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The Bush Six »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months ago in Political News
About a year ago, a book came out in England that made a fascinating prediction: at some point in the future, the author wrote, six ...
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How To Talk About Israel? »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The entire national security community has been roiled by the affair of Chas Freeman , whom the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair , picked to lead ...
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Revealing the Secrets in Room 101 »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
On Thursday the spirit of George Orwell visited America, three times.
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The first visit can be found in four memoranda prepared by Bush Administration lawyers ...Read (190) | Share | Discuss (4) | Read Full Story at harpers.org
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Hamas Needs To Be Part Of Peace Process: Blair »
Posted by: tehranchik 10 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Hamas should be part of the Middle East peace process, Tony Blair, envoy to the region of the international ""quartet"" of powers, said in comments ...
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Blair, 'blood money' and a Lockerbie deal: Talks with Gaddafi hours before BP agreement | Mail Online »
Posted by: gbudavid 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Tony Blair has been accused of agreeing a 'blood money' deal involving the Lockerbie bomber with Colonel Gaddafi just hours before BP unveiled a £500million ...
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Those Iraq cabinet minutes, at last -- David Clark »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 1 week ago in Political News
I can now reveal that I am the only person outside government trusted by Tony Blair to keep a copy of the minutes. In the ...
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The Humiliation Of Dennis Blair »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months ago in Political News
The one thing I've learned about Obama is that he's smarter - both intellectually and politically - than most of us. He knows that a ...
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Six years of carnage for what, exactly? »
Posted by: berkeley 11 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
THERE will be no victory parades, I think. Next March, fully six years after they arrived, the last of Britain's troops will begin to ...
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Iraq war inquiry could reveal secrets, lies and the rush to war »
Posted by: berkeley 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The drumbeats of war were growing louder, and opposition to them louder still. But on that Monday afternoon six years ago, just off a plane ...
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Tony Blair ‘Was Told 10 Days Before Iraq Invasion That Saddam Had Dismantled WMD’ »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 1 week, 6 days ago in News
Tony Blair was told Saddam Hussein may not have been able to use his chemical weapons ten days before war was declared, the Iraq Inquiry ...
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Chilcot inquiry: Tony Blair decided on Iraq war a year before invasion - ambassador »
Posted by: berkeley 1 week, 5 days ago in Political News
Tony Blair's government decided up to a year before the Iraq invasion that it was "a complete waste of time" to resist the US ...
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Leaked documents reveal No 10 cover-up over Iraq invasion »
Posted by: ameliog 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were ...
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Iraq -- What Bush Told Blair »
Posted by: berkeley 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
On January 31, 2003, prior to the full-scale invasion of Iraq in March, President George W. Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in ...
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Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogations »
Posted by: berkeley 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
British intelligence officers were given written instructions that they could not "be seen to condone" torture and that they must not "engage in any activity ...
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Tony Blair Defends Obama On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict »
Posted by: Progressive 1 week, 3 days ago in News
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to President Barack Obama's defense on Sunday after a scathing New York Times editorial accused the White ...
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