Tag: blair
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fears of a ‘gulf of tonkin’ to provoke Iran war
from prison planet: Republican Congressman and 2008 Presidential candidate Ron Paul fears a staged Gulf of Tonkin style incident may be used to provoke air strikes on Iran as numerous factors collide to heighten expectations that America may soon be embroiled in its third war in six years. Writing in his syndicated weekly column, the…
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news on the march
pentagon abandons active-duty time limitfrom ap/yahoo: The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin by longer-than-expected combat in Iraq. The day after President Bush announced his plan for a deeper U.S. military…
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alleged liquid bomb plot credibility crumbles
Court clears Rauf of charges as much vaunted transatlantic airliner attack dissipates into another staged terror alertfrom propaganda matrix: The alleged ringleader of a much vaunted plot to blow up multiple transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives has been cleared of terrorism charges and of being a member of any terrorist group, rendering August’s terror scare…
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suspect nation
from bbc 4: Since Tony Blair’s New Labour government came to power in 1997, the UK civil liberties landscape has changed dramatically. ASBO’s were introduced by Section 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and first used in 1999. The right to remain silent is no longer universal. Our right to privacy, free from…
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blair unveils plan for nuclear missiles
from ap/yahoo: Prime Minister Tony Blair launched plans Monday for a new multibillion-dollar submarine-based nuclear missile defense system, warning lawmakers the future may hold perilous threats from rogue regimes and state-sponsored terrorists. In what is expected to be among his last major acts as premier, Blair told the House of Commons that despite the end…
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UK police adorn nazi chic
Uniforms begin to befit fascist policies abolishing freedom of speechfrom propaganda matrix: British police have been photographed wearing bizarre Nazi-like insignia on their uniforms as the attire of Tony Blair’s enforcers begins to compliment the totalitarian society the Prime Minister is creating by openly abolishing freedom of speech and freedom of assembly under draconian crime…