Bush Jinxed by Voodoo?

Strange coincidences or typical chaos?

• A renowned black magic practitioner performed a voodoo ritual Thu, Nov. 16 to jinx President George W. Bush and his entourage while he was on a brief visit to Indonesia, according to AP.
  
  

  "I don't hate Americans, but I don't like Bush," said Pamungkas, who believed the ritual would succeed as, "the devil is with me today."

  He said the jinx would sent spirits to posses Secret Service personnel guarding Bush and leave them in a trance, leading them into falsely thinking the President was under attack, thus eventually causing chaos in Bogor Presidential Palace, where the American leader met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday.
  
  Perhaps the jinx had a delayed effect. One thing's for sure, the President and those surrounding him have had stirred up more than their fair share of chaos and confusion over the past week.

• Brian Ross at ABC News reports First Daughter Barbara Bush had her purse and cell phone stolen as she had dinner in a restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, even though she was being guarded by a detail of Secret Service agents, according to law enforcement reports made available to ABC News.
  
  

  A Secret Service agent on the advance detail got into an "altercation" with someone after a night out and was badly beaten, according to the law enforcement reports. The Secret Service said today the incident was an attempted mugging that occurred while the agent was on his own time. The agent is doing fine.

  AP notes U.S. and Argentine media reported that one of President Bush's 24- year-old twin daughters had her purse stolen while being guarded by the Secret Service during a visit here.
  
  La Nacion newspaper, citing anonymous government sources, said in its online edition early Wednesday that one of Bush's daughters had her purse taken Sunday afternoon in the popular tourist district of San Telmo.
  
  Argentina's largest-circulation daily, Clarin, ran an online report citing the government news agency Telam as saying that Barbara Bush had her purse taken along with a cell phone that was inside it. Telam cited an official source who did not wish to be identified by name and who provided no other details.

• KITV reports the acting director of the White House Travel Office was robbed and beaten in Waikiki early on Tuesday morning outside a nightclub, according to Honolulu police.
  
  Three men mugged Greg Pitts at about 2 a.m. while he was walking through the International Marketplace near Bobby G's Dance Club, police said.
  
  Pitts accompanied President George W. Bush on a brief visit to Hawaii. The stop came after an eight-day trip to Asia.

• Two of the three Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers involved in a crash while escorting President George W. Bush to Hickam Air Force Base are in serious condition at The Queen's Medical Center according to The Honolulu Adviser.

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