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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tim Hanlon

George Bush blasts Vladimir Putin's 'brutal IRAQ invasion' in excruciating gaffe

George Bush made an embarrassing slip of the tongue when he slammed the “unjustified and brutal” invasion of Iraq - when he meant to say Ukraine.

The former US president was giving a speech on the importance of democracy and condemned the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin ’s forces.

He honed in on the lack of democracy in Russia which he said gave Putin the green light to start the attack on its neighbour last February.

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