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The vast majority of Labour MPs failed Parliament when they didn't back a fresh inquiry into Blair's manipulation of the case for the invasion of Iraq.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1939943,00.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=414575&in_page_id=1770


Informant: rafeswhiterose

America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110306Z.shtml

Since Sept. 11, 2001, Blair's government has at least once sought to use evidence extracted under torture in legal proceedings, has signed agreements to deport prisoners to countries where they may be tortured, and has turned a blind eye to U.S. mistreatment of prisoners and secret movement of suspects to countries where they could be abused, Human Rights Watch states.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/europe/EU_GEN_Britain_Torture_Report.php



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6108496.stm

We Are Waking up to a Surveillance Society All Around Us
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1102-07.htm

Lecturers and staff at British universities will be asked to spy on "Asian-looking" and Muslim students they suspect of supporting terrorist acts and involvement in Islamic extremism.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061016/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsislamuniversity


From Information Clearing House

Two brothers charged in an alleged plot to blow up U.S. bound airliners were released Wednesday after a British court ruled the evidence against them was insufficient to warrant a trial.

http://www.columbian.com/news/APStories/AP11012006news72432.cfm


From Information Clearing House

Guilty until proven innocent now seems to be the watchword of a government that increasingly treats its law-abiding citizens with absolute contempt.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1934370,00.html


From Information Clearing House