speech that Israel's "Zionist regime should be wiped off the map."

A stomach ailment forced President Bush to miss some meetings on Friday, but after resting in his room, he rejoined the gathering and prepared for talks in Poland on a missile defense system.

"He feels well enough to continue with his full activities," White House counselor Dan Bartlett told reporters. "He feels terrible about any disruption he may have caused."

Even while ill, Mr. Bush taped his radio address, met as planned with France's new president and prepared for talks in Poland on a missile defense system.

CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante reports that due to Mr. Bush's upset stomach, the new French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, came to the American leader's personal quarters upon invite, to keep their scheduled first formal meeting on the cards.

The president was already dressed when he began feeling ill in the morning, Bartlett said. The aide said Mr. Bush's illness was "probably more viral in nature" and did not appear to be the result of anything he ate at the summit of eight industrialized democracies being held at a luxury resort here.

Mr. Bush stayed in bed for several hours to rest and recuperate. He missed one session with African leaders and another with leaders from China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, all developing nations not G-8 members.

Members of the Group of Eight agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and fight malaria and tuberculosis in Africa. Critics have said all the G-8 nations are lagging on the promises they made two years ago, at the British-hosted summit, to double assistance to the troubled continent by 2010.

The leaders also worked on a possible deal with Russia over the future of the Serbian province of Kosovo.

Mr. Bush returned to the talks in time for the closing lunch and a group photo. The president was "fully expected" to keep to his original travel itinerary, Bartlett said. Mr. Bush was scheduled to fly from Germany to Poland to meet and have dinner with Polish President Lech Kaczynski and then on to Rome.

Bartlett joked that Mr. Bush's decision to steer clear of the other leaders for a while was a "precautionary step" to avoid following in the footsteps of his father, former President George H.W. Bush. The elder Bush fell ill, fainting and vomiting, in January 1992 at a state dinner in Tokyo.

[acauble1]

"non-alcoholic beer"

Did the Secret Service test that, or did they just take Bush at his word?

"upset stomach"??

Did the dude try to eat another pretzel again?!

Jevus H Krist!

[neoconrcrazy]

maybe putin gave him a "russian" cocktail ?

[im4honesty]

German beer hangover.

[draugwolf]

wow belly ache ..musta choked down some of that h u m a n_ s h i t that flows out of his mouth incessantly ... 1 20 09

[bluestardad]

HE HAS BEEN MAKING THE WORLD AND AMERICA SICK FOR 6 YEARS! WHEN HE CAME TO OFFICE GAS WAS 1.58 A GALLON AND 6500 AMERICANS WERE ALIVE THAT ARE NOT NOW!

[crater7]

Mr. Bush must have ate some of the tainted seafood imported from China. Hey! if it is good for America, its good for Mr. Bush.

[stezzer]

Stay away from that non-alcoholic beer Mr President. It's awful stuff, no wonder you're feeling rotten.

[mizpah63]

Please, folks. How about a little sympathy for Embiber-in-Chief? Poor ol' George can't handle it like he could in his younger days.

[neoconrcrazy]

the aides "don't think its serious,"



let's hope they're wrong.....and that it's contagious and dikkhead cheney got too.

[luvny-2009]

HE HAS BEEN MAKING THE WORLD AND AMERICA SICK FOR 6 YEARS!
Posted by bluestardad at 06:16 AM : Jun 08, 2007

Thanks that made me laugh out loud. What a way to start a Friday!!
I still would love to know the true story about the Pretzel and hi choking on it and the black eye. He is such a dork ya never know.

[rushlimpdrug]

What kind of person goes to Germany and drinks a non-alcoholic beer? ? ? ?
Sure I believe that.
Just assume I'm stupid.
Great reporting folks.
A better caption:
Bush drinks a yellow colored liquid with froth at body temperature.

[beanerman4]

Way to go Fred! (photographer)

Of course, there is a cover up going on already.

I agree with the hangover.

[aerodog]

W - dont' drink that cr@p that's non-alcohol - that's the problem right there. Your's body is rejecting it - you need a drink with some SUBSTANCE!

[mikealford3]

Isn't it amazing that when all the G-8 leaders meet to talk about the issues, Bush gets sick and misses the meeting? Yet when it's time to have a photo taken, Bush amazingly is ok? He misses the important meetings but shows up for photos, what an embarrassment Bush is to America.

[condumism]

Posted by mikealford3: "Bush" misses the important meetings but shows up for photos, what an embarrassment Bush is to America.

All Repuglicons are an embarrassment to the USA. Bush is simply the leader of the US Fascist Party of Israeli firsters, only interested in protecting Jesus's birth place.

Here%u2019s a list of the Repuglicon Senators up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much Israel influences their vote on Iraq? These sell out America for Israel traitors are listed below:

Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

[hungry1968]

Hey that's pretty good - 43 years before we start to do something about global warming. All of the Eskimos should have fantastic suntans by then.

Silly me - I forgot. According to the Bush administration, there IS NO global warming. It's just climate change. All of the other countries that signed the Kyoto protocol are wrong - not America.

That's probably why he got sick. It's the first time in a long time that he was surrounded by people that didn't agree with everything he said. he couldn't handle it.

[padrigo17us]

Why do we have to keep on going through this.
This is torturous.
-Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Well, it is torturous.

[jn122736]

Upset stomach is basically a reaction to something ingested. It can hit without notice or obvious cause. It usually lasts from a few minutes to a few hours, and hardly anyone is invulnerable.
However, a virus caused-stomach upset would, or at least should, be highly unlikely considering the obvious safeguards used under these conditions (summit meetings of world leaders). It does leave room for speculation.

Speaking of speculation, where is Cheney right now?
I have always thought that the secrecy surrounding Cheney%u2019s whereabouts had more to do with his obvious intervention in and manipulation of intelligence on the lead up to the Iraq invasion than anything else. Could it be that he doesn%u2019t want to be too far away from the control strings?

[citizenusa-2009]

Someone needs to give him a pretzel with that beer!

[johnshaft4]

Wet brain boy is back at it again...

[bareemperor]

Dubya and Paris Hilton...

unspecified illness...

[killtheliars]

I am doubting that is a no-alcoholic beer. How funny would it be to find out Georgi boy fell off the wagon and was really hung over?

[iceman_1960]

Putin poisoned him.

(Just kidding)

[iceman_1960]

Speaking in French, [Sarkozy] said only that:

"Monsieur Bush est dans sa chambre a coucher et ses porte-parole devront expliquer plus loin."


(Altavista translation.)

[drummer94]

What's that about? Non-alcohol beer. Your in Germany P-brain. Home to some of the best brews in the world. Ya can't even get THAT right. Try some of them great sausages too. Guten tag.

[retiredinmex]

Like the latest polls indicate, no one can "stomach" this jack ***.

No doubt it was Iraqi-itis, but, unlike the real life victims of this illegal and immoral war, there's no risk of death or permanent injury.

[mike71067]

Former alcoholics like President Bush (and myself, for that matter) shouldn't consume non-alcoholic beer. Apparently, it triggers relapses in some people.

[iceman_1960]

The Germans love beer and fast cars, but Germany has almost no problem with drunk drivers.

I read once that in Germany you get your license to drive permanently revoked after your first drunk driving conviction.

It should be that way in the USA.

[grazinggoat]

Isn't it amazing that when all the G-8 leaders meet to talk about the issues, Bush gets sick and misses the meeting? Yet when it's time to have a photo taken, Bush amazingly is ok? He misses the important meetings but shows up for photos, what an embarrassment Bush is to America.
Posted by mikealford3

-My little contribution: yesterday the Walking-Liar was discussing the conflict between Russia and USA being too closely monitoring the European space from suspected attacks by Iran or North Korea, lies, lies, and more lies... well he looked so enthousiastic that he could be considered as high on drugs as per some medical experts could tell. Could this stomach malaise be in reality an next day hang...
happens to alcoholics and drug-addicts.

[mikealford3]

How ironic, Bush finally gets an upset stomach after years of making everybody else in America want to puke.

[iceman_1960]

Maybe Bush just had an ordinary viral stomach ailment.

It happens to travellers a lot.

[jumkey]

It would be painful to have to even be in the same room with our retarded President. Every time I hear of him interacting with anybody I cringe and wonder what more damage he is doing to America.

He's an amazing buffoon - but he's the perfect representative of conservative America.

[mike71067]

"Isn't it amazing that when all the G-8 leaders meet to talk about the issues, Bush gets sick and misses the meeting? Yet when it's time to have a photo taken, Bush amazingly is ok? He misses the important meetings but shows up for photos, what an embarrassment Bush is to America."
-Posted by mikealford3

I'm sorry you're an idiot. This type of illness is common, as are the symptoms exhibited by President Bush. You, however, are hopelessly infected with a bad case of the stupids. There is no cure - you were born that way. Again, my apologies.

[drummer94]

Maybe it was the "tubed-burger".

[mike71067]

"He's an amazing buffoon - but he's the perfect representative of conservative America."
-Posted by jumkey at 10:41 AM : Jun 08, 2007

Let's have a big round of applause for the party of "diversity", "open-mindedness" and "tolerance"!

[iceman_1960]

"He's an amazing buffoon - but he's the perfect representative of conservative America."
-Posted by jumkey at 10:41 AM : Jun 08, 2007

Let's have a big round of applause for the party of "diversity", "open-mindedness" and "tolerance"!
Posted by mike71067 at 10:49 AM : Jun 08, 2007

Tolerance for buffoons ? Why not ?

Someone once complained to Calvin Coolidge about someone he was appointing to his cabinet. "But Mr. President, that man is a son of a b***ch."

"Well, shouldn't they be represented too ?" replied Coolidge.

[starleo146]

Is this a new gimmick by Rove and Cheney we are suppose to be sad he is sick. Man I just wish he couldn't finish his term. Then we could send Cheney to Germany and well-----to be continued.

"Non-alcoholic" hmm?

Maybe that's his mysterious undefined "illness" was all about that ahem! "near beer"....

[jumkey]

Tolerance of greed, corruption, bigotry and idiocy are Republican Party attributes Mike71067

Another example of that "big tent" thing you all are always on about I guess.

[gwagener]

His father was man enough to show up to the meetings even sick and puked all over some important Japanese guy.

[toldyouso21]

What happened? Did Bush catch an antibiotic? Or did he react to the antibodies at some meeting get? Viral or bacterial--either remedy is anathema for Bush rotflmao

[lars008-2009]

McCain is right...

bomb bomb bomb%u2026 bomb bomb iran...

Iran's secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq
Iran is secretly forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say.
"Iran is fighting a proxy war in Iraq and it's a very dangerous course for them to be following. They are already committing daily acts of war against US and British forces," a senior US official in Baghdad warned. "They [Iran] are behind a lot of high-profile attacks meant to undermine US will and British will, such as the rocket attacks on Basra palace and the Green Zone [in Baghdad]. The attacks are directed by the Revolutionary Guard who are connected right to the top [of the Iranian government]."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2085195,00.html
Iran says close to reaching its "ultimate goals"
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2339794220070524?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
Document: Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/document_iran_c.html

[feelfree1]

The anti-G8 demonstrators are doing an excellent job of defending us against the G8 global pirates!!!

www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/372723.html

Thank you demonstrators!

Good luck, and be safe!!!

[wdrussell1]

Who is surprised here? Lars is a GOP hate clone who thinks genocide is a good idea.

[lars008-2009]

Who is surprised here? Lars is a GOP hate clone who thinks genocide is a good idea.
Posted by WDRussell1 at 01:40 PM : Jun 08, 2007

no... fascist nazi islam does haji... but you knew that already...

NOW CAN WE KILL THEM???
If they can kill us, we can kill them

Qaeda warns of attacks 'worse than 9/11'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070530102648.wuwa6k96&show_article=1

Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out 'Martyrdom' Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD154907

Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp

But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.

"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.

The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
Cradle-To-Grave Resistance, Lebanese-Style
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/07/world/main2897487.shtml

[infidel_us]

How about a little "bomb Iran" for shipping weapons in to Iraq and killing our soldiers. Why we aren't killing them now is beyond me.

[salty1954]

Stomache ailment = Drunk

Bush drinks too much when he's stressed.
You don't get broken capillaries across your face like he has, from anything but too much booze,

[lars008-2009]

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry

USA's PLEDGE 2 THE WORLD GIVEN BY JFK!!

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill

Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

[lars008-2009]

HAMAS MICKEY MOUSE SAYS
Islamic rule will benefit Christians and Jews
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - May 14, 2007
The force behind Hamas TV%u2019s controversial Mickey Mouse clone said today that his children%u2019s television program will continue to promote worldwide Islamic supremacy, for everyone's benefit, including Christians and Jews.
In a long interview on Hamas TV, Hazim Al-Sha%u2019arawi, Deputy Director of Al-Aqsa TV and one of the creators of the Hamas children%u2019s TV show Tomorrow%u2019s Pioneers, said that using the program to promote Islamic rule over other religions is actually promoting %u201Cjustice, goodness and world love.%u201D
Al-Aqsa TV and the Palestinian Authority have been under fire since PMW reported last week that Tomorrow%u2019s Pioneers was using a character named Farfur, a knockoff of Disney%u2019s Mickey Mouse character, to convey messages about Islamic supremacy as well as hatred of Jews, Israel and the U.S. Despite public statements by PA Minister of Information Mustafa Barghouti that the show would be taken off the air until it could be reviewed and revised, a new episode of the program %u2013 featuring Al-Sha%u2019arawi as one of the hosts %u2013 ran Friday.
http://pmw.org.il/bulletins_may2007.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S995NCeaUg

[lars008-2009]

TONI BASIL - HEY MICKEY
Oh Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you're so fine
You're so fine, you blow my mind, hey Mickey...

Hey Mickey
You've been around all night and that's a little long
You think you've got the right but I think you've got it wrong
Why can't we say goodnight? So you can take me home, Mickey

Cause when you say you will, it always means you won't
You're givin' me the chills, baby, please baby don't
Every night you still leave me all alone, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Ooh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Hey Mickey
Now when you take me by the... who's... ever gonna know
Every time you move I let a little more show
There's something you can use, so don't say no, Mickey

So come on and give it to me anyway you can
Anyway you want to do it, I'll take it like a man
Oh please baby, please don't leave me in this jam Mickey

Refrain1:
Oh Mickey, what a pity, you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you, Mickey
Ooh what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey