Bush 'a threat to world peace:Bianca Jagger

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THE first wife of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger opened an international conference on abolishing the death penalty today by calling US President George W. Bush a threat to world peace.

The three day Second World Congress Against the Death Penalty, which was first held in Strasbourg, France in 2001, gathers hundreds of participants with the goal of urging countries to ratify a UN protocol against the death penalty.

Although nonbinding, the protocol signed by over 50 countries would be an important step toward eliminating capital punishment, organisers said."I think President Bush is in my view, if I may say so, the most dangerous man in power today," Bianca Jagger said.

"There is a threat not only for the people of the United States but if he is elected, I feel it would be a threat for the world and would unfortunately put us in a position where we will be confronting the possibility of a third world war," Jagger said. Jagger, who is a goodwill ambassador for the Council of Europe, said she appealed in 2000 to the former Texas governor to block the execution of a man who was imprisoned when he was 17. When he refused, she witnessed the execution along with the man's family and other death penalty opponents.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10997906%255E1702,00.html

[umtalal]

1. Always loved Bianca.

She was there for Arab Americans when they needed help. She is a loyal American and a great humanitarian.

[kestrel91316]

2. How much you wanna bet that.....................

Bianca Jagger is now on a US airline "no fly" list and will not be permitted to re-enter the US?

THAT'LL TEACH HER TO GET UPPITY!

[flordehinojos]

3. They may have taken away her right to enter the U.S.

They could not take away her right to speak out against Bush and to speak truth to power! You go Bianca girl!

[Booster]

4. Ahhh, Bianca. A voice not heard often enough. You're right;

she's on the list as we speak.