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Posted by: gamahuche 1 year, 4 months ago

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Controversy was raging in Australia over an assertion by Britain's high commissioner that the invasion of Iraq was not part of the "war on terror". Ms Liddell - who was in Tony Blair's cabinet when the decision was made to invade Iraq in 2003 - said yesterday that the term was a "tabloid slogan".

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gamahuche1 year, 4 months ago

Ms Liddell - who was in Tony Blair's cabinet when the decision was made to invade Iraq in 2003 - said in a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday that the term "war on terror" was a "tabloid slogan".
"We have never seen Iraq as part of the war on terror," said Ms Liddell.
"Certainly we are engaged in a war on the streets in Iraq against terrorism, but our raison d'etre for our involvement in Iraq has not been about terrorism."
Which begs the question what IS the real reason for being in Iraq.
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bumbaklotartattack11 months, 1 week ago

So the "conspiracy theorists" were right. What a surprise. But let's keep bashing them, making fun of them, call them names, like tinfoil-hatters. When will people realize?
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