Blair demands apology

[Spentastic]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3437979.stm

Blair demands an apology for using intelligence that is patently rubbish to sell a war that led to the death of over 10000 people.

O.K Tony. I'm sorry you're such a fucking imbecile.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. It's too bad really...

I used to like the guy.

[glitch]

2. he's going from really bad to much, much worse nt

[aquart]

3. Blair has balls of sounding brass.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Well, Gavyn Davies has resigned and BBC has apolgized

BBC apologises for 'wrong' report

January 28 2004 at 07:45PM



London - The BBC accepted on Wednesday that "certain key allegations" in a May radio report which claimed the British government had sexed up its intelligence on Iraqi weapons were wrong, and apologised for them.

"The BBC does accept that certain key allegations reported by Andrew Gilligan on the Today programme on May 29 last year were wrong and we apologise for them," said BBC chief executive Greg Dyke.

Dyke reacted to Lord Brian Hutton's findings in a pre-recorded statement, aired just before a top BBC reporter revealed that BBC chairperson Gavyn Davies would resign following the judge's report.

Hutton had been charged with investigating the death of British arms expert David Kelly who was revealed as the source of Gilligan's report which had alleged that a claim that Iraq could deploy chemical weapons in 45 minutes was inserted into a key intelligence dossier at the government's request.

more: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=24&art_id=qw1075311901470B216&set_id=1

[Benhurst]

4. I'm so sorry, Tony. Now that I've read the whitewash, I know

you are not an evil turd. You are a stupid turd who has done much evil. Feel better? :hurts:

[Spentastic]

5. Tony Blair Mission Accomplished

Heads now rolling at the BBC.

[CaptainClark23]

6. Sorry

Sorry. Sorrow doesn't begin to express what I feel Tony.

More like pure fecking outrage, I'd say.

[utopian]

7. Blair is the one who needs to apologize

This whole "blame the intelligence" spin these assholes are now using is as completely transparent as their original arguments for war.

[jonoboy]

8. apologise to the dead Blair you lying dog

[Avonrepus]

9. Hutton enquiry was not over war though

jUst over Kelly's death and Gilligan's claims that Campbell 'sexed up' the 45 minute claim, which is considered to be unfounded according to Hutton.

I really can't help feeling it was one sided and nowhere near coverage given to the war. Blair escapes twice in one week, he better be careful next time.

[iverglas]

10. gonna have to read it

... sometime when there's time. ;) CBC Newsworld did carry both Hutton's delivery of his report and Blair's speech in the House, live this morning our time and I did watch some of each. (I noticed that CNN was doing New Hampshire talking heads at the time.)

Is Hutton's conclusion that various allegations against Blair were "unfounded" quite the same as saying that they were false? Hmm.

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[AP]

12. I'd be pissed to if it looked the BBC was trying to take

down my government with lies.

[GCP]

13. So you believe Iraq DID have WMDs?

Interesting.
I choose to believe that they didn't, and that Blair and Bush cherry-picked information which they used to get the US and UK into this pre-emptive war.