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No links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, no weapons of mass destruction, and now no question that the invasion of Iraq has led to a massive increase in the threat of terrorism, as the series of bombings across Iraq, in Riyadh, Casablanca, Jakarta, and Istanbul have made horrifically clear.
Michael Meacher
David Kelly, giving evidence to the prime minister’s intelligence and security committee in closed session on July 16 - the day before his suicide - made a comment the significance of which has so far been missed. He said: “Within the defence intelligence services I liaise with the Rockingham cell.” Unfortunately nobody on the committee followed up this lead, which is a pity because the Rockingham reference may turn out to be very important indeed.
Katharine Ainger
As President Bush arrives in London amid unprecedented security, the politicisation of policing across Europe has never been clearer. This is a lesson Simon Chapman, a young British man detained on charges of carrying petrol bombs during anti-EU summit protests in Salonika in June, has learned to his cost.
Martin Bright
Home Secretary David Blunkett has refused to grant diplomatic immunity to armed American special agents and snipers travelling to Britain as part of President Bush’s entourage this week. In the case of the accidental shooting of a protester, the Americans in Bush’s protection squad will face justice in a British court as would any other visitor, the Home Office has confirmed.
Chris Floyd
There is a horrible scandal eating away the heart of the American body politic. Among the many corrupted currents loosed upon the nation by the Bush Regime, this scandal is perhaps the worst, for it abets all the others and breeds new pestilence, new perversions at every turn.
Rev. Giles Fraser
It all sounds innocent enough. Operation Christmas Child “is a unique ministry that brings Christmas joy, packed in gift-filled shoeboxes, to children around the world”. But what many parents and teachers don’t know is that behind Operation Christmas Child is the Christian right charity ‘Samaritan’s Purse’. Their aim is “the advancement of the Christian faith through educational projects and the relief of poverty”. And a particularly toxic version of Christianity it is.
Olivia Ward
USA intelligence agents have admitted that turning over suspected terrorists to countries noted for their violent interrogation methods is now common practice in a no-holds-barred war on ‘terrorism’.
William M Hardiker
Only now, is USA society emerging from a ?twilight reality? of misguided, fear, vulnerability and insecurity and a genuine bewilderment in relation to why do “they” hate us? The fact that a people are considered “they” as opposed to “us” is a fundamental contributing factor to the problem.
Art Buchwald
If you’re wondering why Johnny can’t read, ask yourself, “Do we need books in America to educate our children?” It’s the old guns vs. butter story - an aircraft carrier or Mark Twain, a Black Hawk helicopter or Shakespeare.
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