Democrats say Bush has created new axis of evil

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Opposition Democrats accused President George W. Bush of leading the Unites States into isolation in the world and creating a new "Axis of Evil" with his policies.

The Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, attacked the human and financial cost of last year's Iraq invasion in the party's official reply to the president's State of the Union policy speech.

The opposition is being especially hard-hitting against Bush as a presidential election looms on November 2.

And Wesley Clark, a leading contender for the Democratic nomination, said Bush had created his own "Axis of Evil" two years after coining the phrase in a previous State of the Union report to describe countries that threaten the United States.

"It's...