Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the V-sign for victory before a welcoming his Djiboutian counterpart Ismail Umar Guelleh in Tehran 03 September 2006. Ahmadinejad responded 06 September 2006 to a harsh verbal attack from US President George W. Bush by saying he was "nothing" compared to God's will. "All the world is threatening you.. this massive stream is moving and you are nothing in comparison to God's will," the Iranian president said at a conference, held ahead of the birthday of the "hidden" twelth Imam of Shiite Islam, Mahdi, later this week. Bush branded yesterday Iran's leaders "tyrants" as dangerous as Al-Qaeda, saying said they must not be allowed to get nuclear weapons -- "the tools of mass murder." Getty Images logo Getty Images 41 months ago

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the V-sign for victory before a welcoming his Djiboutian counterpart Ismail Umar Guelleh in Tehran 03 September 2006. Ahmadinejad responded 06 September 2006 to a harsh verbal attack from US President George W. Bush by saying he was "nothing" compared to God's will. "All the world is threatening you.. this massive stream is moving and you are nothing in comparison to God's will," the Iranian president said at a conference, held ahead of the birthday of the "hidden" twelth Imam of Shiite Islam, Mahdi, later this week. Bush branded yesterday Iran's leaders "tyrants" as dangerous as Al-Qaeda, saying said they must not be allowed to get nuclear weapons -- "the tools of mass murder."

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  10. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 30: Former President George H.W. Bush (L) and his son former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) depart the West Wing of the White House after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on January 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama yesterday delivered remarks at the GOP House Issues Conference.
  11. Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton (C) and George W. Bush (2nd L) are interviewed by CNN's John King in the Map Room of the White House, in this photo released by CNN and taken January 16, 2010.
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