WT: "Blair admits Iraq terror recruitment link"

[StrafingMoose]

London, Jul. 26 (UPI) — British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged Monday the war in Iraq was being used to recruit terrorists, but insisted it was no excuse for the London bombings.
During an 85-minute news conference -- far longer than his normal monthly briefings - Blair faced questions on the link between Britain's role in Iraq and the two sets of terror attacks in London. Told by one journalist his consistent denial of a link was viewed by the public as an insult to their intelligence, Blair shifted his position, denying his eyes were closed to the relationship between the two.

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Let us expose the obscenity of these people saying it is concern for Iraq that drives them to terrorism," he said. "If it is concern for Iraq then why are they driving a car bomb into the middle of a group of children and killing them?"
Blair refuted recent figures from Iraq Body Count indicating U.S.-led forces in Iraq are still killing civilians at twice the rate the insurgents are.

http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/view_upi.php?StoryID=20050726-014542-3384r

[K-W]

1. Blaire must be so jealous of Bush who never gets called on his BS nt

[Supersedeas]

4. Blair could just come clean and the attention would quickly shift!!!

[cliss]

7. Or how about this:

What if there are about 20 more bombings in London, over the next few weeks. Perhaps on the subway.

What's Blair going to say then?

[lumpy]

2. Was it concern for Iraq

that caused Tony and Georgie to invade Iraq with amnunition that killed scores of children?

Sayeth Tony Blair: "If it is concern for Iraq then why are they driving a car bomb into the middle of a group of children and killing them?"

[roguevalley]

3. He sounds like someone who is holding his breath until he turns blue.

[goforit]

6. Roflmao!!!!!............Now this picture is vivid in my mind.

LOL!!!!!

[StrafingMoose]

5. One interesting quote...

"If it is concern for Iraq then why are they driving a car bomb into the middle of a group of children and killing them?"

So he does admit, implicitly, that bombing children is no help to the insurgency or resistance. He is therefore, making a difference between, "terrorists" and "insurgents". He is acknowledging that these tactics wouldn't be of any help to anyone opposing their invervention.

So who's doing it Blair Boy?