Brown urged to pull out of Iraq

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Source: Press Association

Tony Blair has been branded a "dangerous warmonger" as anti-war activists called on his successor to pull troops out of Iraq.

Thousands of people staged a noisy demonstration outside Labour's special leadership conference in Manchester, marching with banners which read: "Troops Out".

The Stop The War Coalition said one of the first announcements by Gordon Brown when he becomes Prime Minister on Wednesday should be the withdrawal of British forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Chairman Andrew Murray said at a city centre rally: "We are here to wave goodbye to the most dangerous and warmongering prime minister in modern British history and to demand that he takes his policies with him.

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1. "We are here to wave goodbye to the most dangerous and warmongering prime minister in modern British

"We are here to wave goodbye to the most dangerous and warmongering prime minister in modern British history and to demand that he takes his policies with him.



GOOD BYE YOU FUCKER BLAIR..K&R!!

so now tony is going to become a catholic..what a joke!! opus dei anyone?????????

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2. I'll believe it when I see it. n/t

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3. Does anybody have any idea what G Brown's intentions are?

What has he said about continuing Blair's chumminess with Bush and keeping British troops in Iraq?

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4. Britain must overhaul Afghan policies

Britain must overhaul Afghan policies
LONDON (Reuters) - An international think-tank has urged the next prime minister, Gordon Brown, to put development and reconstruction before military action to prevent Afghanistan becoming a Taliban stronghold again.

Current military, development and counter-narcotics campaigns are being pursued in a manner that only feeds deep insecurity and extreme poverty, the Senlis Council said in a report issued on Monday.

"Britain has a crucial role in the volatile south of the country and, with Gordon Brown taking over, he needs to take firm action," said Jorrit Kamminga, spokesman for the group.


Brown will this week succeed Tony Blair, who is retiring with his popularity battered by his support for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

"If Brown wants to avoid a similar negative influence on his mandate, he has to go back to the drawing board in Afghanistan. It's about development, humanitarian aid and reconstruction -- not military intervention," Kamminga said.

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