Blair-BBC row deepens in Britain

[joefree1]

This week, Prime Minister Blair continued to deny that he inflated claims on Iraq's banned weapons.


By Mark Rice-Oxley | Special to The Christian Science Monitor
A poisonous row over claims by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that the British government overstated the case for disarming in Iraq has degenerated into open warfare.
The furor, which has lasted longer than the Iraq war itself, is the most antagonistic between a British government and the state-owned broadcaster for a generation, and is beginning to threaten both the reputation of the BBC and the popularity of the government.
More important, it has raised fundamental questions about Prime Minister Tony Blair's justification for going to war. Mr. Blair has always insisted the war was about disarming Iraq. But the BBC report, combined with the fact that no significant illicit weapons have yet been found in Iraq, has caused the public to question the government's case.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0710/p06s01-woeu.html
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Yeesh, have you seen the fight in parliament between Blair and the Tories?

[Cha]

1. Thanks, Joe.....I'm gonna save this "wanted poster",,,,,and ,,,

pass it around!!

[joefree1]

2. Yeah, doesn't seem so far fetched anymore does it?

[hussar]

3. So tell me Mr Blair and Mr Bush

What was this war all about ?, because I'm confused.

1) Revenge for old pops ?

2) Oil ?

3) Something to make you look tough ?


and on and on and on and on.............tell me, I want to know

[grytpype]

5. It was...

... to liberate the Iraqi people! You know, they're our very favorite people ever! We love them! We'll send our sons and daughters to die in the desert for them, and it's totally worth it! Really!

[brook]

4. I caught...

some of Blair before the special committee on C-span last night. He didn't appear to be a man who was telling the truth. I haven't a clue about his *character* - but he impresses me as being petulant and whiny - just like his Colgate twin. Perhaps he's seen how well John Major's done hooking up with Carlyle - and is trying to feather his own future nest?