GREENWOOD, S.C. — In what was claimed as a slip of the tongue, Republican Mitt Romney accused Democratic presidential contender Illinois Sen. Barack Obama of urging terrorists to congregate in Iraq.
While criticizing Obama and other Democrats on foreign and economic policy Tuesday, the GOP presidential hopeful said:
“Actually, just look at what Osam — Barack Obama — said just yesterday. Barack Obama, calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. … It’s almost as if the Democratic contenders for president are living in fantasyland. Their idea for jihad is to retreat, and their idea for the economy is to also retreat.”
Romney apparently was referring to a tape aired Monday in which a speaker believed to be Osama bin Laden called for insurgents in Iraq to unite. A spokesman later said Romney misspoke.
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