Crusader Rabbit

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WASHINGTON ? President Bush regrets using the word "crusade," with all its
historical connotations of religious war, to describe his campaign against
terrorists, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Bush only meant to say that his is a "broad cause" to stamp out terrorism
worldwide, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said.

"I think to the degree that that word has any connotations that would upset
any of our partners or anybody else in the world, the president would regret
if anything like that was conveyed. But the purpose of his conveying it is
in the traditional English sense of the word, it's a broad cause," said
Fleischer.

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"I think what the president was saying had no intended consequences for
anybody, Muslim or otherwise, other than to say that this is a broad cause
that he is calling on America and the nations around the world to join,"
Fleischer said.




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