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Blair's joining at the hip with Bush, and his own criminality in Iraq, has opened a pandora's box of violence.

Blair defends Iraq war, vows new attacks on civil liberties and social conditions
By Julie Hyland
29 July 2005

Prime Minister Tony Blair’s July 26 press conference was a sharp warning that his government will intensify both its pro-war alliance with Washington abroad and the imposition of sweeping attacks on civil liberties at home.

Blair’s last monthly press conference before his summer break was held amidst unprecedented events. Just days before, armed police had summarily executed 27-year old Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes in a London subway carriage, firing seven bullets into his head and one into his body at point-blank range as he was pinned to the floor by other officers.

Government ministers, police and the media have sought to portray de Menezes’ killing as the unintended consequence of anti-terrorist measures made necessary by the July 7 bombings in the capital that killed 56 people.

In fact, the young electrician was the innocent victim of a shoot-to-kill policy secretly adopted by police two years ago, without any discussion in parliament, much less public debate.

The Guardian quoted a police source stating that under this new policy, “there is no need for officers to verbally warn a suspect before opening fire.” This admission, together with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair’s earlier warning that more innocent people could be gunned down by police, confirms that the state has been given a licence to kill with impunity under the guise of the “war on terror.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/blai-j29.shtml

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1. Killing with impunity under the guise of the "war on terror" confirms the

the war is already lost, the terrorists have already won.