41 Labor MPs to challenge Bush

[Wwagsthedog]

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/22/1066631506492.html

By Mark Riley, Political Correspondent (Austr)
October 23, 2003


Forty-one Labor MPs, including 11 members of Simon Crean's front bench, have signed a protest letter to present to US President George Bush today, criticising his conduct of the Iraq war.

Signatories to the letter include such powerful ALP figures as the shadow treasurer, Mark Latham, and Labor's Senate leader, John Faulkner.

The letter, drafted after Mr Crean's call for ALP members to show respect to Mr Bush, says the war was conducted on the basis of a "clear and present danger" in Iraq that did not exist.

It was drafted by Sydney Labor MP Tanya Plibersek, who plans to hand it to Mr Bush after his historic address to Federal Parliament this morning. Mr Bush was to due to fly into Canberra late last night after a stopover in Bali on his way from the APEC meeting in Bangkok.

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[frylock]

1. what do you wanna bet shrub finds an excuse to skip out..

the puss.

[Steven_S]

2. Smirk, to the 41 Labor MP's.....

"Who cares what you think?"

The chances he will read it are not very good, either. Always nice to see someone standing up to him though.

[Girlfriday]

3. Read it?

He can't read, remember, he has his sycophants "fill him in" on the news of the day.