Anti-war MPs give Blair no respite over WMD hunt

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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=473757

Tony Blair's delight at the capture of Saddam Hussein was tempered yesterday when Labour MPs warned that it had not changed the fundamental flaws in the legal and moral case for the Iraq war.

Several MPs warned that the Government would come under increasing pressure to find hard evidence of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq now that its former dictator was behind bars.

While Saddam's arrest appeared to swing US public opinion behind the war, Mr Blair found that MPs who opposed the war were in no mood to tone down criticisms of his actions. Peter Kilfoyle, a former defence minister, said: "I don't think this makes a difference for us because the war was about WMD and the threat from them. It might make a difference in America where the war was personalised.

"They said they would find weapons immediately after the war. I doubt he has in his memory banks the location of all his weapons. But if they have him under lock and key and they can still not find his weapons it will show that the whole thing was a sham."

[ithacan]

1. "the whole thing was a sham"

exactly!

It was a sham then, it remains a sham. The whole Saddam capture thing is nothing but diversion, and changes nothing despite the US media's ongoing pro-Bush spinning.

If indeed this capture has "swung" US opinion behind the war, this is nothing but more evidence of the massive disinformation campaign the US media has been plying us with.

[CWebster]

2. "...appeared to swing US public opinion behind the war"

Well, according to the US press, anyway, but whose interests do they represent?

[jayfish]

3. Funny You Should Post This.

Take a look at this story

Saddams Capture Gives Blair a Respite


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Dec 16, 5:27 AM (ET)

By ED JOHNSON

(AP) British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks in the House of Commons in London, Monday, Dec. 15 2003,...
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LONDON (AP) - The capture of Saddam Hussein is the best news Prime Minister Tony Blair has had for months - but analysts said it was likely to offer only a brief respite from his political woes.

Lawmakers continue to snipe about the coalition's failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Many members of the governing Labor Party are in open revolt over his plans to improve public services.
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Even though the story says that Blair won't really get a respite, isn't it interesting how the US media spins it? Draft a headline that contradicts 90% of the actual story and hope nobody reads it.

Jay

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. #1 Rule of Journalism - They never read beyond the first paragraph. n/t