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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 04:23 PM
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LIHOP makes it to Yahoo News
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030906/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_worldwrap&cid=1514&ncid=1480

More British troops head to Iraq, Rumsfeld admits US failed over Saddam

<snip>Former British environment minister Michael Meacher accused the US of using the fight against terrorism as a "bogus cover" for its real aim of dominating the world and controlling its energy supplies.

Meacher, one of the longest-serving members of the House of Commons, said in a BBC interview that the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States gave Washington a "comfortable excuse" to seize control of Afghanistan and Iraq.

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inanna Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 04:29 PM
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1. Thanks
I just rated the story on Yahoo.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 04:33 PM
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2. Meacher, one of the longest serving...
Could be the next Prime Minister of GB, eh? He's the first Brit I've heard of who has the guts to detail recent history. That's what this poor ol' world needs today: Long serving politicians not afraid to speak the truth.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-03 04:35 PM
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3. That's Not Even the GOOD One! Check out This Headline!
Edited on Sat Sep-06-03 04:38 PM by Beetwasher
Meacher says terrorism pretext for Iraq war was a myth
Sat Sep 6,11:20 AM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Former environment minister Michael Meacher accused the United States of using the fight against terrorism as a "bogus cover" for its real aim of dominating the world and controlling its energy supplies.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1538&e=7&u=/afp/iraq_britain_us_oil

It seem they're repeating this Meacher claim in different stories which is fantastic! The question is, will it make the idiot box?

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