Mrs. Edge
Bono's Belly Dancing Friend
I don't think this has been posted anywhere yet, if it has, sorry about that....
Evening Standard
January 8, 2003
Bono's Iraq Peace Trip
Another fly in the ointment for George Bush. U2's frontman Bono is
planning to visit Iraq in the next couple of weeks -- to publicise the humanitarian crisis which would result from any war. Actor Sean Penn, who made a controversial visit to Baghdad last month, has been lobbying the Dubliner to follow in his tracks. "He's been putting pressure on him to follow suit," says Kathy Kelly, one of the American human shields Penn visited in Iraq. "Apparently he's going to come."
Bono is affectionately known within the corridors of the White House as "The Pest" and only last year George W. Bush paid him a generous tribute: "He has a willingness to lead, to achieve what his heart tells him, and a belief that nobody should be living in poverty in the world." Let's hope the visit doesn't sour their relations too much. A spokesman for Bono admits: "He is involved. To be honest I can't tell you straight off. We don't give out his plans."
Evening Standard
January 8, 2003
Bono's Iraq Peace Trip
Another fly in the ointment for George Bush. U2's frontman Bono is
planning to visit Iraq in the next couple of weeks -- to publicise the humanitarian crisis which would result from any war. Actor Sean Penn, who made a controversial visit to Baghdad last month, has been lobbying the Dubliner to follow in his tracks. "He's been putting pressure on him to follow suit," says Kathy Kelly, one of the American human shields Penn visited in Iraq. "Apparently he's going to come."
Bono is affectionately known within the corridors of the White House as "The Pest" and only last year George W. Bush paid him a generous tribute: "He has a willingness to lead, to achieve what his heart tells him, and a belief that nobody should be living in poverty in the world." Let's hope the visit doesn't sour their relations too much. A spokesman for Bono admits: "He is involved. To be honest I can't tell you straight off. We don't give out his plans."