Bush scraps Rome neighborhood visit citing safety

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

Fri Jun 8, 2007 5:23am ET

ROME (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will skip a visit on Saturday to Rome's historic Trastevere neighborhood for security reasons, a spokesman for the religious group he was to have visited there said on Friday.

Bush will instead meet members of the Sant' Egidio Roman Catholic community, which has been nominated several times for the Nobel peace prize, at the U.S. ambassador's residence in the Italian capital, Sant' Egidio spokesman Mario Marazziti said.



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U.S.-ITALY: 'LOGISTICS' PREVENT BUSH FROM VISITING ROME DISTRICT

Rome, 8 June (AKI) - US president George W. Bush has cancelled a visit to the headquarters of a Catholic charity scheduled for Saturday because of "logistical reasons" sources at the charity said Friday. The visit at the Communita' di Sant' Egidio in Rome narrow-laned medieval Trastevere district had raised security concerns because of planned demonstrations against Bush's visit to Rome by anti-war protestors.

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The Sant' Egidio sources said they had been informed of the change of plan on Friday morning just hours before the US president was scheduled to arrive in Rome.

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[Solly Mack]

1. snicker

[Turbineguy]

2. There's got to be a joke in there somewhere! (n/t)

[Greeby]

3. The residents refused to chant "Hail Caesar"

:eyes:

[madrchsod]

4. to bad, he can`t go anywhere anymore

it`s so sad nobody likes george anymore...

[rodeodance]

15. protests everywhere he sets foot. Shameful

[damntexdem]

19. You just can't take him anywhere with you.

But somehow narrow, Medieval lanes seemed a perfect fit for him.

[SeattleGirl]

5. Bwak bwak bawk bawk bawk!

George Bush = Pretzeldent Chickenshit!

What a fucking wimp!

[Eurobabe]

6. Chicken shit, he's got a tummy ache too....

Call a WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHMBULANCE.

[Ian David]

7. It's because Bush is allergic to Peace. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. Run Forrest, run!

I guess bush won't be vacationing in Italy after he retires. At the rate he's going, he's going to be spending his retirement in a underground bunker.

[Doctor_J]

9. Everyone considered him, the coward of the WORLD

If it were Big Dog, the crowds of well-wishers would have forced closure of the area.

[ellie]

10. I'm surprised

he didn't claw his way to Rome. After all, the city's air just tested positive for cocaine.

[bahrbearian]

11. Go visit the Markets of Bagdad Chimpy, I hear they are lovely this time of year.

[Karmageddon]

12. You can't spell "coWard" without a dubya.

[tabasco]

13. Cowardly George & Chicken Dickie.

The gutless wonders. How could ANYONE have voted for these bums.

[rodeodance]

14. he might get a tomato hurled at him What a wimp

[hatrack]

16. Oh, yeah, almost forgot - George has to visit the Pope

Has to thump the God tub a little bit harder for the backwash.

[karlrschneider]

17. He thought it was a 'transvestite neighborhood'?

:rofl:

[damntexdem]

18. Aw, c'mon, Dubya -- I bet it's as safe as a stroll through an Indiana market.

Does Rome have a Green Zone?

[ryanmuegge]

20. I'd love to see them treat him like Mussolini

[geek tragedy]

21. He should hire John McCain's security detail. nt