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Now it's official: the state sponsored death squads for years in Northern Ireland and this collusion prolonged the war.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1996483,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Rebecca Barnes, also a serving soldier in Iraq who recently shook hands with the Prime Minister on a visit to British troops, broke ranks to speak out about Tony Blair's deceit after her fiancee, Sergeant Graham Hesketh died in a roadside bomb.

http://tinyurl.com/t89cq


From Information Clearing House

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/12/29/do2901.xml


Informant: Lew Rockwell

Perhaps some of Labour’s hatred for Blair is because many feel that the party has been kidnapped by an outsider. They see the prime minister as a barely disguised Tory who has trampled on Labour’s constitution and traditions.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,24392-2517634,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Downing Street aides and Labour officials involved in the cash-for-honours inquiry are being investigated on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, The Times has learnt.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2509953,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Blair said advising the Serious Fraud Office to drop its long-running investigation was necessary to ensure national security, but lawmakers from all political sides accused him of bowing to Saudi demands.

http://tinyurl.com/yku6ml



Arms and the man

For a prime minister who once taunted his predecessor as someone "knee deep in dishonour" over an arms deal and who promised that he would be "purer than pure" in office, yesterday was a shabby, shaming day, among the most inglorious he has spent in office.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1972485,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Tony Blair's administration is riddled with double standards and hypocrisy in its international dealings. But Lord Goldsmith's announcement that the Serious Fraud Office was calling off its investigation into alleged corruption involving BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia dragged matters to an all-time low.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1973296,00.html


From Information Clearing House



http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Lord+Goldsmith