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Donald Rumsfeld ‘Bible texts’ criticised

19 May 2009

Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been accused of using quotes from the Bible in his briefings to George W Bush during the Iraq War. Critics said he risked giving Muslims the impression that the war was a clash between Christianity and Islam. Read more here

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