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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-03 09:52 AM
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UK's Blair dodges dead scientist questions
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters09-04-054753.asp?reg=MIDEAST

LONDON, Sept. 4 — British Prime Minister Tony Blair dodged searching questions on Thursday about an inquiry into the suicide of an Iraq weapons expert whose death has plunged his government into crisis.

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Evidence has also exposed apparent inconsistencies in statements from top officials and ministers.

Kelly's death and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq -- the primary Anglo-American motive for war -- have sent Blair's trust ratings plunging.

At a news conference on Thursday, Blair sought to shift the media focus to his government's domestic agenda but reporters persistently probed him about the Kelly affair.

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MoonAndSun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-03 09:55 AM
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1. can you imagine what would happen if our "press" acted like this??
"At a news conference on Thursday, Blair sought to shift the media focus to his government's domestic agenda but reporters persistently probed him about the Kelly affair"



instead our whore press kisses bush*'s behind at every opportunity.
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-03 09:58 AM
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2. it's all I can do
- imagine it - 'cause our fascist corporate press will never question the one they "brung to the dance" :mad:
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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-03 11:27 AM
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3. Blair dodges questions!
Whatever next? BEAR SHITS IN WOODS!?

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