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20 January 2006
Clutching at Straw
Clutching at Straw For those who doubted HM Government’s commitment to it, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw set the record straight at the opening of a two-day conference on transnational terrorism in London on 16 Jan.
If we want to be seen to deliver justice and offer a stronger and better world view than that of the terrorist, we have to be seen to stand by our values and our strengths. We have to show that when it comes to counter-terrorism we practice what we preach. I want to set this out as plainly as possible. This Government is committed absolutely to our obligations under United Kingdom and international law.That should remove any lingering doubts about adding your signature to Tony Benn’s letter to the UN Secretary-General and the UK Attorney General asking them to investigate the abundant evidence of war crimes committed in the invasion of Iraq. Off you go now.
Defective Yeti has provided a brief summary of the Iraq war in the form of a text adventure.
Posted by SJT at January 20, 2006 08:00 AMComments
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